Gothic Literature : a Gale Critical Companion.  Detroit, Mich. : Thomson/Gale, 2006. 

eBook PR408.G68 G675 2006eb

Caldecott Medal Home Page
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm
Includes information about the award as well as winners.

Classics for Young People 
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storclas.html        
Collection of children’s literature classics available in HTML format.

The Children’s Literature Web Guide 
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/     
"Internet resources related to books for children and young adults".

Index to Internet Sites: Children's and Young Adults' Authors & Illustrators
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm  
Meta-site that provides links Internet sites and curriculum resources.

Newbery Medal Home Page
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Includes information about the award as well as winners.

American Authors 
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/aufram.html 
Includes links to authors, a timeline of American literature and events, and a study of literary movements.

American Authors on the Web    
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html   
Contains general resources, chronological listings, and an author index.

American Literature on the Web    
http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/        
Maintained by the Department of English at Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies, Japan. Includes general resources, information on movements and genres, links to e-texts collections and electronic journals, and literary theory sites.

American Literature Resources 
http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/am_lit_resources.htm   
"Explore web sites about authors and works that are widely taught in English classes all over the country."

Author Guides     
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/lit/authors.html
An index of individual author guides and links to documents dealing with specific writers.

Key Sites on American Literature 
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oal/amlitweb.htm     
Outline of American literature furnished by the Department of State.

Literary Resources - American
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/american.html
From Rutgers University, " a collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature".

PAL : Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide 
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/table.html 
This excellent web site contains selected bibliographies and an alphabetical index of authors in all fields of American literary studies.

Project CROW    
http://www.millikin.edu/aci/crow/   
Millikin University’s compilation of web sites and annotated links.

Spotlight on Voices & Visions       
http://www.learner.org/catalog/extras/vvspot/       
Based on a video series by Annenberg/CPB, this site "explores the lives and works of 13 of America's most famous modern poets."

Voice of the Shuttle         
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2739     
Extensive web site of general references as well as American Literature journals.

The Literary Gothic         
http://www.litgothic.com/         
Includes author listing, title index, and general resources.

Transcendentalists    
http://www.transcendentalists.com/    
"Provides both original content and links to other material on the internet for study of the Transcendentalists: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller and others."

Selected Major Authors

Alcott, Louisa May
 

Little Women    
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/ALCOTT/LWHP.html      
The electronic version of the text comes from the University of Virginia.

Orchard House - Home of the Alcotts
http://www.louisamayalcott.org/
Official website of the Alcott family home, a historic house museum owned and operated by the Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association.

Chopin, Kate
 

Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening    
http://www.pbs.org/katechopin/    
Online site of PBS television series that revisits the life and work of this Louisiana author.

Clemens, Samuel (see Mark Twain)

Cooper, James Fenimore
 

The James Fenimore Cooper Society
http://external.oneonta.edu/cooper/   
Includes biographical information, electronic texts, articles and papers as well as a bibliography.

The Writings of James Fenimore Cooper
http://www.wjfc.org/

Includes manuscripts, links to major collections,  and "fugitive works".

Crane, Stephen
 

The Red Badge of Courage: Critical Reception
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/CRANE/reviews/section1.html
This site from the University of Virginia includes early reviews of the novel.

The Stephen Crane Society
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/crane/index.html
Analyzes Crane’s works and provides the texts of his major writings.

Dickinson, Emily
 

Dickinson Electronic Archives
http://www.emilydickinson.org/
"A web site devoted to the study of Emily Dickinson, her writing practices, writings directly influencing her work, and critical and creative writings generated by her work".

The Emily Dickinson International Society
http://www.emilydickinsoninternationalsociety.org/
Official website of a society whose focus is to "promote, perpetuate, and enhance the study and appreciation of Emily Dickinson throughout the world".

Douglass, Frederick
 

American Visionaries: Frederick Douglass
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass/
This exhibit from the National Park Service includes a timeline, image gallery, and a general overview of this writer's life and work.

Dreiser, Theodore
 

Dreiser Web Source
http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/dreiser/index.html
This site from the University of Pennsylvania Library features correspondence and text as well as images and scholarly essays.

The International Theodore Dreiser Society  
http://www.uncwil.edu/dreiser/                                            
Links to web sites and citations to articles on his life and works.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence
 

Paul Laurence Dunbar Digital Collection
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/dunbar/
Wright State University Libraries has compiled this site of Dunbar's poetry, with a detailed biography and links to helpful websites.

