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Check out a list of annotated links to resources examining specific genres and periods of American literature. africanamerican literature, literary criticism, articles, dissertations, and general reference materials, as well as links to specific authors and includes biographical authors and/or
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/oal/amlitweb.htm

Extractions: AMERICAN LITERATURE - GENERAL African American Literature Maintained at the University of Southern California, provides links to resources on African-American literature, literary criticism, articles, dissertations, and general reference materials, as well as links to specific genres of literature poetry, drama, novels, and short fiction. African American Literature and History Includes a brief history of African-American literature, online e-texts from the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center, full text poetry for several African-American poets, and online resource documents on literature by and about blacks. African American Writers: Online E-texts Includes biographical information on as well as the writings of a host of African-American writers, ranging over time from Jupiter Hammon in the 1700s to contemporary writers. American Authors on the Web A very comprehensive site from Nagoya University that presents a chronological listing of almost 800 American authors and includes biographical authors and/or writing samples for the majority of them.
VoS - Voice Of The Shuttle
literature IN THE COLLECTION BY SUBJECT Sawyer Library, Suffolk University Below is a selected list of subject headings associated with the Collection of African American literature. specific authors, titles, or key words not listed here may be searched for by using Archer, the Sawyer Library Online Catalog. Abolitionists In literature. African American
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2746
Disney Educational Productions | Cyberlesson: African American Authors
also focus in on famous africanamerican children's authors to look up informationabout specific authors Children's literature Meet authors and Illustrators.
http://disney.go.com/educational/cyberlesson_jan01.html

Extractions: African-American Literature February is Black History Month. You can help your school celebrate Black History Month by advertising some of the great books in your public and school library written by African-American authors. This month's lesson will help you discover who those authors are and create posters or a newsletter that will help you advertise these books to other students in your school. First, you'll want to learn who some famous African-American authors are. You can begin a list by learning about award-winning books and authors. The American Library Association gives the Coretta Scott King awards every year for the best African-American literature. You can print a list of the books at the following site. Then see if you can find any of them in your library: The Coretta Scott King Award Other sites with lists of African-American literature include: African-American Voices in Children's Literature
African-American Literature
AfroAmerican http//vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/eng-min.html afro-american Excellent textof sites on specific authors and african-american literature in general.
http://www.coastal.edu/library/bib17.htm

Extractions: Ref PS 221 .D5 Each topical volume contains a lengthy entry providing an overview of an autjor's life and work. This is an excellent source for locating basic information about an author. Use the index in the final volume to locate your author. Sample volumes include: v. 33 Afro-American Fiction Writers after 1955 v. 41 Afro-American Poets since 1955 v. 50 Afro-American Writers Before the Harlem Renaissance v. 51
African - American Literature .. Term Papers On Black Authors & Their Works
concepts are depicted in two specific works, The then compares and contrasts bothauthors responses to africanamerican literature The Long Arm of Slavery
http://www.papers24-7.com/literature1-2.htm

Extractions: LITERATURE Black Authors, Pale Voices / Black Struggle for Articulation in America Afrolit.wps The Spirit of Place in the African American Experience An 8 page paper examining three novels Huckleberry Finn, Love is Medicine , and Beloved and treating the issue of what constitutes a good place, a spiritual home, in all three works. Huckleberry Finn and Beloved are dealt with most extensively. No sources except books. Belov.wps Truman Capote’s "In Cold Blood " : A 4 page paper that discusses the literary significance of Truman Capote's non-fictional novel and demonstrates that his utilization of the novel format does not detract from the factual or historical accuracy of the Clutter murder case in Holcomb, Kansas. Coldbloo.wps Toni Morrison’s "Beloved" / Issues Of Slavery and Motherhood
African-American Literature - BookSpot.com Feature
to Zora Neale Hurston, africanamerican authors reach audiences of Chronology ofAfrican American literature In addition to the Looking for a specific e-text
http://www.bookspot.com/features/afamliterature.htm

