American Literature to 1900

This is a list of some of the resources in Paul Robeson Library, and on the Internet, that may be useful in your research. For more information please ask a reference librarian.



Reference Works

American Decades, 1900-1909 / Ref E 169.12 A419
Almanacs of American Life, 1876-1913 / Ref E 168 S55 1996
Almanacs of American Life, 1763-1800 / Ref E 162 P86 1995
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century / Ref E 169.1 E625 2001
American Eras 1600-1754 / Ref E 169.1 A471979 1997
American Eras 1800-1860 / Ref E 169.1 A471979 Encyclopedia of American Social History / Ref HN 57 E58 1993
Everyday Life: American Social History / Ref HN 57 E93 1998
Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism / Ref PN 761 N5
Encyclopedia of American Studies / Ref E 169.1 E625 2001
Literary Index to American Magazines, 1815-1865 / Ref PN 523 A12 W45
American Fiction, 1774-1850 / Ref Z 1231 F4 W9 1969
American Fiction, 1851-1875 / Ref Z 1231 F4 W92 1965
American Fiction, 1876-1900 / Ref Z 1231 F4 W93
Robeson Library Guide to British & American Literature
Robeson Library Guide to Poetry Criticism


Locating Books

Use the IRIS catalog to search for items held in any of the Rutgers University Libraries. Search for your writer as either an author or a subject. Or you may wish to do a keyword "search everything" search.

Be aware that items at the Alexander Library in New Brunswick purchased before c. 1970 and not checked out since then are not included in IRIS. We have a copy of their old card catalog from c. 1970 on microfilm. Ask at the Reference Desk for more information.

Two other catalogs may be useful in locating resources for your paper. You can request items from these catalogs on interlibrary loan.

Appropriate Journal Indexes

The library has several journal indexes and databases available. Those that are likely to be relevant are:

Selected Internet Resources

Edith Wharton Society (http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/wharton/index.html)
Voice of the Shuttle (http://vos.ucsb.edu), electronic resources in the humanities.
Literary Resources on the Net (http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/)
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930 (http://womhist.binghamton.edu/projectmap.htm)
Wright American Fiction (http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/web/w/wright2/), over 1,700 novels and other works of fiction published between 1851-1875, with plans to add almost 1,300 more by the end of 2002 to complete the collection.

updated 01/24/02
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