Paul Laurence Dunbar Website
http://www.udayton.edu/~dunbar/                       
Includes biographical information, poetry, articles, and links.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo
 

Ralph Waldo Emerson Texts 
http://www.emersoncentral.com/                                     
Includes texts of works and links to their analysis and criticism.                    

Transcendentalists
http://www.transcendentalists.com/1emerson.html
In addition to providing the writer's works, this site also provides analysis, bibliographies, and related links.;

The  Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://www.rwe.org/comm/index.php
Site of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Institute includes a timeline, complete works, biographical information, articles and essays.                                                                                                 

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
 

The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Society
http://web.cortland.edu/gilman/
Includes links to a newsletter, listserv, bibliographic resources, and affiliated organizations.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel
 

Hawthorne in Salem
http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/Welcome.htm
This site from North Shore Community College has resources that include related literature, original documents, images, critical commentary, and related websites.

Nathaniel Hawthorne Society
http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/english/HawthorneSociety/nh.html
Official website of a society "dedicated to the study and appreciation of the life and works of the author".  Provides links to other websites of interest, and membership includes a subscription to the Nathaniel Hawthorne Review.

Henry, O. 
 

The O. Henry Page 
http://mclibrary.nhmccd.edu/lit/ohen.html   
Short stories, biographies, and literary criticism links from Montgomery Community College.

Howells, William Dean
 

The William Dean Howells Society      
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/howells/index.html
Web site includes HTML versions of works, links to recent articles, and an online bibliography to criticism.

James, Henry
 

The Henry James Scholar's Guide to Web Sites 
http://www2.newpaltz.edu/~hathawar/         
A New York Times "recommended web site", this resource includes electronic versions of short stories and novels, links to a Henry James e-journal, and numerous research links for students.

Jewett, Sarah Orne

Sarah Orne Jewett Text Project
http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/sj-index.htm
This site from Coe College includes full texts, an introduction to the author, and links to criticism.

London, Jack
 

The Jack London Online Collection 
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/  
Includes an archive of full-length novels, short stories, essays, and newspaper articles, bibliographies, and research materials.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
 

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
http://EclecticEsoterica.com/longfellow.html    
Contains an online collection of poetry.

Melville, Herman
 

The Melville Society
http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/John_L_Bryant/Melville/
Excerpts of works, electronic texts, biographical information, quotations, and links.

Poe, Edgar Allan
 

The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore 
http://www.eapoe.org/     
Includes general topics as well as works, a selection of lectures and articles, and information about the Society.

Nevermore: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection of Susan Jaffe Tane
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/poe/index.html
"...the exhibition (from Cornell University) features many of Poe’s unique manuscripts and letters, scarce copies of his first editions, rare examples of the original newspaper and magazine issues in which much of his work first appeared, and editions of his most famous poem, 'The Raven'.”

Poe Museum
http://www.poemuseum.org/
"The museum features Poe's life and career by documenting his accomplishments with pictures, relics, and verse, and focusing on his many years in Richmond".

A Poe Webliography: Edgar Allan Poe on the Internet   
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~ehrlich/poesites.html      
"A critical guide to electronic resources for Poe research on the World Wide Web and CD-ROM, including electronic texts, HTML-encoded texts, hypertexts, secondary works, commentaries, and indexes." (Rutgers University)

Porter,  William Sydney (see Henry, O.)

Stowe, Harriet Beecher
 

Uncle Tom's Cabin & American Culture 
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/    
Includes an interactive timeline, virtual exhibits, actual text of the work and reactions to it.

Thoreau, Henry David
 

The Thoreau Reader  
http://eserver.org/thoreau/  
Provides a brief introduction and texts of his works.

The Transcendentalists
http://www.transcendentalists.com/1thorea.html
In addition to providing the writer's works, this site also provides analysis, bibliographies, and related links.

Twain, Mark
 

Ever the Twain Shall Meet 
http://users.telerama.com/~joseph/mtwain.html  
Provides electronic formats of Twain's most famous works.

Mark Twain
http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/
PBS accompaniment to the Ken Burns series on Twain, this site offers biographical information, selected writings, chronological details, and links to selected sites.