Extractions: Link to Site Reference Desk BOOKS Authors Book Events Book Reviews Electronic Texts Industry Facts Lists Trivia OTHER SPOTS Calendars Dictionaries E-Mail Directories Encyclopedias Experts How To Maps Museums People Thesauri White Pages Zip Codes Much More... Book News BOOKS Book News Sources HEADLINESPOT Today's Top Stories Search the News News By City News By State News by Country Education News Health News Political News Sports News Weather Much More... StartSpot Network BookSpot.com CinemaSpot.com EmploymentSpot.com GenealogySpot.com GovSpot.com HeadlineSpot.com HomeworkSpot.com LibrarySpot.com MuseumSpot.com TripSpot.com Perhaps you've read Iyanla Vanzant's "Yesterday, I Cried" or Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun." While very different, both communicate the rich traditions of African-American literature. The creative forces of the African-American experience flooded the artistic world early in the history of the United States.
Find Background Information For Literature Topics (Library Research Guide)
Short to medium length articles about specific writers, including life and works ofmany famous European authors. Masterpieces of africanamerican literature.
http://www.bridgewater.edu/departments/library/newguide/litback.htm

Extractions: Library Research Guide ON THIS PAGE When you first start researching a literature topic, it helps to have some background information in mind. What themes are common for the author, place, genre, or time? What people, places, or things were influential for the author. What do other people think about the writing? This set contains literary biographies of selected American writers up through the present. The entries are critical and interpretative. Bibliographies at the end of each signed article include the authors works as well as a list of critical and biographical studies. R 810 A512 British Writers . 8 vols. + supplements. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979-
American Literature
sites at the English page Also see sites on specific authors at the Be sure to clickon authors at the bottom to see essays on africanamerican literature.
http://www.wade.org/AmericanLit.htm
Literature Resources@Web English Teacher
literature A very extensive collection of links to specific authors. literature Life The Givens Collection africanamerican literature in historical
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/litgeneral.html
English And American Literature - Undergraduate Courses At Canterbury 2003 - Uni
allow you to focus on specific authors and their African, South African, Indian,africanamerican or Irish Poetry), and two further literature modules (60
http://www.ukc.ac.uk/studying/undergrad/subjects/ealit.html

Extractions: All courses All of UKC Undergraduate courses at Canterbury 2003 You are here: UKC home studying undergrad subjects This full-time programme is taught within the School of English . You can also study this programme on a part-time basis. English and American Literature at Kent is a challenging, flexible, and wide-ranging course. It covers not only traditional areas (such as Shakespeare or Dickens) but new fields such as African and Caribbean literature, and developments in literary theory. At Kent you shape your own degree: Level 1 allows you to experiment by combining compulsory modules on literature and critical theory with options from over 100 modules, ranging from philosophy to art history. At Level 2 you select broad surveys of English and American literature from the medieval period to the present day that introduce a wide range of texts, cultures and critical approaches. At Level 3 you have the opportunity to explore more specialised topics, to follow your own research interests and do some creative writing. At Kent we encourage lively discussion and independent thinking, and aim to develop your analytical and writing skills. English is a major subject at UKC and you will be part of a strong, identifiable and energetic student body: English students are active in the student magazine, the University radio station, theatre and creative writing, and the Literary Society.
English And American Literature - Undergraduate Study In Canterbury 2002 - Unive
allow you to focus on specific authors and their African, South African, Indian,africanamerican or Irish Poetry), and two further literature modules.
http://www.ukc.ac.uk/clearing/undergrad/subjects/ealit.html

Extractions: Clearing at Kent - Canterbury Prospectus You are here: UKC home clearing undergrad subjects This programme is taught within the School of English At Kent we encourage lively discussion and independent thinking, and aim to develop your analytical and writing skills. English is a major subject at UKC and you will be part of a strong, identifiable and energetic student body: English students are active in the student magazine, the University radio station, theatre and creative writing, and the Literary Society. Back to top Single Honours Back to top In your first year at Kent you have the opportunity to explore English with other subjects which may be new to you. All English students take at least one of two year-long English modules. Romanticism and Critical Theory (compulsory for Single Honours students) examines authors such as Keats and Austen, the contexts in which they wrote, and how we interpret literature and the role played by literature in society. Early Drama starts with a look at drama from the middle ages to the 16th century and ends with a project. This often takes the form of student productions of plays on the course.
Anglo-American Literature And Comparative Literature
courses about specific authors and chronological to the works of individual authors. african-american literature 4 Children's literature Bibliography 4
http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/cdangloamerican.html

