A Student's History of American Literature - General overview of American literature, broken down into time periods.
All American - A university based reference site, analyzing aspects of American literature, history and culture. The site features a glossary of literary terms, an almanac and student written author biography pages.
American Authors - Pages on individual authors with picture (when available), links to works online, and other information; most pages also contain a selected bibliography of secondary criticism.
American Authors on the Web - General resources.
American Drama - Scholarly studies of dramatic literature from the earliest to the most recent playwrights, featuring critical examination of trends and discussions of diversity.
American Literature Association - Organization devoted to the study of American authors and literature. Includes a directory of member-societies, and membership and event information.
American Literature Chronology - Index - American Literature Anthology Writers' Index.
American Literature Survey - Literature from the late 19th to early 20th century. Includes full text of several novels.
American Poems - American poetry, from the classic to the latest contemporary poets.
American Studies Web: Literature and Hypertext - Created by Yale doctoral candidate David Phillips.
Brief Timeline of American Literature and Culture, Pre-1620 to 1920 - Includes events in American history and literature, with links to pages on literary movements, bibliographies, and individual authors.
C-SPAN's American Writers - Companien to TV series: includes transcripts, links, and background information.
Documenting the American South: A Digitized Library of Southern Literature, Beginnings to 1920 - Documents the riches and diversity of Southern experience as presented in one hundred of its literary works.
Electronic Archives - Contains essays, syllabi, bibliographies and other resources for teaching the multiple literatures of the United States.
KYLIT - Biographies and bibliographies of authors from Kentucky.
Literary Movements in American Literature - Contains brief essays on movements and important concepts in American literature. Each page also contains links to a bibliography of secondary sources for further reading and links to outside sites.
Mississippi Writers and Musicians - This web site provides up-to-date information about Mississippi writers. Authors include William Faulkner, Willie Morris, Eudora Welty, Richard Wright, John Grisham, Thomas Harris, and many others.
MIT Libraries: Literature Resources - A collection of internet resources devoted primarily to English and American literatures.
Online Directory for American Literature - A directory for American Literature including colonial, 18th century, modern, and contemporary.
Project CROW - Course Resources on the Web, featuring a directory of American literature web resources, browsable by general resources (Basics), and sites featuring Syllabi/Assignments and Author Chronologies.
The Clifton Waller Barrett Library - Aims to include all fiction, poetry, drama, and essays published by an American in book form up to and including the year 1875, with a substantial collection from the remaining years.
Silkbooks.com - The online readers guide to books by African American authors.