Digital History
Digital History: Avant Garde
Synopsis of the huge cultural shifts that occurred in America in the 1920s in art, music, literature, and among intelligentsia.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Arna Bontemps (1902 1973)
Find interesting ways to teach the poetry of Arna Bontemps at this website from the Heath Anthology of American Literature.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.
Fun Trivia
Fun Trivia: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
This site contains ten ten question quizzes over works by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: Philosophy and Literature: History and Literature
Discusses the state of literature and written history in the 1800s as they related to the development of a national identity, and the role Romanticism played. With the passage of time, more serious literature emerged and authors began to...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Democratic Origins Introduction
The hard-fought American Revolution against Britain (1775-1783) was the first modern war of liberation against a colonial power. The triumph of American independence seemed to many at the time a divine sign that America and her people...
Digital History
Digital History: American Ethnic Literature
Educated white men weren't the only ones contributing to a truly American literature. Read about the literature written by Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Irish Americans. All added to the melting pot of...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Jack London's the Call of the Wild: "Nature Faker"?
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Jack London's The Call of the Wild: "Nature Faker"?." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath": The Inner Chapters
In this lesson plan, students will consider "John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath": The Inner Chapters." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Curated OER
Neh: Edsit Ement: Walt Whitman's Notebooks and Poetry: The Sweep of the Universe
For this lesson plan, students will consider "Walt Whitman's Notebooks and Poetry: The Sweep of the Universe." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Kate Chopin's "The Awakening"
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "Kate Chopin's"The Awakening"" in 3 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: Harlem 1900 1940: Countee Cullen (1903 1946)
This biography on author Countee Cullen gives details on his literary works along with all of his accomplishments throughout his life.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Classics for Young People
A launching point from the University of Calgary for several classic stories that are available online. Alphabetical by author, the list includes Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Rudyard Kipling.
University at Buffalo
University at Buffalo: Jean Toomer Unpublished Works
You can see the texts of unpublished works at this site.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Jean Toomer
This site from Modern American Poetry comes from the English department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and proves to be a great resource for information about Jean Toomer (1894-1967 CE). The site contains links to a...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Claude Mc Kay's Life
A concise and in-depth biography of the American poet known as Claude McKay (1890-1948 CE). McKay was one of the key members of The Harlem Renaissance Movement.
Stanford University
Dime Novels: Adventures of Buffalo Bill From Boyhood to Manhood
Dime novels were popular literature about the West. Stanford University Library offers this e-text of the dime novel about Buffalo Bill Cody's adventures in his early life.
Fantastic Fiction
Fantastic Fiction: Ray Bradbury: Detailed Bibliography and Awards
This site offers a very extensive bibliography with the book covers of Ray Bradbury's books. This site also has a brief biography and a photograph. Click on a book's year to view information about that year. Includes brief descriptions...
Rick Beach
Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Literature Links
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities links for American Literature. Intended for teachers and students, this site contains web links that provide many ways to assist and assess...
African American Literature Book Club
African American Literature Book Club: Alex Haley
This site provides a concise biography of Haley, the video [12:28] "Alex Haley Interview Roots (Merv Griffin Show 1977)" and links to six of his books.
University of Michigan
American Verse Project: Cornhuskers, by Carl Sandburg
Maintained by the Humanities Text Initiative at the University of Michigan, this site provides the entire text of Sandburg's collection of poetry, "Cornhuskers."
University of Michigan
American Verse Project: Song of Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The American Verse Project provides this full text version of Longfellow's famous poem, "Song of Hiawatha.
PBS
Pbs: Literature & Life Givens Collection (Afr. Am. Lit)
This PBS site explores African-American literature from its beginnings to the present. Includes an on-line study guide.
University of Michigan
University of Michigan: American Verse Project
The project is assembling an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920. The full text of each volume of poetry is being converted into digital form with various forms of access provided through the WWW. This site...