Extractions: Clientele: Cornell's English Department offers courses about genres (utopias, folklore, detective story) as well as traditional courses about specific authors and chronological periods. The departments of English and Comparative Literature emphasize the history and analysis of critical theory (e.g., feminism, semiotics) as related to popular culture as well as the canon. The collection serves other departments, including Theatre Arts, Linguistics, the Society for the Humanities, Women's Studies, and African Studies and Research. Existing collection ECS 4 Lang W The current collection covers all British, U. S., Australian and Canadian literatures and language, plus basic English-language titles from the Pacific Islands. Historically, Anglo-American literature was collected at a research level with 4+ strength in the Medieval and 18th century portions of the collection. Major exceptions to level 4 coverage have been Celtic language and literature, journalism, and Australian and Canadian literature; some areas of these holdings are at a research level, but overall they support a level 3 (instructional) level. Current collection CCI 4 Lang W Primary texts, bibliographies, and secondary criticismin that orderare all necessary to maintain the collection at a 4 level. Primary texts are mostly in English, but our holdings of secondary works represent all major European languages. As the purchasing power of funding declines, we have bought fewer critical works in foreign languages. However, a special effort is made to acquire all scholarly titles treating themes and motifs in literature, and journals devoted to the works of individual authors . Titles from selected small presses are received on blanket order .
St. Philip's College Learning Resource Center African-American Literature Guide
scholarly journals pertaining to literary authors and topics. 1997) Provides historicalinformation about africanamerican literature, specific social, cultural
http://www.accd.edu/spc/lrc/LRCResou/guides/afroam.htm

Extractions: LRC Resources Events Online Catalog Laptops Ask a Reference Question Library Guides Tutorials Library Instruction Request Net Resources Electronic Databases Search Tools Links by Subject Other Libraries Distance Learning LRC Information Mission Statement Services Communicate With Us LRC Policies Literary Resources Keyword access is the most flexible of the access points because it allows you to combine terms in almost any manner desired. In the event that you can not locate information using one of the other access points, change to a keyword search. With a keyword search you may get many results that are not relevant to your need and miss materials that are relevant. Use a keyword search to get a broad list of items that may be relevant. Browse through the results until you find an item that is right on target with your need and click on a subject field in the record to do a search that will lead you to additional materials on your topic.
English 150-18 Homepage
These are more specific works that may help you in writing your CrossCultural literature. Thereis a wide selection of african-american writing by the authors
http://www.wpunj.edu/courses/eng150/intolit.htm

Extractions: Welcome to the Introduction to Literature homepage. On this page you can find some of class handouts, links to sites that discuss specific writers and links to other source material that you can use for class assignments. Literature and Society , 2nd Ed. P. Annas and R. Rosen Borderlands/La Frontera , Gloria Anzaldua, Aunt Lute Books, 1987 The Wasteland and Other Poems , T.S. Elliot. Harvest / HBJ. The goal in this course is to explore different forms of literature written by women and men from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, social classes, and historical periods. This will include the development of English Literature, Modernism, Feminist Literature and Literature From a Cross-Cultural Perspective. We will also examine different schools of literary criticism as well as examine several writers in depth. Handouts
Juniorlinks
selected authors Lee and Low africanamerican Books Sites literature Sites GeneralAmerican literature sites and computer lab machines for specific sites about
http://www.connally.org/chs_library/chs_library/juniorlinks.htm
Research Guide: African-American Literature
works of literature by africanamerican authors, arranged alphabetically by A Handbookfor Afro-American literature. concise summaries of specific novels, plays
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/ulib/ref/guides/lit/AfricanAmericanLit.html

