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American Literature

 

American Authors on the Web
American Literature Authors/Stories
American Literature Sites
American Writers - listed by date
Norton Anthology of American Literature
Outline of American Literature: Authors listed by date

Databases

Gale Virtual Reference - Over 20 full-text reference books covering the arts, biography, business, environment, history, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, geography and science.

 

Colonial Literature (1607 - 1763)

• American Literature Colonial Period
• Info Please
• Colonial American Literature
• Colonial America 1607-1783; Literature
• Outline of American Literature: Early America and Colonial Period- authors listed
• Early America and Colonial Period **
• Glance at Colonial and Revolutionary Literature
• Short Story
• The First Colonial Literature

Revolutionary Literature (1764 - 1789)

• Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers **
• Glance at Colonial and Revolutionary Literature
• Outline: Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers

Romantic Literature (American Renaissance) (1790 - 1865)

• An Outline of American Literature: The Romantic Period: Fiction
• The Romantic Period, 1820-1860, Fiction **
• The Romantic Period, 1820-1860, Essayists and Poets **

Civil War Literature (1861 - 1865)

Sectional Independence and Local Color Literature (1865-1930)

Age of Realism and Realist Literature (1890 - 1920)

• American Realism: 1865 - 1910
• American Realism - Authors
• An Outline of American Literature: The Rise of Realism
• PAL - Perspective in American Literature: American Realism
• The Rise of Realism: 1860-1914
• Realism in Literature
• Realism in American Literature, 1860 - 1890

Naturalist Literature

Harlem Renaissance Literature 1915 - 1929

• Harlem Renaissance Multimedia Resource

20th Century Literature 1950 - 2000

Native American Literature 1900 - 2000

African American Literature 1950 - 2000

• African-American Literature
• African-American Literature