Detailed biography of Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888 CE) from the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography. Contains a couple of pictures as well.

The 1880's in America were chock full of new architecture, technologies, businesses, modern conveniences such as gas and electric, operas, fashions, and much more as featured in this resource.

Pair artifacts with appropriate literary texts, and find tips for using them together in the classroom by selecting a literary movement and a discipline with this handy tool.

This biography focuses on the abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, infamous for her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and author of many other influential published works in the nineteenth century. See "Harriet Beecher Stowe Activities" for...

Born in England, emigrant Edward Taylor was a Harvard educated minister, writer, and poet of orthodox Puritan theology. Click on "Edward Taylor Activities" for related materials.

This lesson focuses on Nathaniel Hawthorne and his short story "The Minister's Black Veil." It features background information about Hawthorne and the short story, reading questions, the five stages of grief, a link to the text, and a...

This unit examines poetry of the postmodernism period, focusing on the Beat Movement, Black Arts Movement, feminism, and other related movements and periods in recent literary history. An extensive list of authors, time line, video, and...

Walk into the life of Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, through his autobiography found here. Discover a time line of Douglass's life, papers he'd written, as well as his family tree.

An historical record worth delving into to understand the true culture of the 60s. Covers art, architecture, literature, education, fashion, historic events, music, and other aspects of the era.

This lesson is a review to prepare for the final assessment over The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It includes links to Mark Twain's biography, a Huck Finn Test Review, and self-assessment review questions.

Author Richard Wright is presented in this biography which draws upon his brutal honesty in describing life in the racially segregated south. See "Richard Wright Activities" for related artifacts and activities.

Theodore Dreiser is featured as a realistic author who draws upon the social conditions and humanity in America in his writings. Click on "Theodore Dreiser Activities" for related materials.

Read this brief account of Eudora Welty's place in the pantheon of southern writers.

A short discussion of the influence of her experiences in China on Peal Buck's writings. Included is her portrait painted by Vita Solomon.

This literary biography from the University of Groningen analyzes the contribution of James Fenimore Cooper to American literature and his role in the development of the American novel. Discusses Cooper's character, Natty Bumppo.

Maintained by the Humanities Text Initiative at the University of Michigan, this site provides the entire text of Sandburg's collection of poetry, "Cornhuskers."

Carl Sandburg is featured in this biography for his politically socialistic poetry which, unlike his contemporaries tended to focus more on content then meter and rhythm. Click on "Carl Sandburg Activities" for related artifacts and...

This is "'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow': An Allegory for a Young America," an exceptional student example of literary analysis as well as an explanation to the main body of her paper. A link to the MLA website is also provided.

Read a brief biography of Jessie Fauset, who was a leader in the Harlem Renaissance. See a portrait of her painted by Laura Wheeler Waring.

Read about the impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Included is an engraving of her done in 1855.

This is the full text of "The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, originally published in 1859.

This is an excerpt of the text and an audio book of the full text of the novella The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

This is the text and audio of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, a narrative poem first published in January 1845, and is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere.

This is the text of the essay "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the foundation of transcendentalism, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Transcendentalism suggests that the divine, or God, suffuses...