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American Literature

Searching for Encyclopedias or Reference Books?

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Cambridge History of American Literature

Oxford Companion to American Literature

20th Century American Poetry

 

Searching for Books?

Books about American literature

Books about American Poetry – history and criticism – 19th century

Books about Modernism (Literature)

Books about Women & Literature – United States – History – 20th century

Searching for Audiovisual material?

John Steinbeck

Ernest Hemingway

Edith Wharton

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Searching for Literary Criticism?

Using Information Databases, you will find articles published in magazines, newspapers and academic journals that you can’t find using the Internet. All our databases are listed on our website but we recommend you try the ones below first.
*If you are using a computer that isn’t in the library, you’ll be asked to type in your library card number.

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  • Choose your search by clicking on ‘person’, ‘name of work’ or ‘keyword’. Enter your terms in the search bar, for example: F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Use the ‘name of work’ function for literary criticism on specific titles, for example: The Great Gatsby
  • Look at the clickable tabs above your results list for more information.

See all Information Databases.

What are Information Databases?

Recommended Websites

Literary History.com

Norton Anthology of American Literature

Other?

Check out these classics as downloadable eBooks:

East of Eden

The Grapes of Wrath

The Great Gatsby

To Kill a Mockingbird (Spark Notes)

The Old Man and the Sea (Cliff notes)