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JSCC Subject Directory: Authors - A

Author Information on the Web

Browse through the list or look for an author by the first letter of his or her last name.

Anonymous A B C D E F G H I, J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Abbott, Edwin A. : 1838-1926

• "Math Plots and Plans: Edwin A. Abbott"
• "From Flatland to Hypergraphics: Interacting with Higher Dimensions"

Achebe, Chinua : 1930-

• Chinua Achebe: An Overview
• Chinua Achebe
• New York State Writers Institute: Chinua Achebe
• EducETH: Chinua Achebe and Things Fall Apart
• SparkNotes for Things Fall Apart

Adams, Henry : 1838-1918

• Who 2: Henry Adams Profile
• A Chronology of Henry Adams's Life

Addison, Joseph : 1672-1719

• San Antonio College LitWeb: Joseph Addison

Aeschines : 389-c. 314 BC

• Columbia Encyclopedia: Aeschines

Aeschylus : 524?-456 BC

• Perseus Encyclopedia entry
• Thesis: "Klytaimestra: A Study of Aeschylus's Agamemnon"
• The Classics Pages: Aeschylus's Oresteia
• Agamemnon Study Guide
• SparkNotes for Agamemnon

Aesop : 620?-560? BC

• Who 2: Aesop Profile

Ai : 1947-

• Modern American Poetry: Ai
• The Academy of American Poets: Ai

Aiken, Conrad : 1889-1973

• Conrad Aiken

Akutagawa, Ryunosuke : 1892-1927

• Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927)
• Encyclopedia Britannica: Akutagawa Ryunosuke
• Encyclopedia.com: Akutagawa Ryunosuke

Albee, Edward : 1928-

• "Who's Afraid of Edward Albee?" (A brief interview with Mr. Showbiz)
• Thesis: "Allegory in Edward Albee's The American Dream"
• SparkNotes for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Alcott, Louisa May : 1832-1888

• Louisa May Alcott
• The Women's Resource Project: Louisa May Alcott
  
• AlcottWeb.com
• Scribbling Women: Louisa May Alcott
• SparkNotes for Little Women

Aldrich, Bess Streeter : 1881-1954

• Bess Streeter Aldrich Foundation
• Bess Streeter Aldrich
• Cedar Falls Historical Tour - Bess Streeter Aldrich Home (site)
• Bess Streeter Aldrich House and Museum

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey : 1836 1907

• "The Day Mark Twain Wore Black"
• Early Postcards of the Aldrich Museum
• "The House Where the Bad Boy Lived" (By Mrs. Thomas Bailey Aldrich)
• "The Flickering Fame of Portsmouth's 'Bad Boy'"
• "Portsmouth's Bad Boy : Thomas Bailey Aldrich"

Alexander, Margaret Walker (see Margaret Walker)

Alexie, Sherman : 1966-

• Modern American Poetry: Sherman Alexie
• The Official Sherman Alexie Site
• Book Magazine: What It Means to Be Sherman Alexie
• Sources on Sherman Alexie

Alger, Horatio : 1832-1899

• "Virtue Rewarded: The Contemporary Student and Horatio Alger"

Alvarez, Julia : 1950-

• Interview with Frontera Magazine: "The Politics of Fiction"
• Autobiographical Note: "A brief account of my writing life"
• Julia Alvarez
• Voices From the Gaps: Julia Alvarez
• Literature Online: Julia Alvarez
• List of Published Works
• "Julia Alvarez, Author, Coffee Farmer"

Ammons, A.R. : 1926-

• Modern American Poetry: A.R. Ammons
• The Academy of American Poets: A.R. Ammons

Anaya, Rudolfo A. : 1937-

• SparkNotes for Bless Me, Ultima

Andersen, Hans Christian : 1805-1875

• Hans Christian Andersen

Anderson, Sherwood : 1876-1941

• Sherwood Anderson
• The Sherwood Anderson Review
  

Angelou, Maya : 1928-

• The Women's Resource Project: Maya Angelou
  
• The Academy of American Poets: Maya Angelou (includes some full text)
  
• Essence: Power moves: a conversation with Maya Angelou and Eleanor Holmes Norton"
• Mother Jones: "Visions: Maya Angelou"
• Maya Angelou (University of Texas)
• SparkNotes for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Appleton, Victor :

• Howard Roger Garis, the original Victor Appleton

Aristophanes : c. 450-c.385 BC

• Britannica.com: Aristophanes
• The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations: Aristophanes
• San Antonio College LitWeb: Aristophanes

Aristotle : 384-322 BC

• Perseus Encyclopedia entry
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: "Aristotle s Logic"
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: "Aristotle s Political Theory"
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: "Aristotle s Psychology"
• Encyclopedia Britannica: Aristotle
• The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle
• Aristotle
• Science Museum, Florence: Aristotle
• The Catholic Encyclopedia: Aristotle
• High Altitude Observatory: Aristotle
• ILT Web: Aristotle
• Aristotle
• GradeSaver ClassicNotes: Aristotle
• "Science and Human Values: Aristotle"
• "Aristotle's Influence on Contemporary Biology"
• "Aristotle's Poetics: A New Approach to Katharsis"
• SparkNotes for Nicomachean Ethics

Arnold, Matthew : 1822-1888

• The Victorian Web: Matthew Arnold
• The Academy of American Poets: Matthew Arnold (includes some full text)
  
• The Nation: Irving Babbitt on Matthew Arnold
• Passions in Poetry: Matthew Arnold (includes some full text)

Asimov, Isaac : 1920-1992

• Isaac Asimov

Atwood, Margaret : 1939-

• The Atwood Society
• Margaret Atwood
• O.W. Toad: The Margaret Atwood Information Page
• Writers' Union of Canada: Margaret Atwood
• Kutztown University Literature Database: Margaret Atwood
• SparkNotes for The Handmaid's Tale

Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh) : 1907-1973

• The Academy of American Poets: W.H. Auden (includes some full text)
  
• W.H. Auden
• Literature Online: W.H. Auden
• Style: "The Caliban Beneath the Skin: Abstract Drama in Auden's Favorite Poem"
• Poetry Today Online: W.H. Auden (includes some full text)

Auel, Jean M. (Jean Marie) : 1936-

• Jean M. Auel

St. Augustine : 354-430

• The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations: St. Augustine
• "Augustine's Soliloquies," from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
• SparkNotes for Confessions

Aurelius, Marcus : 121-180 BC

• Marcus Aurelius

Austen, Jane : 1775-1817

• Jane Austen
• The Women's Resource Project: Jane Austen
• Incompetech's British Authors Series: Jane Austen
• Who 2: Jane Austen Profile
• Jane Austen Information Page (includes full text)
• SparkNotes for Emma
• SparkNotes for Mansfield Park
• SparkNotes for Pride and Prejudice
• SparkNotes for Sense and Sensibility
• Jane Austen's Letters To Her Sister Cassandra and Others, 1796-1817

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