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Mostly Fiction: Amy Tan
This website provides reviews of Amy Tan's novels "The Hundred Secret Senses" and "The Joy Luck Club." There is also a list of links and biographical information.
Other
Metro active.com: Ghost Writer: Amy Tan
This website from MetroActive.com offers a newspaper article on Amy Tan and her novel "The Hundred Secret Senses." Tan discusses the "ghosts" in her novels as well as her own life as a storyteller.
Other
Mostly Fiction Recommended Books: Anne Tyler
This website offers summaries and reviews of Anne Tyler's novels "Morgan's Passing" and "The Accidental Tourist." Also included are a list of works, a list of links and a short biography.
Other
Univ. De Valencia: Lord of the Flies Essay
This site offers an essay written on The Lord of The Flies. A good example of a literary analysis essay including the use of embedded quotations. W.11-12.9a Amer Lit 18th,19th, 20th cen/Analy
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: Helen Hunt Jackson (1831 1885)
This site from Sonnet Central provides the text of several poems written by Helen Hunt Jackson: A Calendar of Sonnets, The Zone of Calms, Poppies on the Wheat, Mazzini, Burnt Ships, Tides, Her Eyes, and Fealty.
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Women Writers: Louisa May Alcott
A long biographical note adapted from the author's master thesis paper. Links to other Alcott resources as well as other American women writers.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: James Russell Lowell
This Sonnet Central site provides the texts to six of James Russell Lowell's sonnets: "Love", "Love and Sorrow", "The Street", "Jeffries Wyman", "To a Friend", and "To Miss D.T.".
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Wells Brothers by Andy Adams
Read the full text of "Wells Brothers" by Andy Adams an American writer of western fiction.
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Dashiell Hammett Bibliography
A complete listing of Hammett's works can be found at this site, including novels, stories and film scripts.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: The Tech: Article on Alex Haley
This Washington Post article from The Tech on Alex Haley offers a personal glimpse into Haley's life as a writer and how his writing connected him to his family.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Shin Bones" by Jack London
The full text of the short story "Shin-Bones" by Jack London. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: William Vaughn Moody
This site tells of the contributions to English Literature and theater that were made by William Vaughn Moody. It lists his plays, and tells the problems and faults with them.
C-SPAN
C Span: American Authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Contains a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940 CE), list of works, and links to additional information on the author.
C-SPAN
C Span American Writers: The Last of the Mohicans
A brief summary of "The Last of the Mohicans," by James Fenimore Cooper. Also includes an on-line text of the work as well as links to other informational websites.
C-SPAN
C Span American Writers: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A brief summary of The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain. Also includes an online text of the work as well as links to other informational websites.
C-SPAN
C Span: American Authors: William Faulkner
Contains a biography of William Faulkner (1897-1962 CE), list of works, and links to additional information on the writer.
C-SPAN
C Span: American Writers: Mark Twain
Contains a good biography of Twain (1835-1910 CE), a list of his works, and links to additional information.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Carson Mc Cullers
This site provides biographical information of American author, Carson McCullers.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Fredric Brown
This site includes a biography of the writer Fredric Brown. Included towards the end of the article is a list of his books. Good overall and very factual.
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Uwm Libraries: Nathaniel Hawthorne
This site provides biographical information and an overview of Hawthorne's contribution to American literature.
Other
Uc Press: The Great Central Valley
This site, from the University of California Press, describes the book "The Great Central Valley," with text by Gerald Haslam and photos by Stephen Johnson and Robert Dawson. The description offers interesting information about the book...
New York Times
New York Times: A Literary Map of Manhattan
Explore Manhattan through the words of great literature. Scroll down the map or click on the book icons to find a quotation that relates to a specific address in New York. Many of the quotations are accompanied by portraits of the...
Fun Trivia
Fun Trivia: Louisa May Alcott Trivia Quizzes
This site shares a collection of quizzes to assess the writings of Louisa May Alcott.
New York University
New York University: Bernard Malamud's "Idiots First"
This webpage from New York University contains a summary of and commentary on Bernard Malamud's short story "Idiots First." A list of keywords with links to other works with similar subjects is also provided.