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Online Resources

• Project Gutenberg
  Free electronic books (ebooks) available in many categories, including history and literature. Historical American authors are well-represented. The website's Bookshelves organize the thousands of titles into categories such as the United States Bookshelf.

• Perspectives in American Literature
  Covers Puritanism, The Age of Reason, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Realism, Naturalism, Early 20th C. and Modernism, American Drama, Harlem Renaissance, Late 20th C. and Postmodernism.

• American Literature Sites/Author Bios/Period Timelines
  A hubsite of American Literature resources from Washington State University.

• Poets.org
  Thousands of poems as well as hundreds of poet biographies, essays, interviews, and poetry recordings—with new material being added constantly. Also available are resources such as the National Poetry Map, a national events calendar, and poetry lesson plans for teachers.

• Harper Audio
  Small archive includes poetry readings, in most cases by the original authors, in various audio formats.

• Christian Classics
  Extensive collection includes American literature ranging from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Jonathan Edwards.

Videos

• The Leatherstocking Tales (VHS)
  PS1402 1985v ; General
• The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (VHS)
  PS1868 .A25 1979 ; General

Print Resources

• American Writers of the Early Republic
  edited by Emory Elliott : PN451.D5 v.37 1985 ; Reference
• American Colonial Writers, 1606-1734
  edited by Emory Elliott : PN451 .D5 v.24 1984 ; Reference
• American Colonial Writers, 1735-1781
  edited by Emory Elliott : PN451 .D5 v.31 1984 ; Reference
• American Writers Before 1800 : A Biographical and Critical Dictionary
  edited by James A. Levernier and Douglas R. Wilmes : PS 185 .A4 1983 ; Reference
• Revolutionary Histories : Transatlantic Cultural Nationalism, 1775-1815
  edited by W.M. Verhoeven : PS193 .R48 2002 ; General
• Soundings : Some Early American Writers
  Lewis Leary : PS 193 .L4 ; General
• We Wear the Mask : African Americans Write American Literature, 1760-1870
  Rafia Zafar : PS153.N5 Z34 1997 ; General
• Early American Literature and Culture : Essays Honoring Harrison T. Meserole
  edited by Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola : PS185 .E23 1992 ; General
• Major Writers of Early American Literature
  Everett Emerson, editor : PS 185 .E4 ; General
• The Origins of African American Literature, 1680-1865
  Dickson D. Bruce, Jr : PS153.N5 B78 2001 ; General
• Puritanism in Early America
  George Macgregor Waller : F 7 .W3 ; General

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