Students and fans of American Literature, take note.
Get your American Literature basics here,
on a great website run by PBS,
the American Public Broadcasting Service:
The American Novel
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/index.html
This site also provides handy beginner's knowledge of key movements, authors, and novels in American Literature:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/timeline/harlemrenaissance.html