Online Materials
The new SearchIt! feature retrieves books and articles, but you may have to keep narrowing your search, since it's not very selective: the first item it retrieves is often Wikipedia.
Try the databases here: http://libguides.wsulibs.wsu.edu/englishandamericanlit
1. You'll want to use the MLA International Bibliography, since it's the gold standard for finding materials in American literature. Type in "MLA" or "MLA International Bibliography." It's the 5th one down if you typed in MLA, after the Wikipedia entry.
Or just click here: http://www.systems.wsu.edu/scripts/wsuall.pl?http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=index&defaultdb=mzh
Google Scholar works automatically with these databases if you're on campus. If you're not, drag this link to the address bar:
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/content/wsu-libraries-proxy-bookmarklet
Journals
For online versions of Harper's Monthly, Atlantic, Scribner's, and so on, visit Cornell's Making of America site or other such sites; also, visit the Holland/Terrell library, where many print versions of these are available.
African American Review
American Drama
American Indian Quarterly. Essential for Native American literature.
American Literary History. Important journal that focuses on theoretical approaches to American literature. Long review essays assess current books in the field.
American Literary Realism. Publishes articles, reviews and bibliographies; essential for the period 1870-1910. Issues prior to 2008 are in Holland/Terrell Library; after 2008, they're online through Project Muse.
American Literary Scholarship. An essential reference, this annual from American Literature reviews the previous year's work in literary criticism of American literature. PS3.A47
American Literature. Major journal in the field.
American Quarterly. Journal of the American Studies Association; covers American critical race studies, politica issues, and contemporary culture.
American Studies. Interdisciplinary journal focusing on American literature and culture.
Arizona Quarterly. Theoretically-oriented articles on 19th and 20th-century American literature.
College English. This publication from NCTE (National Council of Teachers in English) focuses primarily on issues of rhetoric, writing, and pedagogy, but some American writers are covered.
Critical Inquiry. Excellent theoretical journal.
Early American Literature. This journal focuses on materials before 1820.
Edith Wharton Review. High-quality articles and reviews on Edith Wharton. Index available.
ELH: English Literary History. Despite its name, this Johns Hopkins-based journal publishes theoretical and historical work on American literature, too.
Emily Dickinson Journal. Available through Project Muse: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/edj/
ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance. Based at Washington State University, this journal focuses on all aspects of romanticism from the beginnings to mid-century writers. Available through Project Muse.
Excavatio: Emile Zola and Naturalism. This annual journal publishes articles in English and French on naturalistic writers. Available only through ILL.
Genders
Great Plains Quarterly
Henry James Review.
Journal of Narrative Technique
Journal of Popular Culture.
Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers. Publishes profiles of lesser-known American women writers as well as articles and reviews.
MELUS: The Journal of the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
Melville Society Extracts
Mississippi Quarterly. Articles on American writers, especially Southern writers.
Modern Fiction Studies. Major journal from Johns Hopkins; publishes articles on late 19th century writers as well as 20th century ones.
Nineteenth-Century Literature. Major journal of criticism for American and British literature of this period; publishes reviews.
Prospects. This annual journal of American
studies is available in the stacks.
E169.1.P898
STACKS v.1- 1975-
Resources for American Literary Study. Reviews scholarship and recommends directions for future scholarship on American authors. WSU has limited issues (1973-75; 1999-2001)
Revue Francaise d'Etudes Americaines
Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society. This women's studies journal has published significant articles on women and literature, although that is not its focus.
South Atlantic Review
Southern Literary Journal. Southern writers, including some regionalist writers.
Southern Quarterly
Studies in American Fiction. This highly selective journal from Northeastern University publishes articles on all areas of American literature.It has resumed publication after a hiatus in 2008.
Studies in American Indian Literatures. Journal of the Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures, from Western Washington University.
Studies in the American Renaissance. This journal from the University of South Carolina examines the lives and works of mid-19th-century American writers.
Texas Studies in Language and Literature
Western American Literature. Articles on literature of the American West, which can include writers such as Stephen Crane, Frank Norris, and Willa Cather. Online through Project Muse.
Western Humanities Review
Journals that have stopped publishing:
Colby Library Quarterly. Also known as Colby Quarterly, this journal published many articles on New England writers, especially Sarah Orne Jewett. Stopped publishing in 2003, but back issues are available (free) through Digital Commons..
Studies in Short Fiction. Ceased publication in 1999.
American Transcendental Quarterly. Good source for American Renaissance writers; ceased publication in 2008 or so.
Frank Norris Studies. Stopped publishing in 2004
Jack London Journal. Contains critical articles as well as London-related reprinted primary materials. Ceased publication in 2000. Available in paper format in Holland/Terrell.