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Italian Literature Links
Biblioteca dei Classici Italiani: Fast, User-friendly; Useful, particularly for major authors of middle ages and renaissance. Includes full texts of major works, biographies, and introductions.
De Bibliotheca: Full text versions of most of the major works of Italian literature and of many of the minor ones.
Xlisabethautrici: An Italian site dedicated to women authors of the world.
Decameron Web: Hosted at Brown University. Excellent site. Everything you could possibly want to know about Boccaccio’s masterpiece and much more.
Italica: A website dedicated to the dissemination of Italian culture abroad.
Liber Liber: Short bios of many Italian authors; secondary literature; full text of many works.
Letteratura Italiana: Antologia (frammentaria) della. A somewhat confusing selection of easily accessible full texts
Italy1 dot com's: Literature Links. A quick English language overview of Italy, including its history and literature.
Resources for the study of Italian Literature: A work in progress, the “Risorse� are useful
Bobst Library: At New York University. Full text versions of many works divided by centuries and then by author
Italian Studies Web Literature: A major portal to Italian studies
Italinemo: Riviste di Italianistica nel Mondo: All (?) Italian studies journals world-wide. Includes editors, synopsis of articles; contents, etc.
Il Duecento: Currently under re-construction.
The Galileo Project: hosted at Rice University
Girodivite.it: Another survey of Italian literature
Skuola.net: Another useful site intended primarily for Italian high school students