AMERICAN LITERATURE II
Use the resources below to find information on the topic of American Literature. The books, videos, CD-ROMS and periodicals are located in the MWCC Library. The web resources are available from any location with Internet access. The MWCC databases are available directly at the library, and remotely with a valid MWCC Library barcode number - if you are not sure of your number, please ask for assistance at the Circulation Desk.
Books | Periodicals | How to search for books
How to search for articles
Internet Resources
Reference Books
Twentieth-century literary criticism
Ref. PN771 .G271 v.1-
Poetry for students
Ref. PN1101 .P756 v.1-21
Critical survey of poetry
Ref. PN1021 .C7 2003 v.1-8 +
Masterplots II: poetry series
Ref. PN1110.5 .M37 2002 v.1-8
Masterplots II: short story series
Ref PN3326 .M27 2004 v.1-8
Novels for students
Ref. PN3365 .N68 v.1-18
Critical survey of short fiction
Ref. PN3373 .C7 1981 v.1-7 and 2001 v.1-7
Short stories for students
Ref. PN3373 .S3844 v.1-18
Short story criticism
Ref. PN3373 .S386 v.1-72
Short story index
Ref. PN3451 .S5 C62 v. 1984/88-2001/02
The Oxford companion to American literature
Ref. PS21 .H3 1983
American writers: a collection of literary biographies
Ref. PS129 .A55 v. 1-4
African American writers
Ref. PS153.N5 A344 2001 v.1-2
Guide to American poetry explication
Ref. PS201 .G85 1989 v. 1
Modern American literature
Ref. PS221 .C8 1969 v.1- 4 Suppl.
A reader's guide to fifty American novels
Ref. PS371 .O77 1979b
Masterplots II: American fiction series
Ref. PS373 .M37 2000 v.1-6
The Facts on File companion to the American short story
Ref. PS374.S5 F33 2000
American women fiction writers
Ref. PS374.W6 A455 1997 v. 1- 3
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Ready Ref. call # varies
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SEARCHING FOR BOOKS IN THE MWCC CATALOG
Use the following American Literature KEYWORDS to find books in the MWCC Library catalog:
American literature
feminism and literature
irony and literature
modernism
postmodernism
Pynchon, Thomas
realism
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PERIODICALS
MWCC Library has the following American Liteature subject periodicals in print:
(unless otherwise noted, periodicals are kept on the periodical shelves)
American Theatre
Booklist
Children's Literature
Choice
Diner
Modern Drama
New York Review of Books
Poetry
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SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES
Searching online indexes is the best method of finding articles written on a topic. Indexes will lead you to article citations, which include the title and author of the article, the journal name, the volume number, and page number(s) of the article. Many of the online indexes also link directly to the full-text of the article. The following online databases, available from the Databases link at: http://library.mwcc.edu are excellent places to search for recent and past nursing articles.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Literature Online (LION)
Academic Search Premiere
Expanded Academic
InfoTrac
Net Library
OED
INTERNET RESOURCES
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http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/
The Cambridge History contains over 303 chapters and 11,000 pages. Essay topics include: poetry, fiction, drama, and essays to history, theology and political writing. Wide selection of writing on orators, poets, newspaper columnists, religious leaders, economists, Native Americans, song writers, and non-English writing.
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http://accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/amerlit.htm
Subject guide and library links intended for the students of American literature. Resources divided into Colonial, Federal, Romantic, Realism, Modernism, and General. Reflects categories of "classic" American literature.
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http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/home.htm
Subject guide and instructional resource, a compendium of sources, definitions, and key topics in American Literature. Emphasis is on the major perspectives or literary movements in American literature.
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http://underthesun.cc/Classics/
HTML formatted e-text at Great Literature On-line. Each author entry contains a links page for further research. Authors include: Alcott; Cather; Chopin; Crane; Hawthorne; Shirley Jackson; Poe; Thoreau; Twain; and Whitman.
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http://voices.cla.umn.edu/newsite/index.htm
Literary works of women of color. Biographical information as well as selected bibliographies of texts written both by and about the author. Most authors are 20th century with a few entries from the 19th century.
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http://www.literaryhistory.com/
Index to free internet articles on topics in English and American literature. Links to academic articles, bibliographies, book reviews, online journals, and websites about literary works of British and American authors of the 20th century.
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http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/
Electronic Poetry Center from University of Buffalo. Modern and Contemporary poetry. Contains wealth of resources including critical and biographical information on various authors.
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