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1. General Guides |
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Gohdes, Clarence, and Sanford E. Marovitz. Bibliographical
Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U. S. A. 5th ed., rev. and enl. Durham: Duke UP, 1984.
Blazek, Ron, and Anna H. Perrault. United States History: A Selective Guide
to Information Sources. Englewood: Libraries Unlimited, 1994.
Columbia Literary History of the United States (CLHUS). Gen. ed. Emory Elliott. New York: Columbia UP, 1988.
Hart, James D. The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 6th ed. with revisions and additions by Phillip W. Leininger. New York: Oxford UP, 1995.
Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 1 (Detroit: Gale, 1978)~
The Cambridge Companion to American Gay and Lesbian Literature. New York: Cambridge UP, 2015.
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The Columbia History of the American Novel. Gen. ed. Emory Elliott. New York: Columbia UP, 1991.
Franklin, Benjamin, V, ed. Dictionary of American Literary Characters. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Facts on File Bibliography of American Fiction through 1865. Ed. Kent P. Ljungquist. New York: Facts on File, 1994. |
| 3. Drama and Theater |
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Meserve, Walter J. An Emerging Entertainment: The Drama
of the American People to 1828. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1977.
Cambridge Guide to American Theatre. Ed. Don B. Wilmeth and Tice L. Miller. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1993. |
| 4. Poetry |
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The Columbia History of American Poetry. Ed. Jay Parini. New York: Columbia UP, 1993.
Davis, Gwenn, and Bervely A. Joyce, comps. Poetry by Women to 1900: A Bibliography
of American and British Writers. Bibliographies of Writings by American and British Women to 1900 2. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1991. |
| II. Nineteenth-Century Literature |
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1. General Guides |
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Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism. Ed. Wesley T. Mott. Westport: Greenwood, 1996.
American Book Publishing Record (ABPR). New Providence: Bowker, 1960.
Myerson, Joel, ed. The Transcendentalists: A Review of Research and Criticism. Modern Language Association of America Reviews of Research. New York: MLA, 1984. |
| 2. Fiction |
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Wright, Lyle H. American Fiction, 1774-1850: A Contribution
toward a Bibliography. 2nd rev. ed. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1969.
Holman, C. Hugh, comp. The American Novel through Henry James. 2nd ed. Goldentree Bibliographies in Language and Literature. Arlington Heights: AHM, 1979. |
| III. Twentieth-Century Literature |
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1. General Guides |
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Hoffman, Daniel, ed. Harvard Guide to Contemporary American
Writing. Cambridge: Belknap-Harvard UP, 1979.
Books in Print (BIP). New Providence: Bowker, 1948.
Bryer, Jackson R., ed. Sixteen Modern American Authors: A Survey of Research
and Criticism. New York: Norton, 1973. |
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Karl, Frederick R. American Fictions, 1940-1980: A Comprehensive
History and Critical Evaluation. New York: Harper, 1983.
McPheron, William, and Jocelyn Sheppard. The Bibliography of Contemporary
American Fiction, 1945-1988: An Annotated Checklist. Westport: Meckler, 1989.
Woodress, James. American Fiction, 1900-1950: A Guide to Information Sources. American Literature, English Literature and World Literatures in English: An Information Guide Series 1. Detroit: Gale, 1974. |
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