19th Century
Bellamy, Edward, Bierce, Ambrose, Bryant, William Cullen, Cooper, James Fenimore, Crane, Stephen, Douglass, Frederick, Emerson, Ralph Waldo, Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Irving, Washington, Jackson, Helen Hunt
20th Century
Baldwin, James, Capote, Truman, Chabon, Michael, Dickey, James, Eggers, Dave, Ellis, Bret Easton, Harlem Renaissance, Hurston, Zora Neale, Jackson, Shirley, Lee, Harper
21st Century
Danielewski, Mark Z., Albom, Mitch, Bauman, Deron, Bender, Aimee, Bender, Jo Ann, Best, Joel, Blum, Jenna, Bunker, Todd, Caló, Zolen, Carmicheal, Ameth, Caro, Robert
Early
Bradford, William, de Crevecoeur, St. John, Edwards, Jonathan, Equiano, Olaudah, Franklin, Benjamin, Hamilton, Alexander, Paine, Thomas, Rowlandson, Mary, Smith, Captain John, Taylor, Edward
Southern
Catherine Rodgers McLain, Chris Blaine, Author and Biographer, Documenting the American South: A Digitized Librar, Fellowship of Southern Writers, Louisiana Legacy, Southern Literature and Culture, Southern Literature: Women Writers, Southern Renaissance: Instructor Overview, Susan Ketchin: Commentator, Author and Musician of, The Southern Literature Council of Charleston
A Student's History of American Literature
General overview of American literature, broken down into time periods.
All American
A university based reference site, analyzing aspects of American literature, history and culture. The site features a glossary of literary terms, an almanac and student written author biography pages.
American Authors
Pages on individual authors with picture (when available), links to works online, and other information; most pages also contain a selected bibliography of secondary criticism.
American Drama
Scholarly studies of dramatic literature from the earliest to the most recent playwrights, featuring critical examination of trends and discussions of diversity.
American Literature (Critical Essays)
Critical essays of mainly 19th & 20th century American authors, many written for academic purposes.
American Literature Association
Organization devoted to the study of American authors and literature. Includes a directory of member-societies, and membership and event information.
American Literature Chronology - Index
American Literature Anthology Writers' Index.
American Literature on the Web
Collection of links to sites on the Internet especially dealing with American literature and its social, cultural contexts. Site maintained by Akihito Ishikawa.
American Poems
American poetry, from the classic to the latest contemporary poets.
American Studies Web: Literature and Hypertext
Created by Yale doctoral candidate David Phillips.
American Writers
Companion to C-SPAN TV series. Includes transcripts, links, and background information.
Brief Timeline of American Literature and Culture,
Includes events in American history and literature, with links to pages on literary movements, bibliographies, and individual authors.
Electronic Archives
Contains essays, syllabi, bibliographies and other resources for teaching the multiple literatures of the United States.
Key Sites on American Literature
U.S. government's outline of American Literature links.
KYLIT
Biographies and bibliographies of authors from Kentucky.
Literary Movements in American Literature
Contains brief essays on movements and important concepts in American literature. Each page also contains links to a bibliography of secondary sources for further reading and links to outside sites.
Literary Resources - American (Lynch)
Index of literary resources available on the web, focusing on those of interest to scholars. Searchable and organized by period and topic.
Mississippi Writers and Musicians
This web site provides up-to-date information about Mississippi writers. Authors include William Faulkner, Willie Morris, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, John Grisham, Thomas Harris, and many others.
MIT Libraries: Literature Resources
A collection of internet resources devoted primarily to English and American literatures.
Online Directory for American Literature
A directory for American Literature including colonial, 18th century, modern, and contemporary.
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
Includes images and bibliographical and biographical information on American writers from Anne Bradstreet and Cotton Mather to Langston Hughes and Kurt Vonnegut. The guide has links and study questions.
Project CROW
Course Resources on the Web, featuring a directory of American literature web resources, browsable by general resources (Basics), and sites featuring Syllabi/Assignments and Author Chronologies.
The American Literature Archive
Literature from the late 19th to early 20th century. Includes full text of several novels.
The Clifton Waller Barrett Library
Aims to include all fiction, poetry, drama, and essays published by an American in book form up to and including the year 1875, with a substantial collection from the remaining years.
Wikipedia: Poetry of the United States
A chronological survey of American poetry, from colonial to contemporary work.