American Literature Web Resources

Basics

• Norton Guide to Literary Terms
• Lynch Glossary of Literary Terms
• Literary Reference Links
• Literary Terms and Definitions
• The UVIC Writer's Guide
• A Glossary of Literary Terms and A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices

• Additional Glossary for American literature
• Backgrounds of American literature and Major literary -isms
• Literary Modernism
• Basic Elements of Fiction
• A Short Story Analysis Template-formalism approach
• Basic Elements of Poetry
• A Poem Analysis Template-formalism approach
• How to Read a Poem-basic hypertextual guide

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