Aberdeen University Dept of English
Credit where it is due and this site is well laid out and has an extensive range of links which include newspapers. No need to wait for foreign or national sites to load, go local!
Bartleby.com
Full text literary works with built in search facility. Arranged in sections covering fiction, verse and reference.
BUBL: Literature & Rhetoric
BUBL is the main UK based gateway system.
English Literature on the Web
Thousands of individual writers' works and biographical details listed according to date of birth.
Intute: Humanities Hub
Thousands of sites for PG and UG level with primary and secondary material for literature. Follow the literature links within the relevant language sections, e.g. within English, English literature, within French, French literature, etc.
Project Gutenberg
Digital library of public domain books, available to read online or download.
Voice of the Shuttle: English literature
If you're a fan of the VoS then you won't see the need to go to another gateway. Very
comprehensive. It covers literature by genre, period from Anglo Saxon onwards and country.