American Literature
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American Literature, generally
- Anglistik Guide - Gateway for Anglo-American language and literature
- Literatures in English - Annotated list of Websites (Alcove 9, Library of Congress)
- American Authors on the Web (Mitsu Matsuoka, Nagoya University)
- Cambridge History of English and American Literature - published 1907-1921 (Bartleby)
- Electronic Texts for the Study of American Culture - Historical documents and literary texts (U. of Virginia)
- Hyper-Concordance - Concordance of British and Irish authors (especially those from the Victoria era) and American authors (Victorian Literary Studies Archives)
- PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - Guide to periods and authors (Paul P. Reuben, California State University Stanislaus)
- Project Reveal (Read and View English & American Literature) (Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas)
- A Reading List for English Majors - Major works of English and American Literature (Rutgers)
- From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress
- Literary Kicks - Transcendentalists (Emerson, Thoreau, et al.), Bohemians, Beat Generation, Hippies and latter-day Beats
- Academy of American Poets - Promotes poetry and poets, not all of them American
- An American Anthology, 1787-1900 (Bartleby)
- American Verse Project - A project to put pre-1920 poetry anthologies on the Web (University of Michigan)
- Modern American Poetry - Ed. by Louis Untermeyer, 1919 (Bartleby)
- Modern American Poetry (University of Illinois)
- Yale Book of American Verse - 1912 (Bartleby)
- The American Short Story: A Selective Chronology
- Wright's American Fiction - Scanned texts of more than 2,000 works of fiction written between 1851 and 1875
- African American Women Writers of the 19th Century (New York Public Library)
- Voices from the Gaps - "Uncover, highlight, and share the works of marginalized artists, predominantly women writers of color living and working in North America" (University of Minnesota)
- Bay Area Literary Map - Authors' home and haunts, literary settings, bookstores, and more (San Francisco Chronicle)
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- Dashiell Hammett Bibliography
- The Lazy Gink's Guide to a Complete Hammett Collection
- Twists, Slugs, and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
- Moby Dick Big Read - Audio files of the book
- Power Moby Dick: The Online Annotation
- National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, Calif.
- Steinbeck Center, San Jose State University Library
- Henry David Thoreau - Many links to biographical, textual, and critical sources (American Transcendentalism Web)
- Thoreau - Life, works, and criticism
- Thoreau Reader: The Works of Henry D. Thoreau (EServer)
- Thoreau Society - Publishers of the Thoreau Society Bulletin
- Thoreau Today - Blog inspired by Thoreau
- Thoreau, Walden, and the Environment - Walden Woods Project conserves Thoreau's beloved pond and surrounding area; the Thoreau Institute promotes research and education [walden.org]
- Walden - Text and pictures (U. of Virginia)
- Walden Pond - Pictures and Thoreau's words
- The Writings of Henry David Thoreau - About Thoreau's works and the scholarly edition of them; no full text (UC Santa Barbara)
- Mark Twain Project - "Authoritative texts, documents, and historic research" (University of California Press)
- Walt Whitman Archive - Whitman's works, along with much background material
- Walt Whitman: A Resource Guide
- Revising Himself: Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass - Library of Congress exhibit
- Walt Whitman Paper (American Memory Project, Library of Congress)
Dashiell Hammett and other hardboiled detective writers:
Valuable guides from William Denton