Spanish Language and Literature 

Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746 - 1828)

Un Infante de España (Infante Don Fernando), after the painting now in the Prado

From: Art Gallery Image Museum

Spanish Sites on the Web

• Cervantes Project 2001
  From Texas A&M University, this site is a comprehensive reference and research site dedicated to the study of Cervantes' works and life. Provides full-text electronic texts of Cervantes' works along with bibliographies, images, study aids, etc.
• Conjugation Trainer for Spanish Verbs
  Need practice in conjugating Spanish verbs? This free resource provides exercises in conjugating verbs. Covers various tenses.
• Typing Spanish Language Characters on a PC or Mac
  Contains a chart with instructions on typing accent marks on an English language computer and keyboard.
•  Don Quixote (from SparkNotes Online Guide)
  Provides synopsis in English of Miguel Cervante's monumental work.
• La Página del Idioma Española
  Maintained by Ricardo Sota, an Urugyuan journalist, this source provides various tools for the Spanish language: dictionaries, grammer information, links to Spanish language newspapers and sites providing information on Spanish and Latin American Literature, etc.
• Poesía Español -- Spanish Poetry
  (Poesia desde el Romancero hasta el siglo XX.) Maintained by Luis Salas, this site has the full-text of poems from various Spanish authors up through the 20th century. Many of the poems contain a link to an English translation of the poem. Poems can be searched by title, author's name and keywords in the poem. Also contains an excellent set of links to other web sites dealing with Spanish language poetry (from all over the world.)
• Sí, España
  Available in either Spanish or English, this site provides a multitude of information on Spain's culture, language, history, government, political and social conditions.
• Sonetas de Siglo de Oro: Golden Age Spanish Sonnets
  Maintained by Alix Ingber, Professor of Spanish at Sweet Briar College, this site provides over 100 sonnets from the Golden Age in Spanish with English translations. Searchable by poet or poems' first lines.
• Trovator
  This site is a search engine which allows you to search for web sites from various Spanish-speaking countries. You can specify individual countries and you can also browse by general theme.
• Webspañol
  Spanish language resources on-line promoting the study and appreciation of the Spanish Language by utilizing a variety of Internet Resources. Provides activities and resources such as: riddles, Spanish proficiency tests, idioms, tables of verb conjugations, links to other Spanish language sites, etc. A fun site to visit!
• Word Reference.com
  From Harper Collins Publishing: free web site offering English-Spanish/Spanish-English translations from the Collins translation dictionary. (Also, provides translation service for other languages.)
• Yahoo en Español
  Search for sites world-wide which are in the Spanish language. Either search or browse through a wide variety of sites dealing with a wide variety of topics.There are also individual Yahoo sites for individual Spanish-speaking countries:
  
  • Yahoo - Argentina
  • Yahoo - Mexico
  • Yahoo - Spain
    
• Directory of Spanish Language Newspapers on the Web
Provides selection of recent issues from Spanish Language newspapers in  Central and Latin America, South America and Spain.
• Link to Marquette University's Spanish Department Web Site