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ENG 330 American Literature (Lisa Smith)

Resources for your survey of American literature

Researching American Authors and Their Works

Literature Resource Center

Provides up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and around the world.
MLA International Bibliography
Coverage is international and includes literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.

In addition, the MLA Directory of Periodicals and their proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors within the Bibliography are included.
JSTOR

Archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering the Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Project MUSE

Full-text current and archival articles from scholarly journals covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.

Online Books

Documents of American Realism and Naturalism by Donald Pizer
ISBN: 9780585220765

Publication Date: 1998-01-01

Donald Pizer presents the major critical discussions of American realism and naturalism from the beginnings of the movement in the 1870s to the present. Through introductions to each of the three sections, Pizer provides background, delineating the underlying issues motivating attempts to attack, defend, or describe American realism and naturalism.
A Companion to American Literary Studies by Caroline F. Levander (Editor); Robert S. Levine (Editor)
ISBN: 9781405198813

Publication Date: 2011-10-03

Addresses the most provocative questions, subjects, and issues animating the field. Essays provide readers with the knowledge and conceptual tools for understanding American literary studies as it is practiced today, and chart new directions for the future of the subject.
Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature
Call Number: Online in Gale Virtual Reference Library

ISBN: 9781414431307

Publication Date: 2009-07-03

Covers American authors from many periods and genres

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