All American
A university based reference site, analyzing aspects of American literature, history and culture. The site features a glossary of literary terms, an almanac and student written author biography pages. |
American Authors
Pages on individual authors with picture (when available), links to works online, and other information; most pages also contain a selected bibliography of secondary criticism. |
American Authors on the Web
General resources. |
American Literature Association
Organization devoted to the study of American authors and literature. Includes a directory of member-societies, and membership and event information. |
American Literature Survey
Literature from the late 19th to early 20th century. Includes full text of several novels. |
American Poems
American poetry, from the classic to the latest contemporary poets. |
American Studies Web: Literature and Hypertext
Created by Yale doctoral candidate David Phillips. |
Brief Timeline of American Literature and Culture, Pre-1620 to 1920
Includes events in American history and literature, with links to pages on literary movements, bibliographies, and individual authors. |
Electronic Archives
Contains essays, syllabi, bibliographies and other resources for teaching the multiple literatures of the United States. |
KYLIT
Biographies and bibliographies of authors from Kentucky. |
Literary Movements in American Literature
Contains brief essays on movements and important concepts in American literature. Each page also contains links to a bibliography of secondary sources for further reading and links to outside sites. |
Literary Resources - American (Lynch)
Index of literary resources available on the web, focusing on those of interest to scholars. Searchable and organized by period and topic. |
Mississippi Writers and Musicians
This web site provides up-to-date information about Mississippi writers. Authors include William Faulkner, Willie Morris, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, John Grisham, Thomas Harris, and many others. |
MIT Libraries: Literature Resources
A collection of internet resources devoted primarily to English and American literatures. |
Online Directory for American Literature
A directory for American Literature including colonial, 18th century, modern, and contemporary. |
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
Includes images and bibliographical and biographical information on American writers from Anne Bradstreet and Cotton Mather to Langston Hughes and Kurt Vonnegut. The guide has links and study questions. |
Project CROW
Course Resources on the Web, featuring a directory of American literature web resources, browsable by general resources (Basics), and sites featuring Syllabi/Assignments and Author Chronologies. |
Silkbooks.com
The online readers guide to books by African American authors. |
The Clifton Waller Barrett Library
Aims to include all fiction, poetry, drama, and essays published by an American in book form up to and including the year 1875, with a substantial collection from the remaining years. |
