American Literature
Workshop Related Resources
Below are some related websites that are useful in
exploring topics and information related to this workshop.
In addition to outside resources, you may choose to explore ASC and Salzburg
Seminar resources related to literature.
ASC and Salzburg Seminar:
Websites:
http://www.altavista.com
Search engine reviewed by keyword search.
http://www.yahoo.com
Search engine organized by subject.
http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu
An extensive on-line collection of canonical and modern literature, current journals in
the humanities, and relevant published articles. The wide range of topics includes art,
architecture, drama, fiction, poetry, history, political theory, cultural studies,
philosophy, women's studies and music. Highly recommended.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~YP/yp_home.html
This site does not contain relevant reading materials itself, but serves more as a
starting point for web-based American-studies research. It is primarily a web-bibliography
on the following topics: ethnicity, gender, literature, philosophy/religion, popular
culture, regional studies, social sciences, and science/technology. Also includes links to
relevant search engines and professional American studies organizations.
http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english.html
An exhaustive resource for "English Literature" of all kinds. Includes texts,
criticism, theory, author biographies, etc. pertaining to any literature written in
English which has been or might be taught in a classroom. Also features an astoundingly
large cultural studies section. Highly recommended.
http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english2.html
A sub-section of the above site—can be found on the main page under title
"Literature by Genre."
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/Arts/Humanities/Literature
A starting point for literature on the web.
http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/pub.html
67 Magazines of many types, including literary,on line. Most contain search engines for
their archives
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.html
Literature on and by the "great" writers. Search by name.
http://www.lit.kobe-u.ac.jp/~hishika/zoc_poet.htm
Links and pages of literature and critisism on 159 poets. Search by name or by poem.
http://www.sccd.ctc.edu/~sbeasley/mais/amlittoc.html
A great collection of American Literature resources on the internet. Guide to referances,
academic sites, electronic texts and journals, writers, newsgroups and other similar
directories. Excellent place to start searching for anything.
http://www.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/cultures_and_groups/cultures/native_american/literature/
A great collection of American Literature resources on the internet. Guide to referances,
academic sites, electronic texts and journals, writers, newsgroups and other similar
directories. Excellent place to start searching for anything.
http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
A literary criticism collection focusing primarily on American and British authors.
Contains links to sites about numerous English language authors. Many author entries
include biography and relevant non-literary sources in addition to the criticism.
http://www.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/countries_cultures_and_groups/women/
Same as above.
http://valencia.cc.fl.us/lrcwest/genauthwww.html
List of literary hierarchical or keyword search engines. Look up any authors or books and
access sites on these authors, subjects etc from the whole www.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/ibic/guide.html
The World Wide Web Virtual Library. Step by step user friendly guide to finding anything
about anybody. Includes on line libraries, searches by author and steps to follow in
digging up most anything one could desire in literature.
http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Genres/Literary_Fiction/Authors/
Guide to webpages on hundreds of authors listed by name.
http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english2.html
Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature by genre (drama, fiction and poetry studies). A
collection of research works and web pages on these topics. Also contains some course
listings and list serve sites.
http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english.html
Same as last containing resources on broad topics including by period, by national trends
(i.e. American, British, other lit. in English and minority lit), also history of
literature.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~YP/yp_home.html
The Yellow Pages. Resources by discipline (ethnicity, gender, literature, philosophy and
religion, regional and social studies and electronic literature collections.)
http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/poems/
Poets Corner. User friendly public library of poetic works (3,691 works by 318 poets).
Search by name. Mostly pre-twentieth century.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1416/
Academy of American Poets. Contains on line literary magazines, popular poets, independent
poets etc…
http://english-server.hss.cmu.edu/
Literature on line, cultural studies, gender studies, home pages of English server
members, language, journals, works on many topics.
Literature of ethnicity
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/Literature/amlit.black.html
Titled "Writing Black," this site is a solid resource of African American
writings and writers. Includes writings, speeches, and biographies of African Americans.
Also provides links to other libraries and indexes in related fields.
http://www.afroam.org
Less academic than other African-American Studies sites, but is interesting in that it is
less concerned with academic correctness than with appeal to a general, mainstream black
audience. It includes weekly polls on hot issues (should we bomb Iraq, etc.), an
interactive historical museum, an art gallery, community discussions on current topics,
and a weekly newsletter. A well maintained site, but note that it serves as a cultural
resource, not a literary one.
http://www.usc.edu/Library/Ref/Ethnic/black_lit_main.html
An extensive bibliography of African-American works. Includes all genres of literature,
criticism, magazine and journal articles, and speeches. Good for use as a bibliographic
resource, but does not contain actual text.
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/literature/amlit.black.html
Electronic resource for works by or on African-Americans.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulnativ.htm
Multicultural Bibliography. Native American literature, incomplete indexes by tribe or by
author. Bibliography of general resource titles- Native American.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/rec_acq/home.html
Recent Acquisitions in African American literature including history and literature.
http://www.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/cultures/african_american/literature/
Extensive list of web sites with African-American poetry, plays, full texts,
bibliographies, woman writers etc.
http://www-engl.cla.umn.edu/lkd/vfg/vfghome
Voices From the Gaps, an instructional WWW site focusing on the lives and works of women
writers of color.
Websites on individual authors
Amy Tan
http://dhs.djusd.k12.ca.us/gallery/student/lily/
Brief biography
http://gnn.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Genres/Literary_Fiction/Authors/Tan__Amy/
Essentially an Amy Tan homepage. Includes links to texts of her works, criticism,
speeches, interviews, and biography.
http://yahoo.com/text/entertainment_and_arts/literature/poets_and_authors/tan_amy/
Fairly extensive list of resources and texts on and by Amy Tan.
http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/amytan/
Articles, biographies, full texts on and by Amy Tan.
Toni Morrison
http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/tonimorrison/toni.htm
The best Toni Morrison homepage on the net. Either includes or has links to any worthwhile
information on Toni Morrison on the web.
Bharati Mukherjee
http://wupa.wustl.edu/record/archive/1996/02-22-96/6521.html
Brief biographical info
http://www.motherjones.com/mother_jones/JF97/mukherjee.html
Article by Mukherjee about being an American immigrant
Maxine Hong Kingston
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/kingston.htm
Titled "Maxine Hong Kingston: Teacher Resource Guide," this site contains
biographies, bibliographies, criticism, and more from and about the author.
http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/alicew/
Alice Walker.
http://www.uic.edu/~lauramd/sf/carter.html
Page with resources and texts by Angela Carter. |
