Here are some useful resources that are freely available on the Internet:

The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Provides PDF and HTML files of all volumes of The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1903-04).

Faulkner on the Web Includes commentaries and plot synopses on Emerson's novels and short stories.

Library of Southern Literature Scope is "primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture", from the 1600s to 1924.

The Bronte Sisters Web Includes the texts of major novels including Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.

Middle English Compendium Includes an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.

The New Chaucer Society Most useful feature of this site is the comprehensive Chaucer Bibliography Online.

Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture: A Multi-media Archive Provides easy access to a wide array of primary and secondary sources.

Internet Shakespeare Editions The Library section of the site features edited text, facsimile versions of plays and poems, and modern edited versions of some plays and poems.

Open Source Shakespeare: An Experiment in Literary Technology Includes text of 37 plays, 154 sonnets and 5 longer poems.

Global Performing Arts Database Digital collection of images, sound recordings, 3-D models and video clips.

Non English Language Sources

CESAR Reference source to theatrical entertainments and venues in 17th and 18th century France.

LiTgloss Contains more than 150 texts in 24 languages, ancient and modern. Main languages featured are French, German and Spanish.