American Romanticism D. Reiss

Romanticism, Transcendentalism, 19th Century Culture

"The Adirondacks" by James McDonald Hart from Albany Institute of History and Art

19th Century American Culture: a wealth of information and links for nineteenth century arts
The American Renaissance and Transcendentalism: from "I Hear America Singing," a public broadcasting series on American music features the lives and works of Emerson, Thoreau, and others
The Web of American Transcendentalism: an extensive hypertext site developed by Professor Ann Woodlief for "Studies in American Transcendentalism" at Virginia Commonwealth University, includes articles on background, influences, and authors of the period
Hudson River School paintings at "I Hear America Singing" from "I Hear America Singing," a public broadcasting series on American music and arts
Hudson River School paintings at Wikipedia
Popular Songs in American History
American Sheet Music 1820-1860 at the Library of Congress American Memory Website
Images from the Concord Free Public Library Special Collections include portraits of Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Alcott, and their families and friends; their homes and furnishings; letters, books, and other writings
Cherokee Memorials: Petitions and Trail of Tears
Slavery Resources and Slave Narratives: Equiano and Jacobs

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Ralph Waldo Emerson Collection at Concord Free Public Library
Emerson Links
Ralph Waldo Emerson: from "I Hear America Singing," a public broadcasting series on American music and arts
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Perspectives on American Literature

"Walden Pond and cairn, ca. 1890-1895" by Alfred Winslow Hosmer
at Concord Free Public Library Special Collections

Henry David Thoreau Collection at Concord Free Public Library
"Earth's Eye": Walden Pond Images through 1970s ("Concord Free Public Library in Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Publication of Henry David Thoreau's Walden in 1854")
Walden Pond Images 2003 by Dave Winer (Weblogs at Harvard Law)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hawthorne Resources: excellent collection of links for Hawthorne's works, criticism, and related materials (Eldridge Press)
Hawthorne Resources: links to selected online resources about Hawthorne's life and work (D. Reiss)
Hawthorne Notes: a few informal notes and selected online resources plus links to "The Birthmark" and "Rappaccini's Daughter" (D. Reiss)
"Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later," Pierre A. Walker, Salem State College": overview of Hawthorne's continuing relevance as text or audio lecture
Hawthorne and Bioethics: "Birthmarks and Bioethics: Why is the head of the President's Council on Bioethics forcing its members to read Nathaniel Hawthorne?"

portrait of Hawthorne
from Hawthorne in Salem

Edgar Allan Poe

from How Birds Fly by David Goodnow

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe at Poetry Archive
Knowing Poe: an interactive site meant primarily for high school students but worth looking at for the opening animation and interactive elements (new window will open)
Voice of the Shuttle: search for Edgar Allan Poe and find lots of valuable links