General Literary Links
Post-1945 U.S. Literatures Links
Post-1945 British Literatures Links
Post 1945 U.S. History Links
Post-1945 British History 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.
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
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 netUC 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
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
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
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
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 AddressesInternet Modern History Sourcebook
Kingwood College Library's American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century--More extensive web guides on the individual decades of the 20c.
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
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954, excerpts
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.comThe Vietnam War Historical Text Archive
1980s timelineHistory Out Loud: Recorded Addresses of Bill Clinton
Post-1945 British History Links
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.
An Overview of the Historical Contexts of Postcolonial Literature in English
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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