Web Explorations

Begin your Web Explorations here! This Web site supplements Literature, X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia's best-selling anthology, by providing hundreds of additional pages of in-depth biographical, critical, and bibliographical material — much of it available exclusively on this site. Critical Casebooks and links round out the offerings for students looking beyond the printed text.

To begin your Web Explorations, select an author below, or use the drop-down menu above.

Fiction Authors

Below is a list of authors for whom there are online casebooks, which include biographies, bibliographies, Web links, and critical overviews.

Drama Authors

Below is a list of authors for whom there are online casebooks, which include biographies, bibliographies, Web links, and critical overviews.

Poetry Authors

Below is a list of authors for whom there are online casebooks, which include biographies, bibliographies, Web links, and critical overviews.