Literature & Literary Criticism

This archive contains a myriad of antislavery materials from works of fiction to slave narratives. Developed by scholars at Arizona State University, the material offers a comprehensive source for researchers.

Resources on the life and works of the Congregationalist preacher Jonathan Edwards.

Covers "Beat" writers like Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Ferlinghetti. Contains biographical information as well as links to literary criticism.

Collection of resources on primarily American authors. Developed by the University of California, Berkeley.

Archival source of all things Mark Twain, containing author information and literary criticism of his works, including stage performances.

Developed by Paul P. Reuben of California State University, Stanislaus, this site breaks down American Literature by time period, providing information on authors and their works.

This outstanding site gives researchers access to the vast repository of work created by Walt Whitman. Housed at the University of Nebraska's Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, the site is edited by Whitman scholars Ed Folsom and Kenneth M Price.