Professor Paul R. Petrie

English Department     |     Southern Connecticut State University

Reading, Study, Research & Writing
	Literary Terms & Concepts
		Literary Vocabulary (Prof. L. Kip Wheeler)
		Literary and Rhetorical Terms (University of Victoria)
		Literary Devices & Terms: Definitions and Examples
	Close Reading
		How to Do a Close Reading    (Prof. Sophia A. McClennen)
		Close Reading a Literary Passage    (Prof. L. Kip Wheeler)
		How to Read a Poem    (Academy of American Poets)
		Close Reading Poetry    (Purdue University)
		For Better For Verse    (University of Virginia Interactive Scansion Resource)
	Planning & Writing a Literary Studies Essay
		Writing Essays: A Guide for Literary Studies Students    (Sheffield Hallam University)
	Literary Studies Research
		Reading Literary Criticism    (Purdue University)
	MLA Essay Formatting & Citation
		MLA Style Center
Literary Studies Scholarship
	General Literary Studies
		Voice of the Shuttle
	American Literary Studies
		American Literary Authors    (Donna M. Campbell, Washington State University)
		American Literary Movements    (Donna M. Campbell, Washington State University)
		American Literature Timeline     (Donna M. Campbell, Washington State University)
		American Authors on the Web
		American Passages    (Video American Literature Survey)
		Outline of American Literature    (Kathryn VanSpanckeren)
		PAL: Perspectives in American Literature    (Paul Reuben)
		Society for the Study of American Women Writers
		Voice of the Shuttle: American Literature
	Poetry Resources
		Modern American Poetry Site (MAPS)
		PennSound    (Recordings of Poets Reading their own Poems)
		Academy of American Poets
		Poetry Foundation
Full-Text Resources: Periodicals & Books
		UNZ.org
		Hathi Trust
		Project Gutenberg
		Internet Archive
		Making of America (Cornell University)
		Making of America (University of Michigan)
		Research Society for American Periodicals
		Smithsonian Institution Digital Library Collections
Allied Fields of Study
	Philosophy
		Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
	American History
		U.S. Inflation Adjustment Charts    (Oregon State University)
		History Matters    (George Mason University)
		Digital History    (University of Houston)
		Library of Congress Digital Collections
		Smithsonian Institution Online Collections
		Smithsonian American History Explorer
		U.S. Maps    (University of Texas Libraries)
	Visual Arts
		Wiki Art
		Artcyclopedia
		Artchive
		Metropolitan Museum of Art
		Smithsonian National Museum of American Art

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