LibGuides: American Literature: Open Access

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American Literature Collections

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American Literature - Classics Library Find classic American stories divided by chapter such as: Heart of Darkness, The Prince and the Pauper, and Moby Dick. Special interest: Short Stories.
American Poetry - Google Books Read and download American poetry.
American Short Story - Google Books Read and download American short stories.
American Verse Project
Bartleby Modern American Poetry Modern American Poetry contains over 130 poems from American masters such as Ezra Pound, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Vincent Benét, Emily Dickinson, and many others.
Bartleby The American Novel This historical treatment of the development of the “Great American Novel” expands upon Van Doren’s chapters on fiction in the Cambridge History of American Literature.
Bartleby The Book of American Negro Poetry
Bartleby The Book of New York Verse
Bartleby Yale Book of American Verse Thomas Lounsbury is perhaps best known for his vigorous commitment to making English a recognized and respected course of study. With his passion for the study of literary history and the American language, Lounsbury proves to be the ideal editor for this all-inclusive collection of American verse through 1912.
Documenting the American South
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Google Books: American Poetry Read and download American poetry.
Google Books: American Short Story Read and download American short stories.
Library of Southern Literature Homepage Part of the larger Documenting the American South site at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. This portion has archived the works of southern authors such as Kate Chopin, Edgar Allen Poe and Booker T. Washington.
Native American Oral Tales and Songs Native American Poetry
The Online Books Page American Literature Part of the larger The Online Books Page site at the University of Pennsylvania, this portion covers American literature. Find the works of such authors as Franklin, Bierce, and Longfellow. Special interest: A Celebration of Women Writers: Writers from the USA and Indigenous American and Artificial Languages.
The Online Books Page Indigeneous American and Artificial Language Read Indigenous American literature.
Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More
The Short Story Library - American Literature Find short stories by American greats, such as Irving, London and Twain.