Mark Twain Quotations, Newspaper Collections, & Related Resources 
http://www.twainquotes.com/                                  
Includes famous quotations, newspaper articles, and special features and interviews.

Whitman, Walt
 

The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s      
http://www.english.upenn.edu/%7Eafilreis/50s/home.html    
Interesting site of various disciplines from the University of Pennsylvania.

Selected Major Authors

Agee, James

I Hear America Singing
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/agee.html
Highlights from the PBS television special.  Includes profile, timeline, and selected passages.

Anderson, Sherwood

The Sherwood Anderson Review
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/journalism/eagle.html
Formerly The Winesburg Eagle,  this official site for the Sherwood Anderson Society contains critical and biographical essays on the author.

Angelou, Maya

Voices From the Gaps: Maya Angelou                                                  
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/angelou_maya.html
Biographical information, literary criticism links, and bibliographies from the University of Minnesota.

Bellow, Saul

Saul Bellow Society
http://www.saulbellow.org/
Journal excerpts and links to article citations.

Bishop, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Bishop: American Poet                                        
http://projects.vassar.edu/bishop/     
Vassar College's collection of "correspondence, personal papers, working papers, notebooks, diaries, and memorabilia as well as a substantial amount of material by and about her friends and colleagues".

Brooks, Gwendolyn

Voices From the Gaps: Gwendolyn Brooks                                             
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/brooks_gwendolyn.html
Biographical information, literary criticism links, and bibliographies from the University of Minnesota.

Cather, Willa

Willa Cather  
http://www.gustavus.edu/oncampus/academics/english/cather/   
Publications by, about, or pertaining to Cather" from Harvard University.

The Willa Cather Archive 
http://www.unl.edu/Cather   
From the University of Nebraska, links to the author's works and life as well as scholarly resources.

Ellison, Ralph

Ralph Ellison Webliography 
http://centerx.gseis.ucla.edu/weblio/ellison.html
CLA's link to books and monographs, short stories, literary criticism, essays, art reviews, interviews, and lectures.

Faulkner, William

William Faulkner on the Web 
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html    
"Commentaries, plot synopses, and links to additional information about Faulkner's written works" and a "compendium of scholarly information" from the University of Mississippi.

The William Faulkner Society 
http://www.english.ufl.edu/faulkner/
"Dedicated to fostering the study of Faulkner from all perspectives and to promoting research, scholarship, and criticism dealing with his writings and their place in literature".

William Faulkner: The First One Hundred Years
http://www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/faulknersite/faulknersite/intro/faulkner.html
An exhibition from the University of Michigan Special Collections Library celebrating the author's life and works through photos, movie posters, and overviews.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary 
http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/   
University of South Carolina's links to facts, essays and articles, bibliographic information, and writings.

Frost, Robert

Hemingway Links 
http://www.timelesshemingway.com/  
"Originally conceived as a 'fan site,' Timeless Hemingway has grown to become one of the premiere web sites pertaining to the life and works of Ernest Hemingway."

Lee, Harper

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
http://www.chipublib.org/003cpl/onebook/mockingbird.html
"The site features discussion questions and activities, a brief biography of Lee, information about the historical context of the novel, comments on the book by prominent Chicagoans, and links to related sites." (lii.org)

Lewis, Sinclair

The Sinclair Lewis Society 
http://www.english.ilstu.edu/separry/sinclairlewis/ 
"From the Sinclair Lewis Society, (the site) has been formed to encourage study of, critical attention to, and general interest in the work, career, and legacy of Sinclair Lewis, as well as to facilitate a broader discussion of his writing as a social critic and satirist among scholars, critics, teachers, students, book collectors, and readers everywhere."

Miller, Henry

The Henry Miller Library 
http://www.henrymiller.org/ 
Provides online links to Miller and his works.

Oates, Joyce Carol

Celestial Timepiece
http://jco.usfca.edu/  
From the University of San Francisco, this site links to recent books and articles on the author, research and criticism on her works, biographical insight, and an overall "resource for fans, students, and scholars".

O'Brien, Tim

Tim O'Brien, Novelist
http://www.illyria.com/tobhp.html
"This extensive (commercial) site offers brief descriptions of O'Brien's works, biographical and bibliographical information, as well as links to interviews with the author, to other scholarly works, and to Vietnam related sites."

