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American Literature

How To Use This Guide

Welcome to the American Literature Library Resources Page! 

Click the tabs to the left for help locating relevant books and articles and applying MLA formatting and citation guidelines. All of these resources have been specially selected for your class by your instructors and librarians.  For any additional questions, please come by the library or contact us by phone, email, text, or chat. 

Topics and Search Terms:

The Lost Generation Writers:

Dos Passos, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein

Minority/Ethnic Writers:

Writers share their American experiences through their personal and ethic backgrounds.

The Harlem Renaissance Movement: 

African American writers, and artists tell their experiences or observations on American and personal experiences.

Various Literary Movements:

Realism, Naturalism, Regionalism, Modernism, Post Modernism, etc.

Modern Poets:

Ezra Pound, Marianne Moore, Theodore Roethke, Ann Sexton, Sylvia Plath 

 

20th Century:

Drama, Comedy, Art and Music from the late 19th century to current time.
  • Richard Wright
  • Toni Morrison
  • James Dickey
  • John Steinbeck
  • Alex Haley
  • Carson McCullers
  • Truman Capote
  • Tennessee Williams
  • Ernest Gaines
  • Harper Lee
  • Woody Allen
  • Eugene O'Neill
  • Sherman Alexie
  • Sonia Sanchez
  • Edward Albee
  • Sexton/Plath

Library of Congress Classification Outline: Class P - Language and Literature (loc.gov)