The Sketch, the Tale, and the Beginnings of American Literature by 
Nineteenth-Century American Literature and the Long Civil War by 
Self Reliance
Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism by 1850 Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress
1851 Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" is published
1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin Published by Harriet Beecher Stowe
1854 ''Walden'' by Henry David Thoreau published in 1854 / The Kansas-Nebraska Act
1855 Walt Whitman published his first edition of "Leaves of Grass"
1856 Bleeding Kansas
1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford case
1860 Abraham Lincoln elected president
1861 Confederates fire on Fort Sumter, South Carolina; Civil War begins
1863 Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation / Gettysburg Address
1865 John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln; Andrew Johnson becomes president / Thirteenth Amendment ratified / End of Civil war
1868 Fourteenth Amendment ratified, affirming citizenship for African Americans
1869 Transcontinental Railroad completed / Ulysses S. Grant becomes president
1870 Fifteenth Amendment ratified; granting all male citizens the right to vote
Romanticism was a literary movement that originated in Europe and eventually moved into America. This type of literature explored the aspects of artistic freedom, expressing emotions, and emphasized nature and natural beauty using vivid imagery and metaphors.
Transcendentalism appears around 1836 until 1860. Transcendentalists believed that God is involved in every aspect of someone's life. They also believed that everyone is connect to the universe.. Belief in the goodness of man
Dark Romanticism saw the world and human nature as dark and evil. Many writers in this genre wrote about evil creatures, sin, and the super natural such as demons, vampires, and other monsters.
Emily Dickinson Archive
An open- access website for the manuscripts of Emily Dickinson.
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The Walt Whitman Archive
The archive aims to make Whitman's works freely and conveniently available to scholars, students, and the general public. It is the most comprehensive record of works by and about Whitman.
The Life and Works of Herman Melville
Harriet Beecher Stowe: 1811-1896
Digital Thoreau
Digital Thoreau is a resource dedicated to promoting the deliberate reading of Thoreau's works in new ways that take advantage of technology to illuminate his creative process and facilitate thoughtful conversations about his words and ideas.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin and American Culture
Excellent site, with many images—browse many themes in Stowe’s novel and culture.
American Writers, Nineteenth Century
The Web of American Transcendentalism
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
From William Blake and John Keats to Charles Dickens and the Brontë sisters, explore 23 iconic authors from the Romantic and Victorian periods.
Wright American Fiction 1851–1875
Romanticism and Time Literary Temporalities
Mr. Emerson's Revolution by Jean McClure Mudge (ed.)
