American Literature

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American Literature, generally

• Anglistik Guide - Gateway for Anglo-American language and literature
• Literatures in English - Annotated list of Websites (Alcove 9, Library of Congress)
• American Authors on the Web (Mitsu Matsuoka, Nagoya University)
• Cambridge History of English and American Literature - published 1907-1921 (Bartleby)
• Electronic Texts for the Study of American Culture - Historical documents and literary texts (U. of Virginia)
• Hyper-Concordance - Concordance of British and Irish authors (especially those from the Victoria era) and American authors (Victorian Literary Studies Archives)
• PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - Guide to periods and authors (Paul P. Reuben, California State University Stanislaus)
• Project Reveal (Read and View English & American Literature) (Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas)
• A Reading List for English Majors - Major works of English and American Literature (Rutgers)
• From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress
• Literary Kicks - Transcendentalists (Emerson, Thoreau, et al.), Bohemians, Beat Generation, Hippies and latter-day Beats

Poetry:

• Academy of American Poets - Promotes poetry and poets, not all of them American
• An American Anthology, 1787-1900 (Bartleby)
• American Verse Project - A project to put pre-1920 poetry anthologies on the Web (University of Michigan)
• Modern American Poetry - Ed. by Louis Untermeyer, 1919 (Bartleby)
• Modern American Poetry (University of Illinois)
• Yale Book of American Verse - 1912 (Bartleby)

Fiction:

• The American Short Story: A Selective Chronology
• Wright's American Fiction - Scanned texts of more than 2,000 works of fiction written between 1851 and 1875

American Literature by Writers of Color:

• African American Women Writers of the 19th Century (New York Public Library)
• Voices from the Gaps - "Uncover, highlight, and share the works of marginalized artists, predominantly women writers of color living and working in North America" (University of Minnesota)

American Literature by Place:

• Bay Area Literary Map - Authors' home and haunts, literary settings, bookstores, and more (San Francisco Chronicle)

Authors

Dashiell Hammett and other hardboiled detective writers:

Valuable guides from William Denton

• Dashiell Hammett Bibliography
• The Lazy Gink's Guide to a Complete Hammett Collection
• Twists, Slugs, and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang

Melville:

• Moby Dick Big Read - Audio files of the book
• Power Moby Dick: The Online Annotation

Steinbeck:

• National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, Calif.
• Steinbeck Center, San Jose State University Library

Thoreau:

• Henry David Thoreau - Many links to biographical, textual, and critical sources (American Transcendentalism Web)
• Thoreau - Life, works, and criticism
• Thoreau Reader: The Works of Henry D. Thoreau (EServer)
• Thoreau Society - Publishers of the Thoreau Society Bulletin
• Thoreau Today - Blog inspired by Thoreau
• Thoreau, Walden, and the Environment - Walden Woods Project conserves Thoreau's beloved pond and surrounding area; the Thoreau Institute promotes research and education [walden.org]
• Walden - Text and pictures (U. of Virginia)
• Walden Pond - Pictures and Thoreau's words
• The Writings of Henry David Thoreau - About Thoreau's works and the scholarly edition of them; no full text (UC Santa Barbara)

Twain:

• Mark Twain Project - "Authoritative texts, documents, and historic research" (University of California Press)

Whitman:

• Walt Whitman Archive - Whitman's works, along with much background material

Library of Congress:

• Walt Whitman: A Resource Guide
• Revising Himself: Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass - Library of Congress exhibit
• Walt Whitman Paper (American Memory Project, Library of Congress)