American

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.
www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/allam.htm

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.
www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/aufram.html

American Authors on the Web - General resources.
www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html

American Drama - Scholarly studies of dramatic literature from the earliest to the most recent playwrights, featuring critical examination of trends and discussions of diversity.
www.uc.edu/americandrama/

The American Literature Archive - Literature from the late 19th to early 20th century. Includes full text of several novels.
www.en.utexas.edu/amlit/

American Literature Association - Organization devoted to the study of American authors and literature. Includes a directory of member-societies, and membership and event information.
www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2/

American Literature Chronology - Index - American Literature Anthology Writers' Index.
www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/amlitchron_index.html

American Literature (Critical Essays) - Critical essays of mainly 19th and 20th century American authors, many written for academic purposes.
www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/american_literature_essays

American Literature on the Web - Collection of links to sites on the Internet especially dealing with American literature and its social, cultural contexts. Site maintained by Akihito Ishikawa.
www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/

American Poems - American poetry, from the classic to the latest contemporary poets.
www.americanpoems.com/

American Writers - Companion to C-SPAN TV series. Includes transcripts, links, and background information.
www.americanwriters.org/index_short_list.asp

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.
www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/timefram.html

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.
www.lib.virginia.edu/small/collections/barrett.html

Electronic Archives - Contains essays, syllabi, bibliographies and other resources for teaching the multiple literatures of the United States.
www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/tamlit-home.html

Key Sites on American Literature - U.S. government's outline of American Literature links.
usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oal/amlitweb.htm

KYLIT - Biographies and bibliographies of authors from Kentucky.
www.english.eku.edu/SERVICES/KYLIT/

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.
www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/litfram.html

MIT Libraries: Literature Resources - A collection of internet resources devoted primarily to English and American literatures.
libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/literature/

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.
www.millikin.edu/aci/crow/

Simonds History of American Literature - General overview of American literature, broken down into time periods.
www.bibliomania.com/2/3/270/frameset.html

Wikipedia: Poetry of the United States - A chronological survey of American poetry, from colonial to contemporary work.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_of_the_United_States

Works for Children & Adults, 1800-1872 - Anthology of early American works, with summary. Some text available on e-book.
www.merrycoz.org/