Steinbeck, John

The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies
http://www.steinbeck.sjsu.edu/home/index.jsp
"One of the most important Steinbeck archives in the world,...The collection houses over 10,000 items--manuscripts, original letters, inscribed first editions, secondary works, film memorabilia, a large number of photographs, films, and cassettes."

Welcome to the National Steinbeck Center
http://www.steinbeck.org/MainFrame.html
Explores Steinbeck's works and themes.

Vonnegut, Kurt

The Vonnegut Web 
http://www.vonnegutweb.com/
Writings and a comprehensive bibliography of  criticism & sources from Duke University.

Warren, Robert Penn

Robert Penn Warren 
http://www.robertpennwarren.com/        
"The Warren Center coordinates the Warren Library, collects Warren interviews, and catalogues popular culture treatments of the author's works, such as film or television productions."

Welty, Eudora

Eudora Welty Newsletter 
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwewn/index.htm   
Georgia State University site that  "...Includes bibliographic references to her works, textual analyses, news and queries about Eudora Welty and her works, and checklists of scholarship."

Wharton, Edith

The Edith Wharton Society 
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/wharton/index.html
"Offers Wharton scholars and other interested persons an opportunity to share in the study and appreciation of the life and works of this author." Includes biographical information, online works, and critical analyses.

Wolfe, Thomas

The Thomas Wolfe Collection 
http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/tw/tw.html
"The Thomas Wolfe Collection, part of the North Carolina Collection in the University of North Carolina Library, includes correspondence, manuscripts, legal documents, family memorabilia, printed material by and about Wolfe, photographs, clippings, and recorded materials."

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century     
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/   
"A digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers."

A Celebration of Women Writers  
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ 
"Provides a comprehensive listing of links to biographical and bibliographical information about women writers, and complete published books written by women".

Emory Women Writers Resource Project 
http://chaucer.library.emory.edu/wwrp/index.html     
"A collection of edited and unedited texts by women writing in English from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth century."

Society for the Study of American Women Writers
http://www.lehigh.edu/~dek7/SSAWW/    
Information on books, journals, and links as well as an electronic library from the University of Nebraska.

Voices From the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color  
http://voices.cla.umn.edu/       
From the University of Minnesota, this web site focuses on the lives and works of North American women writers of color. Presents biographical, critical and bibliographical information about the writer as well as images and quotes pertinent to her life and works.

Women's Studies Database: Reading Room       
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/ReadingRoom/ 
Online texts and academic articles provided by the University of Maryland.

Black American Literature.  Detroit, Mich. : Omnigraphics, Inc., 1988. 

Video PS508.N3 S55 1988

An Introduction to William Faulkner's Fiction.  Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, Inc., 1988. 

Reserve Video PS3511.A86 Z8424 1988

An Introduction to Ernest Hemingway's Fiction.  Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, Inc., 1988. 

Video PS3515.E37 Z663 1988

The Mysterious Mr. Eliot: Aspects of T.S. Eliot.  [Del Mar, Calif.] : CRM McGraw-Hill Films,
[198-?]., 1986. 

Reserve Video PS3509.L43 Z8

The World of Emily Dickinson.  [Monterey, Calif.] : Monterey Home Video ; [Malibu, Calif.] : Distributed by the Monterey Movie Co., [1997].
Reserve Video PS1541 .A6 1997

Aberjhani.  Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance.  New York : Facts On File, Inc. ; 2003.   Reference PS153.N5 A24 2003

American Naturalism.  Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 2004. 

PS374.N29 A47 2004

Asian American Short Story Writers : an A-to-Z Guide.  Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2003.  Reference PS153.A84 A828 2003

The Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature.  Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003.  
PS153.J4 C36 2003

The Harlem Renaissance.  Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, 2004. 

Reserve PS153.N5 H225 2004

Literature and Its Times.  Detroit : Gale Research, 2003. 

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American Literature; a Journal of Literary History, Criticism and Bibliography  (1929- )
Children's Literature Association Quarterly  (1999-2000)
Contemporary Literature  (1968-1994)
The Explicator  (1942-1994)
The Horn Book Magazine  (1977-1993)
Journal of American Studies  (1967-1998)
Journal of Modern Literature  (1970-1993)
Modern Fiction Studies  (1955- )
Notes on Contemporary Literature  (1971- )
Studies in Black Literature (1970-1977)
Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature  (1960-1967)