Center for American Studies

Resources

American literature

• American Authors on the Web
  A comprehensive directory of websites on American authors from 1550 to 1950.

• Donna M. Campbell, Washington State University
  Resources on American literature such as essays on the different literary movements, information about authors and a timeline.

• Bartleby.com: Great Books Online - Quotes, Poems, Novels, Classics and hundreds more
  Gives access to a wealth of resources including the Harvard Classics collection in full text, the Cambridge History of English and American Literature encyclopedia, the Yale American Verse collection which contains works by famous American poets in full text, etc.

• Wright American Fiction (1851-1875)
  A digital collection of works in full text by 19th century American authors such as Melville, Hawthorne or Twain and many other authors.

• American Transcendentalism Web
  This collection deals with the American transcentalist movement in the 19th century. It contains biographies and works in full text by transcendentalist authors such as Emerson and Thoreau, as well as a history of the movement.

• Pure Beat! Beat Generation Writers, Excerpts, Extensive Photos
  Features excerpts of writings by the principle Beat Authors, original articles, biographies and a photo gallery chronicling The Beat Generation.

• American Protest Literature Lecture Videos
  A collection of six lectures on American protest literaturein video files from Harvard University.

• Paul Auster - Definitive Website
  An index of resources including links to biographies, articles and interviews of Paul Auster.

• James Fenimore Cooper Society Home Page
  A resource relating to James Fenimore Cooper which contains a biography and texts by the author, articles, papers and more.

• Don DeLillo's America
  Features a bibliography, a biography, interviews and more on the American author Don DeLillo.

• Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
  A digital edition of the Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Centenary Edition, edited and with notes by Edward Waldo Emerson.

• William Faulkner on the Web
  Provides comprehensive information on William Faulkner's life and works.

• USC: F.Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page
  A collection devoted to Francis Scott Fitzgerald created in 1996 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the author's birth. The resource comprises criticism of Fitzgerald's works, a chronology, a biography, texts of the author in full text, etc.

• University of Delaware: ERNEST HEMINGWAY IN HIS TIME
  An Online exhibition about Ernest Hemingway from the University of Delaware Library.

• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) Home Page from Eldritch Press
  A page dedicated to Nathaniel Hawthorne which features a comprehensive biography of the author and his writings in full text.

• the Henry James scholar's Guide to Web Sites * R. Hathaway *
  An index of publications by and on Henry james, this website contains links to short stories and longer works written by the author, critical articles, etc.

• The Jack London Online Collection
  A digital collection about the author Jack London featuring a biography, documents relating to his life and works and his writings in full text.

• eOneill.com: An Electronic Eugene O'Neill Archive
  An archive devoted to the American playwright Eugene O'Neill which contains plays by the author in full text, audio archives, and studies of his works.

• Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Main Page
  Provides access to resources on Edgar Allan Poe incliding a biography of the author, a selection of poems and tales in full text as well as criticism of his works, articles and lectures.

• The Philip Roth Society
  A website devoted to Philip Roth with a bibliography, a biography and interviews of the author.

• Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862): A Guide to Resources on Henry David Thoreau and Transcendentalism
  A collection featuring the works of henry david Thoreau in full text, a biography of the author, a gallery of images and an analysis of his works.

• Mark Twain Project :: Home
  The purpose of this digital database is to gather everything Mark Twain wrote. It contains letters and writings by the author.

• Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture
  A digital collection that studies Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin as an American cultural phenomenon.

• The Hemingway Papers
  Ernest Hemingway’s writings as a reporter for The Toronto Star.

• SFE: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
  Online encyclopedia focusing on English-language science fiction.

• Project Gutenberg
  Online digital library heavily weighted toward literature in English published before 1923.

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