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American Authors

 
Elizabeth Bishop (2)
Kelly Cherry (10)
Emily Dickinson (9)
T.S. Eliot (6)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (4)
William Faulkner (5)
Robert Frost (6)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (2)
Ernest Hemingway (6)
Langston Hughes (3)
Harper Lee (3)
Robert Lowell (2)
Flannery O'Connor (4)

 
Sylvia Plath (4)
Edgar Allan Poe (6)
Carl Sandburg (3)
Mark Twain (5)
Eudora Welty (5)
Walt Whitman (2)
 
 


 
  Elizabeth Bishop 
 
  Elizabeth Bishop - Academy of American Poets -  http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/7
Biography, selected bibliography, a few full-text poems, including one with an audio link of the poem read by the author.
  Elizabeth Bishop: American Poet  http://projects.vassar.edu/bishop/
Biography, a lengthy (but not complete) bibliography, and other links of interest.

 
  Kelly Cherry 
 
  Benjamin John -  http://users.aol.com/marchst/library_frame.html
A book of poetry at March Street Press.
  The Cypress and Other Poems -  http://gloria-brame.com/glory/ezine2.htm#kelly.htm
A few full-text poems from Thermopylae.
  Diana Awaiting her Death in the Colosseum -  http://www.cortlandreview.com/issue/9/cherry9.htm
A sample of her work in Cortland Review.
  Field Notes -  http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/cherry/field.htm
The poem as it appeared in The Atlantic Monthly.
  Kelly Cherry Biography -  AVL resource - if you are Off Campus, click here. You will be prompted to enter your username (student ID or employee ID number) and password (last name) to access this resource
The Gale Literature Resource Center biography and bibliography for Kelly Cherry. If you are off campus, you will have to select the Literature Resource Center database and search for Kelly Cherry to retrieve this record.
  Literature Resources -  http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/literature/classical.html
MIT Libraries' Classical & Medieval literature links.
  Gethsemane -  http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/poetry/antholog/cherry/gethsem.htm
The poem as it appeared in The Atlantic Monthly.
  The Place Where There is Writing -  http://www.n2hos.com/acm/cherry.html
Essay at Expansive Poetry & Music Online.
  Saturday's Child -  http://www.cortlandreview.com/issue/7/cherry7f.htm
The work as it appeared in Cortland Review.
  Time out of Mind -  http://users.aol.com/marchst/time_out_of_mind.html
Book of poetry at March Street Press.

 
  Emily Dickinson 
 
  The Dickinson Electronic Archives -  http://www.iath.virginia.edu/dickinson/
Writings by the Dickinson family, responses to their writings, critical resources and teaching aids from the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.
  The Dickinson Homestead -  http://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/
In addition to information about the center, there is a good list of links to electronic resources for further study.
  Early Nineteenth Century: Emily Dickinson -  http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap4/dickinson.html
From PAL: Perspectives in American Literature.
  Emily Dickinson -  http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/155
From The Academy of American Poets.
  Emily Dickinson -  http://www.bartleby.com/people/DickinsoE.html
The 3rd volume of her poems at Bartleby.com.
  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886 -  http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/dickinson/dickinson.htm
From Modern American Poetry.
  Emily Dickinson International Society -  http://www.cwru.edu/affil/edis/edisindex.html
Includes a calendar of events and scholar registry.
  Joyce Carol Oates on Emily Dickinson -  http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/southerr/emily.html
Brief excerpts of writings from Joyce Carol Oates

 
  T.S. Eliot 
 
  TSE -  http://web.missouri.edu/~tselist/
Home of the T.S. Eliot discussion list.
  T.S. Eliot -  http://www.bartleby.com/people/Eliot-Th.html
His works at Bartleby.com.
  T.S. Eliot -  http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=00602000
From MSN/Encarta.
  T.S. Eliot on the Web -  http://web.missouri.edu/~tselist/tselinks.html
A good collection of links to full-text works by Eliot and sites with further study of his work.
  T.S. Eliot Academy of American Poets Page -  http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/18
A brief biography including list of works with links to other resources about Eliot.
  Thomas Stearns (TS) Eliot: American Poet and Playwright -  http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/95sep/eliot.html
Brief bio, links to works available online, and further reading.

