The Dubliners contains 15 short stories all bound in one book. The stories begin with narration by young children, and as they progress, so do the ages of the narrators. The author, James Joyce, focuses most stories on characters that...

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Wharton's Ethan Frome. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 13 multiple choice questions about Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

Online quizzes can be fun for testing reading comprehension, so your class may enjoy these 15 questions on London's Call of the Wild. However, keep in mind that these Fun Trivia quizzes can be made by anyone, so the educational merit may...

W.B. Yeats' poem, "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" is featured on a learning exercise that asks readers to respond to a series of reading comprehension questions.

“There is no story that is not true.” And Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, uses proverbs (“. . .the palm-oil with which words are eaten”), a compelling tragic hero, and historic events, to engage readers in the truth of his story of...

Introduce your class to proper adjectives while reinforcing proper nouns. For this quick exercise, learners find the proper noun in each sentence and find the matching proper adjective in the provided word bank.

Site has over 60 links to authors, periodicals, literary background, theater and Irish science fiction.

This official Nobel Foundation profile of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats includes a biography and the text of his 1923 acceptance speech.

Eight complete works of Irish literature by 8 different writers are presented free. The writers are Wilde, Shaw, Synge, Stoker, Plunkett, Behan, O'Connor, O'Flaherty, and Friel.

Discussion and explanation of the importance of poetry in Ireland and the importance of Irish literature. Discusses the Irish masterpiece "Banshenchas" and provides a link to the actual text.

This scholarly article attempts to place the Irish Literary Revival within the context of "European and American modernism - their shared preoccupation with mysticism, symbolism, millenarianism, and anti-modernization."

A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of Old James, the Irish Pedlar by Mary B. Tuckey, a fiction storybook told in verse for children.

Educated white men weren't the only ones contributing to a truly American literature. Read about the literature written by Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Irish Americans. All added to the melting pot of...

This lesson focuses on the Irish poet Seamus Heaney; it features links to Heaney's biography, his poem "Blackberry Picking," and an analysis of that poem. It also explains what to look for when reading and analyzing a poem and this poem...

Interdisciplinary research project that explores the life, writings, and relationships of the Irish poet and critic, Thomas MacGreevy (1893-1967).

The emphasis is on the beginnings of the Abbey Theater. The selection discusses Yeats' contributions to the establishment of the theater, some of the movements and more current writers under what is called the "Celtic Revival."

This is the full text of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, a prose satire by this Irish writer and clergyman that is both a satire on human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. This early 1900's work was written by Kate Douglas Wiggin, the author famously known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.

Brief biography of Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, poet, and critic Oscar Wilde.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book A True Story of Long Ago by Annette Lyster (c1894), an illustrated children's novel about the Irish Rebellion of '98.

This is more of a bibliographical reference of names of writers and resources that can be used.

Full text, from the University of Toronto, of nine of Swift's most famous poems, including "Advice to the Grub Street Verse-writers."

Detailed timeline of important moments in the author's life, as well as significant historical events. Includes Whig and Tory pages, and info about the Pope and the Anglican Church.