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Post-1945 U.S. Literatures Links

Post-1945 British Literatures Links
Post 1945 U.S. History Links

Post-1945 British History Links

General Literature Links

The English Server Fiction Collection full text versions of several English and U.S. works of fiction

Literary Genres and Modes succinctly defined by Professor Paul Landau of Brown University (addresses Victorian literature but much of the page is relevant to our discussions)

Introduction to the Theory of Literary 26 video lectures of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory by Yale professor Paul H. Fry.

The College of New Rochelle's Professor Barbara F. McManus's Tools for Analyzing Prose Fiction, Characteristics of a Feminist Approach to Literature, Notes on Psychoanalytic Approaches to Literature, Notes on Reader-Response Criticism, Notes on New Historicism, Notes on Structuralist Approaches to Literature, Notes on Post Structuralist Approaches to Literature.

Discussions of Attributes of Post-Modernist Literature, Structuralist Theory, Ideology, and Post-Structural Assumptions by Professor John Lye of Brock University

Norton's Postmodern Fiction Time line

Links to Postmodern Authors compiled by Prof. T.V. Reed (reedtv@wsu.edu), Washington State University

Postmodernism Is/In Fiction: A Site Devoted to Contemporary Writers

Mark/Space Postmodern Library Alphabetical bibliography of many postmodern authors.

Postmodern Literary Genres

Lit Links

American and English Literature Internet Resources This bibliography attempts to highlight some of the major internet sites for American and English Literature. Included are world wide web sites, gopher sites, listservs, newsgroups and homepages of various authors

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature

Simonds History of American Literature

American Authors


Post-1945 U.S. Literatures Links

U.S. Bestsellers Lists for the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s

U.S. Books critics loved in the 80s

The American Short Story: A Selective Chronology

The Free University Project's Introduction to American Literature

Heath Anthology Guide to U.S Authors

Paul P. Reuben's PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide on the 20th Century

The American Novel Since 1945 27 video lectures of the American novel since 1945 by Yale professor Amy Hungerford

UC Berkeley's Post WWII American Literature and Culture Database Home page

The Literature & Culture of the American 1950s

Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color biographical and bibliographical information (a great website overall for information on women of color writers)

Voice of the Shuttle's Guide to Online Resources for African American Literature - one of the best and most extensive collections up on the net

Voice of the Shuttle's Guide to Links on Authors, Works, and Projects of Contemporary American Fiction

UC Berkeley's Database of Multicultural Literatures, Politics, and Cultures

The Fiction of Postmodern America: Multicultural & Intercultural Perspectives This site is associated with "English/American Studies 514: Seminar in American Literature" at Washington State University, taught by professor T.V. Reed (reedtv@wsu.edu)

The Museum of American Poetics (MAP)

Post-1945 British Literatures Links

British Literary Prizes

Literary Resources -- Twentieth-Century British and Irish: includes resources on many of our British authors

Contemporary Postcolonial & Postimperial Literature in English (George P. Landow, Brown U.) An amazingly extensive and useful site

Some Issues in Post-Colonial Theory John Lye

British Literature

Voice of the Shuttle's links on Contemporary British Authors, Works, Projects

Twentieth Century British Novelists

Twentieth Century British Poets

British and Irish Authors on the Web

The London Review of Books Online

The British Literature Index

British Council's Contemporary Writers in the UK searchable database contains up-to-date profiles of some of the UK and Commonwealth's most important living writers - biographies, bibliographies, critical reviews, prizes and photographs

 

Post-1945 U.S. History Links


A Chronology of US Historical Documents ranges from a letter from Christopher Columbus to the Queen of Spain, to the Declaration of Independence, to President Clinton's 1997 and 1998 State of the Union Addresses

Internet Modern History Sourcebook

Kingwood College Library's American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century--More extensive web guides on the individual decades of the 20c.

1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999

20th Century USA Historical Text Archive

The 20th Century Expansion of Legal Rights

Internet Women's History Sourcebook

People with a History an Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans History

Cold War International History Project an extensive site with an online library

THE AGE OF MCCARTHYISM: A BRIEF HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS by Ellen Schrecker

A Pop-History of the 1950s A year by year, slightly irreverent look at the Fifties 

1950s timeline

The Korean War

Brown v. Board of Education, 1954, excerpts

Sixties Net

1960s timeline

The Sixties Project

The University of Virginia's guide to the literary traditions and social change of the 1960s (this is a really extensive, really great site)

1966 National Organization of Women: Statement of Purpose

Martin Luther King Project

Martin Luther King Jr.: "
I have a dream" speech - August 28, 1963

George Wallace:
The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud Sham and Hoax, July 5, 1964

Robert F. Kennedy:
Speech on the Death of Martin Luther King, April 4, 1968

The Black Panthers:
Party Platform, 1966 [At Hanover]

History Out Loud: Recorded Addresses of Lyndon B. Johnson

History Out Loud: Recorded Addresses of John F. Kennedy

1970s timeline

Inthe70s.com

The Vietnam War Historical Text Archive

1980s timeline

Inthe80s.com

1990s Timeline

History Out Loud: Recorded Addresses of Bill Clinton

Inthe90s.com

Resources on 9/11 and the War on Afghanistan

University of Michigan Document Center's Resources on The World Trade Center/Pentagon Terrorism and the Aftermath

George W. Bush Speeches

2000s timeline

US History 2000 on

Barack Obama Speeches . . . More

 

Post-1945 British History Links

British History Web Site

British Timeline

Chronology of 20th c. British History and Literature

Journal of Twentieth Century British History

Academic Info: British History: 20th Century

Useful dates in British history

British Empire Internet Gateway

British Empire An overview of the first and second British Empires as well as Britain's changes from an empire to a commonwealth.

The British Empire

An Overview of the Historical Contexts of Postcolonial Literature in English

England and WWII

The making of modern Britain after WWII

Britain since 1945

Britain 1945 to the present

England's recent history

The Troubles - Northern Ireland A comprehensive look at the history of the Northern Ireland conflict with articles, video footage, audio clips and photographs.

The Black Presence in Britain - Black British History

Chronology of Modern Britain - 2000s

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