American Literature/Criticism
Background Information
| A Glossary of Literary Terms | Ref. PN41 .A184 |
| The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature | Ref. PS21 .E537 |
| The Reader's Encyclopedia | Ref. PN41 .B4 |
| The Critical Temper : a survey of modern criticism on English and American literature from the beginning | Ref. PR85 .C77 |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism | Ref. PN771 .C59 |
| Contemporary Authors | Ref. PN771 .C66 |
Journal Articles
Literature Resource Center
JSTOR
Project Muse
MLA Directory of Periodicals
MLA International Bibliography
Web Resources
PAL : Perspectives in American LiteratureFirst published as a book, this ongoing project is now available only online. This online book is organized in chapters and appendices. The ten chapters represent the major literary and historical perspectives, cycles, or movements in American literature.Literary Resources on the Net
This set of pages is a collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature, excluding most single electronic texts, and is limited to collections of information useful to academics.Visual Thesaurus
The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that show meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning.