American Romanticism (HU2321)

Background Information
Books & Videos
Articles
Websites
Citations

American History Subject Guide

Literature Subject Guide

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Reference area (first floor)

• Readers Companion to American History — 973.03 REA

 

• American National Biography -- 920.073 AME
  • Biographies

• Great Lives from History: American Series — 920.073 GRE
  • Biographies

• Great Lives from History: American Women Series -- 920.72 GRE
  • Biographies

• Herstory: Women Who Changed the World -- 920.72 HER
  • Biographies

• Critical Companion Series
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne -- 813.3 H399
  • Edgar Allen Poe -- 813.3 P743
  • Herman Melville -- 813.3 M5315

• Magill's Survey of American Literature -- 810.9 MAG
  • Biographies of writers & analysis of important works. 

• American Writers -- 810.9 AME
  • Biographies of writers & analysis of their works.
  • Longer, more comprehensive than Magill's Survey.

• Literary Movements -- 809.91 LIT
  • Vol. 1 has entries on Romanticism & Transcendentalism.

 

 

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• We will get the article from another library.

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Databases

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Database version.  Full length articles. 

 

Issues & Controversies in American History

Articles & primary sources from every era of american history. 

 

J-Stor

Scholalry Journals. Some date back to the 1800's. 

 

MagillOnLiterature
Brief plot summaries and critical analyses of the most studied works in the history of literature

 

General OneFile

Scholarly articles from journals, magazines, and newspaper reports.

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• Search for an additional term in the yellow box on the left of the screen. 

 

Academic Search Premier

Scholarly articles from journals and magazines.  Includes book reviews.

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• Once you have a results list, Narrow By Subject. 
• Try an Advanced Search and search for terms in the Abstract.

 

 

Websites

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Citations

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