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	American Writers - http://www.americanwriters.org/index_short_list.asp Companion to C-SPAN TV series. Includes transcripts, links, and background information.
	American Authors on the Web - http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html General resources.
	American Literature Association - http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2/ Organization devoted to the study of American authors and literature. Includes a directory of member-societies, and membership and event information.
	Wikipedia: Poetry of the United States - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry_of_the_United_States A chronological survey of American poetry, from colonial to contemporary work.
	American Authors - http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/aufram.html 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.

	Project CROW - http://www.millikin.edu/aci/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.
	Literary Resources - American (Lynch) - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/american.html Index of literary resources available on the web, focusing on those of interest to scholars. Searchable and organized by period and topic.
	Literary Movements in American Literature - http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/litfram.html 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.
	Brief Timeline of American Literature and Culture, Pre-1620 to 1920 - http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/timefram.html Includes events in American history and literature, with links to pages on literary movements, bibliographies, and individual authors.
	http://www.english.eku.edu/SERVICES/KYLIT/ - http://www.english.eku.edu/SERVICES/KYLIT/ Biographies and bibliographies of authors from Kentucky.

	Electronic Archives - http://www.georgetown.edu/tamlit/tamlit-home.html Contains essays, syllabi, bibliographies and other resources for teaching the multiple literatures of the United States.
	Simonds History of American Literature - http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/270/frameset.html General overview of American literature, broken down into time periods.
	American Literature on the Web - http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/ Collection of links to sites on the Internet especially dealing with American literature and its social, cultural contexts. Site maintained by Akihito Ishikawa.
	All American - http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/allam.htm 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 Literature Chronology - Index - http://www.shsu.edu/~eng_wpf/amlitchron_index.html American Literature Anthology Writers' Index.

	Works for Children & Adults, 1800-1872 - http://www.merrycoz.org/ Anthology of early American works, with summary. Some text available on e-book.
	MIT Libraries: Literature Resources - http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/literature/ A collection of internet resources devoted primarily to English and American literatures.
	American Literature (Critical Essays) - http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/american_literature_essays Critical essays of mainly 19th and 20th century American authors, many written for academic purposes.
	The American Literature Archive - http://www.en.utexas.edu/amlit/ Literature from the late 19th to early 20th century. Includes full text of several novels.
	American Drama - http://www.uc.edu/americandrama/ Scholarly studies of dramatic literature from the earliest to the most recent playwrights, featuring critical examination of trends and discussions of diversity.

	American Poems - http://www.americanpoems.com/ American poetry, from the classic to the latest contemporary poets.
	PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/table.html 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.

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