Bill Carson
Puritan and Reformed Writings: The Poems of Edward Taylor
Biographical information with an emphasis on personality and poetic themes of Edward Taylor. Contains a list, opening lines, and links to Taylor's major works. Contains quotations from critics.
Maine Historical Society
Maine Historical Society: Longfellow Amongst His Contemporaries: The Ship of State Dbq
Using a number of primary source documents, students will assess the validity of a claim. Practice for testing that includes DBQs, and for critical thinking, close reading skills.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Diction and Tone (English Ii Reading)
Evaluate the role of diction and tone in literary nonfiction such as speeches, essays, and other forms.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Narratives of Amer. South
This site by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, part of the 'Documenting the American South' project, contains information and texts about first-person narratives of the American south. These documents give the viewpoint of...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: A Short History of the Early American Novel
This article is a brief history of the Early American novel with citations.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: History of American Literature
This article features a brief history of American literature.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Practice: Rhetorical Context
This is a practice activity to see if students can identify the writer's rhetorical context.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing About Literature: Additional Resources
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.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Early American and Colonial Period to 1776
Background information about the literary traditions of the pre-Colonial and Colonial period. Includes information about Native American oral traditions and Native American cultures. Follow the links to the Early American era and to...
W. W. Norton
Norton Anthology: Twentieth Century Topics
Explore the world of Twentieth Century British literature through this informative site. Find out how and why Georgian and Modernism movements developed. Includes a quiz.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: The American Revolution
Collection of 17 Grade-Leveled texts (4-12) on the topic "The American Revolution." Learn about the events leading up to America's Revolutionary War for independence from Britain and how the war was won. [Free account registration...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: Founding the United States
This is a collection of 15 Grade-Leveled texts (5-12) on the topic The Founding of America. Once the Revolutionary War was over, America's Founding Fathers had to develop a nation. Learn about the founding of American democracy, from the...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Language and Ideas
From Johnson's Dictionary to letter-writing, newspapers and coffee-house culture: explore how different forms and mediums helped to develop and circulate language and ideas during the long 18th century.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Politics and Religion
The Civil Wars and the Restoration of the monarchy, the Enlightenment or 'Age of Reason', and British colonialism: investigate the political and religious contexts of Restoration and 18th-century literature.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment's emphasis on reason shaped philosophical, political, and scientific discourse from the late 17th to the early 19th century. This article traces the Enlightenment back to its roots in the aftermath of the Civil War, and...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Colonial Period
Background information about the literature of the Colonial period in American history. Discussions of capitalism, Puritan theology, and stewardship as found in the thought and literature of the period.
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Library: European New World Narratives
Brief analysis on the nature of European narratives about their explorations in the New World.
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Library: Captivity Narratives
Provides a brief explanation of the role of captivity narratives in the pre-Colonial and Colonial periods in American history. Contains reproductions of primary source documents. RI.11-12.9 17,18.19th Cen Historic
Other
Cartania: Civil War Reflections 1862 1865
Harvey Hogue's adventures as a Union soldier in a Confederate prison camp, and his escape from the notorious Andersonville make interesting reading. Not exactly a primary source document, but stories from an actual participant in the...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2
Read the full text of volume two of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches, resolutions, and letters written by Abraham Lincoln.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3
Read the full text of volume two of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches and the first three Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 4
Read the full text of volume four of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology focuses on debates four through seven of the infamous Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 5
Read the full text of volume five of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines speeches and letters written by Abraham Lincoln during the beginning years of the Civil War.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6
Read the full text of volume six of "The Writings of Abraham Lincoln". This anthology combines telegrams, writings, and messages to Congress by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.