DALA: Digital American Literature Anthology
Edited by Michael O'Conner, Millikin University
The New Nation and Its Literature
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Author Biographies
William Cullen Bryant [Norton Anthology][Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology][Poetry Foundation]
Henry Wadsword Longfellow [Norton Anthology][Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology]
Oliver Wendell Holmes [Prentice Hall Anthology]
John Greenleaf Whittier [Norton Anthology][Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology]
Susanna Rowson [American Passages] [Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology]
Charles Brockden Brown [Heath Anthology] [Electronic Archive UCF][Cyclopedia of American Literature]
Washington Irving [American Passages][Norton Anthology][Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology]
James Fenemore Cooper [American Passages][Norton Anthology][Prentice Hall Anthology][Heath Anthology]
Unit Background, Secondary Sources
The Early American Novel: Introductory Notes by Donna Campbell
Gothic, Novel, and Romance: Brief Definitions by Donna Campbell
The Romantic Period: Fiction by Kathryn VanSpanckeren
Lesson on Cooper's The Pioneers by Mark Canada
Guide to The Last of the Mohicans by Craig White, Univ of Huston, Clear Lake
Primary Sources
Joel Barlow's Vision of Columbus
Multimedia
American Passages, Unit 5: Masculine Heroes
Electronic Resources in the Public Domain in the USA
Project Gutenberg: Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown
Project Gutenberg: Charlotte Temple by Mrs. Susanna Rowson
Project Gutenberg: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving
Project Gutenberg: The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper
Project Gutenberg: The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
Project Gutenberg: The Pioneers by James Fenimore Cooper
Project Gutenberg: The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea by James Fenimore Cooper
Project Gutenberg: The Prairie by James Fenimore Cooper
Project Gutenberg: Poems by William Cullen Bryant
Project Gutenberg: Snow-Bound by John Greenleaf Whittier
Project Gutenberg: The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Project Gutenberg: The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes
Project Gutenberg: The Contrast by Royall Tyler