Extractions: Research Guide: African-American Literature African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century This database provides the complete word-for-word texts of major 19th century African-American newspapers. African-American Poetry (1750-1900) Nearly 3,000 poems written by African-American poets in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. African American Studies - History Universe Includes major federal legislation relating to the slave trade, reconstruction, civil rights, affirmative action and issue related to race relations (1792-1994); U.S. Supreme Court decisions on constitutional issues raised by slavery, reconstruction, Jim crow laws, school segregation, job and housing discrimination, and affirmative action programs (1806-1999); autobiographies of prominent African-Americans; manuscript materials; reference and scholarly articles; photographs; speeches; and government documents. International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP) IIBP includes current and retrospective citations and abstracts from over 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers, and newsletters from the United States, Africa, andthe Caribbean. It also includes full text coverage of twenty-five core Black studies periodicals from 1998 forward. The database is international in scope and multidisciplinary, covering cultural, economic, historical, religious, social and political issues. Retrospective citations in the database date as far back as 1902.
Black Authors .. Essays On African - American Literature .. Essays And More Essa
concepts are depicted in two specific works, The The writer contrasts the authorsdescription of the africanamerican literature The Long Arm of Slavery
http://www.12000papers.com/literature2.htm

Extractions: Afrolit.wps The Spirit of Place in the African American Experience An 8 page paper examining three novels Huckleberry Finn, Love is Medicine , and Beloved and treating the issue of what constitutes a good place, a spiritual home, in all three works. Huckleberry Finn and Beloved are dealt with most extensively. No sources except books. Belov.wps Truman Capote’s "In Cold Blood " : A 4 page paper that discusses the literary significance of Truman Capote's non-fictional novel and demonstrates that his utilization of the novel format does not detract from the factual or historical accuracy of the Clutter murder case in Holcomb, Kansas. Coldbloo.wps
Literature
A Dictionary of Sensibility africanamerican. on the Internet - Biography and literaturelinks are good specific authors AND WORKS Learning About the Author and
http://library.uwa.edu/Resources/Lit.htm

Extractions: Miscellaneous sites Explicator index and the Literary Calendar. GENERAL SOURCES Literary Resources on the Net Especially helpful with American and English literature. Librarians Index to the Internet Literature link. MIT Libraries Literature Resources Internet resources dealing primarily with American and English literature. Literary Market Place - keyword search capabilities for publishers, literary agents, trade services, and resources. Online Literary Criticism Collection search by author, work, or period to find links to online criticism, biographical information, and links to web sites about specific authors or works or literature. Voice of the Shuttle searchable site of humanities web pages Top of page INTERNET COLLECTIONS OF LITERARY WORKS Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts - digital documents available for downloading in HTML and PDF format in the areas of English and American literature, as well as, Western philosophy. Documents can be searched individually or in groups.
Guide For Senior Thesis Writers
selection includes a number of works by africanamerican and women access to a collectionof modern English language literature. Researching specific authors.
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Library/Docs/SeniorThesis.html

Extractions: Bryn Mawr College - Fall, 2002 Contents: For quick help, Tripod start with a general keyword search, e.g. "transnational and culture" look in your search results for synonyms, related concepts and language, especially in the Subject Headings Subject Headings can include author names: "Woolf, Virginia", regional literature: "Irish literature", "South Asian literature" genre's and categories: "children's literature", "American poetry", "feminist literary criticism"
Disney Educational Productions | Cyberlesson: African American Authors
focus in on famous africanamerican children's authors. to look up information aboutspecific authors Children's literature Meet authors and Illustrators http
http://disney.go.com/educational/cyberlesson_feb00.html

Extractions: African-American Literature February is Black History Month. You can help your school celebrate Black History Month by advertising some of the great books in your public and school library written by African-American authors. This month's lesson will help you discover who those authors are and create posters or a newsletter that will help you advertise these books to other students in your school. First, you'll want to learn who some of the famous African-American authors are. You can begin a list by learning about award-winning books and authors. The American Library Association gives the Coretta Scott King awards every year for the best African-American literature. You can print a list of the books at the following site. Then see if you can find any of them in your library: The Coretta Scott King Award

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