 
  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
 
  Emerson: A Visionary Life -  http://www.watershedonline.ca/literature/Emerson/EMERSON.html
  Ralph Waldo Emerson - Texts  http://www.emersoncentral.com/
  Ralph Waldo Emerson -  http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Sui-Generis/Emerson/index.htm
  The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson -  http://www.rwe.org/

 
  William Faulkner 
 
  Faulkner: Masks and Metaphors -  NetLibrary resource requiring on campus use or prior registration for off campus use
By Lothar Hönnighausen. (You must register first as a NetLibrary user on an IP authenticated computer at Brewer Library, the Huntsville Campus Library, or anywhere else on Calhoun's campus).
  Faulkner's Page -  http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~BB8S-SOY/faulkner/faulkindex.html
  Mississippi Writers Page on William Faulkner -  http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/faulkner_william/
  William Faulkner on the Web -  http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/faulkner/faulkner.html
  William Faulkner Society -  http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/faulkner/index.html

 
  Robert Frost 
 
  A Frost Bouquet -  http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/frost/home.html
An exhibition at the University of Virginia.
  The Frost Trail -  http://www.literarytraveler.com/winter/rdtrip3.htm
  Robert Frost -  http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/192
From the Academy of American Poets' site.
  Robert Frost: America's Poet -  http://www.ketzle.com/frost/
  Robert Frost Reading His Poems -  http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio/012294_harp_ITH.html

 
  Nathanial Hawthorne 
 
  Nathaniel Hawthorne -  http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/h/hawthorne19ro.htm
From American Literature on the Web.
  Nathaniel Hawthorne -  http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap3/hawthorne.html
From PAL: Perspectives in American Literature.

 
  Ernest Hemingway 
 
  Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park -  http://www.ehfop.org/
  Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum -  http://www.hemingwayhome.com/
  Ernest Hemingway's Places at Literary Traveler -  http://www.literarytraveler.com/hemingway/ernestplaces.htm
  Hemingway Resource Center -  http://www.lostgeneration.com/hrc.htm
  Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center -  http://hemingway.astate.edu/
  Picturing Hemingway: A Writer and His Times -  http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hemingway/index.htm

 
  Langston Hughes 
 
  Harlem Renaissance - Langston Hughes -  http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap9/hughes.html
From PAL, Perspectives in American Literature.
  Langston Hughes -  http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/83&CFTOKEN=83404327
From the Academy of American Poets.
  Langston Hughes -  http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/hughes/hughes.htm
From Modern American Poetry.

 
  Harper Lee 
 
  Harper Lee Teaching Resources -  http://www.webenglishteacher.com/lee.html
  Monroe County Heritage Museum -  http://www.frontiernet.net/~mchm/
The Courthouse on the town square, which now houses the Monroe County Heritage Museums, served as a model for the famed courtroom scene from the book.
  The To Kill a Mockingbird Student Survival Guide -  http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/tkm/index.html
 

 
  Robert Lowell 
 
  Robert Lowell -  http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/10
From the Academy of American Poets.
  Robert Lowell, 1917-1977 -  http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/lowell/lowell.htm
From Modern American Poetry.

 
  Flannery O'Connor 
 
  The Flannery O'Connor Andalusia Foundation -  http://www.andalusiafarm.org/
  The Flannery O'Connor Collection at Georgia College and State University -  http://www2.gcsu.edu/library/sc/foc.html
  The Search for Flannery O'Connor -  http://www.literarytraveler.com/summer/south/oconnor.htm
From Literary Traveler.

 
  Sylvia Plath 
 
  Joyce Carol Oates on Sylvia Plath -  http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/southerr/onplath.html
  Sylvia Plath -  http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/11
From the Academy of American Poets.
  A Wind of Such Violence -  http://www.angelfire.com/tn/plath/
 

 
  Edgar Allan Poe 
 
  Edgar Allan Poe Historic Site -  http://www.ushistory.org/tour/tour_poe.htm
  The Edgar Allan Poe Society -  http://www.eapoe.org/index.htm
  Knowing Poe -  http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org
  A Poe Webliography -  http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~ehrlich/poesites.html
  The Raven Society -  http://scs.student.virginia.edu/~ravens/
 

 
  Carl Sandburg 
 
  Carl Sandburg: Chicago Poems -  http://www.carl-sandburg.com/
  Carl Sandburg -  http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/28
From the Academy of American Poets.

 
  Mark Twain 
 
  A Bibliography of Critical Studies of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -  http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/acpbibs/twainbib.htm
  Everything Mark Twain -  http://www.easylit.com/marktwain/
  Mark Twain -  http://marktwain.miningco.com/mbody.htm
  Mark Twain in His Times -  http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/
 

 
  Eudora Welty 
 
  Eudora Welty -  http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/welty_eudora/
From the Mississippi Writers Page.
  Eudora Welty Foundation -  http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/admin/weltyfound.html
  Eudora Welty on the Internet -  http://www.ibiblio.org/wpercy/welty/
 
  Eudora Welty Newsletter -  http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwewn/
 

 
  Walt Whitman 
 
  Walt Whitman: Poet at Work -  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wwhtml/wwhome.html
From the Library of Congress.
  Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive -  http://www.iath.virginia.edu/whitman/
From the University of Virginia's Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.