ESSAYS: English literary essays, essay writing, great essayists

A guide to the best websites



English Literature Essays. From Literature-Study-Online
A structured guide to a wealth of sites helpful in the study of English Literature. Ian Mackean's  English Literature Essays page publishes essays on a wide variety of authors and aspects of literature, some by himself and others by lecturers and students from all over the world, and it also links to his English Literature Discussion Forum.
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English Essays from Sir Philip Sidney to Macaulay.
Four centuries of the development of English prose are illustrated by 24 works from 17 authors, ranging from those best known for the essay, like Addison and Hazlitt, to those, like Jonson and Coleridge, whose poetic spirit infuses all their writings. Harvard Classics
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The Essay, Wikipedia entry.
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Essay eTexts at Project Gutenberg.
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Essayinfo. Information on writing essays, tips.
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Essaypage. More than 20,000 essays on all topics.
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Great essayists

The English essayists: a comprehensive selection from the works of the great essayists, from Lord Bacon to John Ruskin.
Internet Archive. Downloadable texts.
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Wikipedia list of literary essayists.


Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Project Gutenberg

Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson in free audio format. LibriVox.
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The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. RWE.org

Montaigne. Works by Michel de Montaigne at Project Gutenberg.

Essays by Montaigne at Quotidiana.org
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Essays, plain text version. Project Gutenberg
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Essays. Searchable HTML version.

Gypsy Scholar. Plagiarism Index
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List of essayists, Wikipedia entries.
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One Hundred Great Essays, by Robert Diyanni.
Student resources.
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Plagiarism, software

EVE2 Plagiarism Detection for Teachers
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Glatt Plagiarism Program
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Gypsy Scholar. Plagiarism Index
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Turnitin plagiarism software.
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Copyscape
A search engine to locate duplicated materials on the internet.

PlanetPapers
Free literature essays.
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Project Muse
Project Muse's mission is to excel in the broad dissemination of high-quality scholarly content.
Project Muse is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers, providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.
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Reference Generator
The Harvard Bibliography Reference Generator generates references in a correct form.