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American Literary Movements

ROBINSON MEDIA CENTER PATHFINDERS - American Literary Movements

Use the OLC (On-line Catalog) to locate a print source in the Media Center

After
login, click on the School On-line Catalog icon located at the bottom right
     corner of the Robinson Home Page.

Use the Mouse or the function keys (F1-F8) to choose Author, Title, or Subject for
     your search. Follow the directions on the screen.

1. Sections of the Media Center for research are:
             R 810's -- Authors and Criticism
             809-813 -- Literary Criticism
             900's -- History

2. Specific reference titles you may want to use:
             Puritanism
             American Literature: The Makers and the Making 810 .9 Ame
             From Puritanism to Post Modernism: A History of American Literature 810.9 Rul
             Puritanism 285.9 Pur
             New England Literary Culture 810.9974 Bue
             A History of American Literature: 1607-1765 910.9 Ty
             Literature in America 810.8 Con
             Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography R 810 Con

             Rationalism
             American Literature: The Makers and the Making 810 .9 Ame
             Literature and Its Times R 809.9 Lit
             Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography R 810 Con

             Romanticism
             Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography R 810 Con
             Literary Movements R 809.91 Lit
             From Puritanism to Post Modernism: A History of American Literature 810.9 Rul
             A History of American Literature 910.9 Ty

             Transcendentalism
             Literature and Its Times R 809.9 Lit
             Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography R 810 Con
             Novels for Students ( N. Hawthorne ) R 809.3 Nov
             Dictionary of Literary Biography 803 Dic v.1
             Literary Movements R 809.91 Lit
             From Puritanism to Post Modernism: A History of American Literature 810.9 Rul
             Transcendentalism in America 191 Kos
             The Transcendentalist Revolt Against Materialism 141 Tra
             Ralph Waldo Emerson 810.8 Eme
             Nathanial Hawthorne 813.309 Haw

             Realism
             Encyclopedia of the United States in the 19 th Century v.3 R 973.5 Enc
             Literary Movements R 809.91 Lit
             The Twentieth Century: The Progressive Era and the First World War 909.82 Twe
             Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography R 810 Con
             From Puritanism to Post Modernism: A History of American Literature 810.9 Rul
             American Realism 813.3 Ame
             American Realism 813.009 Ame
             American Literature 810.9 Abe

             Naturalism
             Encyclopedia of the United States n the 19 th Century v.3 R 973.5 Enc
             Literary Movements R 809.91 Lit
             Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography R 810 Con
             From Puritanism to Post Modernism: A History of American Literature 810.9 Rul

             Modernism
             Literary Movements R 809.91 Lit
             Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography R 810 Con
             From Puritanism to Post Modernism: A History of American Literature 810.9 Rul
             American Modernism 810.9 Ame

             Historical Timelines: (Look in the 973 Reference for historical timelines, decades and
             century books.)
             American Scene: Events R 973 Ame

             American Eras R 973 Ame
             The Columbia Chronicles of American Life: 1910-1992 R 973 Col
             Twentieth Century America R 973.921 Twe

3. Online Databases you may want to use:
Infotrac (Gale Group) "At School" Access

Scroll down to: Literature Resource Center which provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.

Infotrac (Gale Group) "At Home" Access
Note: The Robinson Media Center Online Services page (Yellow Sheet) will be necessary for User Name and Password information.

4. Internet URL's you may want to use:
           
 Outline of American Literature
            PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - Transcendentalism
            Literary Movements in America
            American Realism            
            PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - Realism and Naturalism
            From PBS: I Hear American Signing (Romanticism)