Timeline of the social, political, and literary history of Colonial America and the United States, from 1750 to 1799. Contains information about writers of the period, along with portraits and links to related websites.

Timeline of the social, political, and literary history of America from pre-1650 through 1929. Contains information on writers of the periods, along with links to related websites. Click on the time period to see the information for that...

Good discussion of the Age of Dryden. First section of a lengthy article from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature.

Lesson explores the genre of Gothic literature. Includes discussion of Frankenstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allen Poe among others.

ThisNation site provides the full text of James Russell Lowell's "Abraham Lincoln". This is a printer friendly version!

Although this site is intended for teachers in class preparation, it is information packed and has thought provoking questions at the end.

This article focuses on American women in the 19th century and the movement from a domestic ideology to the emergence of feminism.

A discussion of middle English lyrics, examining both religious and secular lyrics with examples. Excerpt from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature.

Extensive, detailed biography of Thomas Campion from the "Cambridge History of English and American Literature."

A discussion of Thomas Campion's literary criticism from the Elizabethan period. From the Cambridge History of English and American Literature.

This article focuses on the Second Great Awakening and Transcendentalism in America. It looks at the relationship between religion and politics.

Description of American colonist narratives written for relatives and friends left behind in England. Click on the link at the end of each page to access the entire chapter.

American writers and intellectuals played an important role in articulating the changes taking place in Industrial America in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Learn about some of the prominent writers, scientists, and philosophers at that...

Ohio State University provides this site that has general information about the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Information on courses, programs, and projects are included.

Byrdcliffe was an artist colony founded in 1902-03 in New York. This exhibition from the Johnson Museum of Art is the first traveling exhibition of Byrdcliffe and it features art objects, historical materials, architecture, music, and...

Examines Longfellow's position at Harvard, his dissatisfaction with the academic life, and his second marriage. Includes a discussion of one of Longfellow's best-known poems, "A Psalm of Life."

This website contains information on Alex Haley's slave ancestor Kunta Kinte. Haley's novel "Roots" is also discussed.