John Steinbeck's Realism and Naturalism Essay examining the "problems with categorization", especially that of placing authors within a certain period or genre of literature. http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~wsimkins/real.html

Naturalism: A Brief Introduction Site includes selected bibliography and excellent definitions of Naturalism by Frank Norris and Lars Ahnebrink. http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap6/6intro.html

Selected Short Bibliography of American Literary Naturalism Gonzaga University bibliography of naturalism. http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl413/natbib.htm

Naturalism A brief discussion of naturalism and three American writers: Crane, Dreiser, and Norris. Site includes film clips from the movie version of Norris's "McTeague". http://www.unc.edu/courses/pre2000fall/eng81br1/natur.html

EnviroArts Emphasizes the literary and visual arts in relation to nature, with poetry and essays by contemporary authors (culled mostly from the pages of Orion and Orion Afield magazines--which co-sponsor this site) and information on historic naturalism and naturalist literature. http://arts.envirolink.org/

Naturalism A definition of naturalism from the "Glossary of Literary Theory" by Greig E. Henderson and Christopher Brown. http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/glossary/Naturalism.html

The Rise of Romanticism A history of the Romantic movement in France. Written by Alfred Bates, 1906. http://www.theatrehistory.com/french/romanticism001.html