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American literature The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes 
 This work was originally published from 1907 to 1921 by G.P. Putnam's Sons in the U.S. and Cambridge University Press in England. Includes indexes for chapters, authors, and bibliographies, as well as a table of principal dates and contents of all the volumes. http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/ Topics: Literature by Place, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jul 21, 2005 From Revolution to Reconstruction ... and What Happened Afterwards
Documents, essays, biographies, and links to other Internet sites form the core of this hypertext site on American history. The material comes from several United States Information Agency (USIA) publications. Searchable. From the Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/ Topics: Nonfiction by Genre, Politics by Place, United States History Last updated Apr 27, 2005 Language of the Land: Journeys Into Literary America
This site examines the "metaphor of a journey" in American literature "through maps, photographs, and the works of American authors from a variety of periods." Featured writers include Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, and others "whose works are rooted in a particular place." Browsable by region, and object. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/land/ Topics: Literature by Place Last updated Sep 23, 2004 Literary Movements
This site provides information about a variety of literary movements including Calvinism, Travel Narratives, Captivity Narratives, and Domestic Fiction. Information about each includes characteristics, authors, and techniques of the genre. Other sites from this page include an American Literature timeline, detailed information on American Authors, and links to other American Literature sites. From a professor of English. http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/litfram.html Topics: Literature by Place Last updated Oct 5, 2009 Literary Resources on the Net
A searchable "collection of [annotated] links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature, excluding most single electronic texts." See the General Sources section for links to syllabi and resources for writers and writing instructors. Other National Literatures features links to literature sites covering countries where English is not the primary language. http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ Topics: Literature by Place Last updated Sep 25, 2000 Outline of American Literature
This site from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs is a somewhat terse survey of American literature, presenting a highly select group of genres and authors chronologically from pre-colonial times through the 1980s. Includes a glossary and links to related sites. http://www.america.gov/publications/books/outline-of-american-literature.html Topics: Literature by Place Last updated Dec 21, 2008 PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide
This ongoing project is a "a carefully organized and knowledgeable compendium of sources, definitions, and key topics for use in connection with undergraduate courses in American Literature." The site provides outlines and bibliographies for thousands of authors, themes, and literary movements in the U.S. from colonial days to the present. Maintained by a professor emeritus of English at California State University, Stanislaus. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/table.html Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Literature by Place Last updated Sep 9, 2008 Paul Laurence Dunbar Digital Collection
"This digital collection of a selected group of [Paul Laurence] Dunbar's poetry is intended to encourage the use of and interest in the works" of "the first African-American poet and novelist to attain international recognition." Features book covers, libretti covers and text, and individual poems (browsable and searchable), a biography, related links, and a bibliography. From Wright State University Libraries. http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/dunbar/ Topics: Authors by Region: United States, Black Resources, Notable People, Poetry Last updated Jun 15, 2005 The Psychedelic '60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change
Information about the social movements of the 1960s in the United States, with emphasis on the literature of the period. Features articles and images on the Beats, Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, Timothy Leary, the Black Mountain Poets, hippies, Woodstock, illicit drugs, protests, and much more. Includes images of handbills, posters, and other memorabilia from the 1960s. From the University of Virginia Library. http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/sixties/ Topics: Activism, Drugs & Medications by Type, Literary Movements and Periods, Poetry, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Dec 6, 2008 Wright American Fiction 1851-1875
"This is a collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography 'American Fiction, 1851-1875.'" Includes thousands of texts by hundreds of authors such as Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville are represented along with forgotten authors. Searchable and browsable. From the Indiana University Digital Library Program. http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/web/w/wright2/ Topics: Literary Movements and Periods, Literature by Place Last updated Jul 22, 2003 |
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