The following are links to literature pages on the Web.
Book Lovers: This site contains an abundance of links to every imaginable book-related site. Fabulous!
Bookwire: This site also has good links to other sites; more important, it links you to lists of the Nobel, Pulitzer, Pen-Faulkner, and other award winners. And not least, it takes you toThe Boston Review of Books and The Hungry Mind Review, among others.
Nimble Books LLC: This site contains book reviews, articles, author biographies, and also information on book-related Usenet groups.
The Literature Network has links to information and e-texts for a large number of authors. A very good resource.
The Word : This site contains a list of links to other book sites, especially on-line journals and reference sources. A very inclusive list.
Literature.org has full and unabridged e-texts of many American and English classics.
Bartleby.com has links to quotations, e-texts, and information on many writers. Great resource!
The following are links to sites which provide assistance with research, paper writing and documentation.
The Internet Public Library: This site contains all sorts of help on writing research papers, documentation, and information on literature, as well as lots of good links to literature sites.
The University of Wisconsin's Page on Documentation Styles: The name says it all.
The following are links to sites which provide information about some of the writers we're reading.
Early American Indian Literature:
- Creation/Migration/Origin Stories has quite a variety of tales from various American Indian cultures.
- Ancient Religions and Myths has links to a variety of myths from various cultures around the world, including a great selection of American Indian stories.
- First People has an ever-growing list of American Indian legends from both North and South American cultures.
- The Columbus Navigation Homepage
- Captain John Smith
This is an article from the Colonial Williamsburg Journal; it gives a pretty interesting account of Smith's exploits in the colonies. - Captain John Smith
This is an article from Time magazine, and gives a slightly different view of Smith. - Early American Captivity Narratives
This site provides links to Mary Rowlandson's narrative, as well as other captivity narratives, and some background information and analysis--good site!
- American as a Religious Refuge
This is a Library of Congress exhibit providing historical information on the various religious groups that first populated the colonies. Very good site! - Puritanism in New England
This site provides historical information, as well as links to other sites and documents that relate to Puritanism in America.
- Verstehen: The Sociology of Max Weber
This site provides links to Weber's works and also some historical background and analysis. - Max Weber
This site provides a brief biography of Weber as well as a good bibliography and links to other sources of information.
The Salem Witch Trials and Others:
- The Salem Witchcrat Trials
This site has it all: a chronology, documents, analysis, and background on the people involved. - Salem Witch Trials Page
This site has links to lots of historical background--even some videos. - Salem Witchcraft Document Archive
This site has links to images of the actual documents relating to the witch trials: warrants, court records, etc. - Witches and Witchcraft in Europe
Witch trials went on for hundreds of years in Europe; this site has some links to their history. Very interesting!
- Thomas Jefferson
A brief biography of Jefferson - The American Revolution
A good site with lots of links to information about the events before and during the revolution, and the people who were involved. - Liberty! The American Revolution
This is the PBS site associated with its show about the Revolution. Lots of good info here. - Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution
This is a fun site! Follow the route of the revolutionary army, step by step, as it marches from battle to battle.
- WPA Slave Narratives
During the 1930s, historians working for the WPA travelled around the country and collected stories of people who had formerly been slaves. This is a fascinating site! - Born in Slavery
Another site with more WPA slave narratives. - North American Slave Narratives
This is a collection of e-texts of slave narratives - The African American: Journey From Slavery to Freedom
This site has links to all sorts of information on slavery; very helpful.
- Washington Irving
This site has a good biography of Irving, and links to good information about his life and works. - Washington Irving
This site has a great list of links to essays, information, and e-texts of Irving's work.
- The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
This site has information about Poe's life and works, as well as pictures and photos of people and places related to Poe. - Edgar Allan Poe and Rufus Wilmot Griswold
This page details the rivalry between Poe and Griswold and gives an account of Griswold's actions after Poe's death. - A Commemoration
This site is a commemoration of the 150 year anniversary of Poe's death, and it has lots of good information and links.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
This site has links to biographical information, photos and pictures, e-texts, essays, and more. Good site! - Ralph Waldo Emerson
This site was put together by the Ralph Waldo Emerson Society, and it's extremely useful: lots of links to e-texts and other information on Emerson.
- Henry David Thoreau
This site is part of the American Transcendentalism Web, and has links to e-texts, essays, and other good information. - Henry David Thoreau
This site has links to biographical information, photos and pictures, e-texts, essays, and lots more. Very good site!
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
This site has links to many other good resources on Hawthorne, including a link to a Hawthorne crossword puzzle. - The Nathaniel Hawthorne Society
This site has an excellent page of links to information about Hawthorne's life and work. - Nathaniel Hawthorne
This site has a good biographical sketch and links to lots of e-texts of Hawthorne's works.
- The Life and Works of Herman Melville
This site has biographical information, links to e-texts, listing of current Melville events--everything you could want. Great site! - Herman Melville
This site has a biographical sketch and links to e-texts of many of Melville's works. - Hawthorne and Melville
This is an essay about the similarities between the two authors and their relationship.
- The Walt Whitman Archive
This is a wonderful site: links to e-texts of Leaves of Grass, a detailed biography, audio recordings, and more. - Walt Whitman
This site provides e-texts of 330 poems by Whitman. - The Walt Whitman Notebooks
This exhibit by the Library of Congress has images of Whitman's handwritten notebooks, as well as an account of their theft, recovery, and preservation. Very interesting!
- Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham's site, with a biography, interviews, reviews, and contact information. - Powell's Books Interview
In this interview, Cunningham talks about Specimen Days; very interesting and informative! - Specimen Days
This site provides a brief summary of the plot of the novel and links to the reviews.
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--During the Depression in the 1930s and early 1940s, the U.S. government commissioned a number of murals for post offices across the United States. Many of these were quite amazing. To read more about them, CLICK HERE.