Literature

From California Polytechnic Institute, nontraditional links to information on some 30 of America's earliest writers, including Anne Bradstreet, Thomas Jefferson, Cotton Mather, Philip Freneau, Phillis Wheatley, and Oludah Equinano.

A collection of 52 published works by black women writers that provides access to the perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to 1920.

A project from the University of Minnesota that focuses on the lives and works of women writers of color in North America. Designed primarily to serve as an active learning component in the literature classroom, the site relies upon students and scholars from around the world to contribute author "home pages" for women writers of color.

A highly graphic page based on an exhibit sponsored by the Texas Humanities Resource Center; images from the title pages of numerous literary works representing Latino heritage through the years are interspersed with descriptions of their contents.

A considerable sampling of English-language poetry in which the work of American poets is well represented; maintained by Seamus Cooney of Western Michigan University, the site also links to what Cooney identifies as "my collection of really bad poetry."

Maintained by the Academy of American Poets, this site includes biographies, photos, and other information on more than 200 hundred poets and some 600 poems. The site features a unique "listening booth" in which the Web reader can also hear 80 poets, predominantly American, read their own works.

Encompasses American literature in various time periods; includes special sections on American drama and African-American writers. Maintained by Paul P. Reuben of the Department of English, California State University.

Contains information on American writers in four categories -- early American, 19th century, 20th century, and Native American literature. Also includes links to on-line documents discussing these categories.

An online companion to The Norton Anthnology of American Literature (fifth edition) covering 120 American writers. The site provides for each writer a brief biography, "an exploration" in which one of the writer's works is examined, and a list of other sites to consult. The site also groups this information by "topic clusters," permitting comparison of works of the same genr頯r time period.

Presented by the University of Mississippi, the site contains information on some 270 writers of drama, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry who have called the state of Mississippi their home. Biographies of the writers, information about their books and other publications, and bibliographies of other information sources (including literary criticism) are featured.