Study Aids

Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events, pre-1620-1920:  This timeline provides a short chronology of events in American history and literature.  It is linked to course pages and bibliographies as well as to a set of more general linked resources: pages on American authors, literary movements, and American literature sites.  Each author page contains a picture (if available), a bibliography (if available), links to major sites about the author, and links to works online.   (Donna Campbell, Gonzaga University)

Reading, Response, and Discussion Questions:  Questions designed to guide student reading and serve as prompts for written response assignments in "American Literature to 1865. " Authors included are: Columbus, Smith, Bradford, Winthrop, Bradstreet, Knight Rowlandson, Ashbridge, Franklin, Crevecoeur, Equiano, Murray, Foster, Seaver, Poe, Emerson, Douglass, Jacobs, and Melville.  (Lisa Logan, University of Central Florida)