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Authors/Literature
Various lenses through which literatue can be investigated On-line dictionaries that include foreign words/phrases, slang, special subjects
A wonderful letter by John Gardner about analyzing literature [He’s the author of Grendle].
Guidelines for effective journals Reader Response – Various positions The Problem of Meaning in Literature by John Lye British Women Romantic Writers, 1789-1832 – Electronic texts British Artists – 1700 to the present The Universal Currency Converter CJR Dollar Conversion Calculator Cost of living calculator Inflation calculator
British Lit Time-line—Website by Cindy Adams. Excellent source of general characteristics of the various periods we will study English Literature: Best of the Web—all kinds of wonderful links arranged by time period, much as we will study this literature. Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo—might load very slowly The Fyrd [Army] In Anglo-Saxon England – Comitatus Game Handouts come from here. Beowulf – in old English & translated On-line copy of Beowulf – Caution: we don’t have all of it in our text. The Beowulf chapter from Bullfinch’s The Age of Fable Grendle Index – John Gardner’s book from the point of view of the monster - Extra credit people here!! Map of Anglo-Saxon England Clothing and Appearance of the Pagan Anglo-Saxons HEAR selections from Beowulf read in the Old English [my computer will play the Wave files, but not the “True Speech.”] Instant Old English – kind of like a phrase book you might get the first time you go to another country Modern English to Old English vocabulary The Venerable Bede links
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Anglo Saxon Life links:
The Beowulf Home Page
Medieval Period
Click here to see pictures of the Canterbury pilgrims A Boke and Gode Cookery – medieval recipes The Black Death from the Middle Ages to the Present Heraldry Game—this will help with your shields Chaucer game gameboard Medieval Period On-line test—try your luck. Do you need to study some more before the real test. Covers Chaucer’s Prologue and “The Pardoner’s Tale.” You’ll be asked for “Group Name” which is EnglishIV—It’s right up at the top right over where it asks you for it. [Note: no space between them; caps sensitive, so do it like it is printed on the screen and here. Below that, it asks for “Password” which is DHC. If you want extra credit—10 points on the Chaucer test—E-mail me that you want to do it. I’ll register you so I can see that you indeed did do it, and send you what you’ll need to log-in for credit. If you work with it until you make at least a 90, I’ll add 10 points to whatever your score is on the in-class test. Must be finished by 7:00 p.m. on the night before the in-class test for credit. I can’t guarantee that I will be at home on the night/afternoon before the test, so you may want to register for this early.
Renaissance Comparison of Marlow’s “Passionate Shepherd” and Raleigh’s “Nymph’s Reply” Sir Thomas Wyatt’s works Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Works of Sir Philip Sidney Works of Henry VIII John Donne Annina Jokinen—very complete Restoration & Eighteenth Century [1660-1800] English Literature – Early 17th century – 1603-1660
Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" click here to access activity Nineteenth Century [Romantics/Victorians] On-line copy of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson A searchable on-line copy
Self and Society in the Victorian Novel
& Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre – Victorian On-line Copy of Jane Eyre Some interesting comparisons between JE, the Book of Common Prayer, the Bible An interesting discussion of JE’s paintings Byronic hero links Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know Charlotte Bronte: Biography and Works Hot List site concerning Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights posted by Mary Filak & Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights On-line copy of Wuthering Heights *** Family Trees for Wuthering Heights & Jane Austen— Pride and Prejudice-the novel of social comedy [written when she was only 21] Pride and Prejudice calendar Why are her characters so “plain,” so “normal,” so “shallow”? Manners & Customs in Jane Austen’s time *** Family Trees for Pride and Prejudice & On-line copy of A Tale of Two Cities Romantics [1798-1832]
Chronology of Romantic Writers, British and American Wm Blake—Metropolitan Museum: Special Collections
& Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: - you can download it at Project Guttenberg
Victorians [1832-1901] Wages, the Cost of Living, Contemporary Equivalents to Victorian Money The French Revolution: Good resource on the causes and other information relating to the French Revolution. DO NOT PRINT THIS ENTIRE ARTICLE! Just print sections you will need! A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – On-line version with songs
Thomas Hardy Online – download his books Tess vocabulary lists
Emily Bronte
Physical and Psychological Settings: The Polarized Houses in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights Dreams in Wuthering Heights A structuralist’s approach to the narrative structure of WH The Magnanimity of Wuthering Heights by Joyce Carol Oates
Oscar Wilde On-line copy of The Importance of Being Earnest
Twentieth Century
& Brave New World by Huxley – links On-line copy and search engine for BNW & Lord of the Flies by Wm Golding – links Game to review/think about the book—kind of hard to figure out how to do it, but you’ll get it.
£ 1984 by George Orwell— on-line copy |
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