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The Jewish Agency for Israel: Agnon, Shmuel Yosef
Read a biography about Shmuel Agnon (1888-1970), the first Hebrew writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
PBS
Mpr: Keillor, Ventura Become Literary Odd Couple
This site from Minnesota Public Radio discusses Keillor's book that tells a story resembling the life and career of Gov. Jesse Ventura and includes numerous links to audio clips of Keillor discussing the book, Ventura's response,...
Cengage Learning
Gish Jen (B. 1955)
This site, from publisher Houghton Mifflin's online syllabus assistance for college instructors, provides helpful information for the study of Jen's works, including commentary on themes and style and questions for analyzing the works.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: The Persians by Aeschylus
This MIT Internet Classics Archives page is a translation of "The Persians" in an easy-to-read format, maintaining the verse format of the original.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Works of Plutarch
A list of the works of Plutarch that have been translated, each entry linked to complete text of that article and a discussion page.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: Jack London on the Great Wat
Military "slant" on Jack London's work and life. Good site!
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
This Bibliomania website features the full text of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." A summary note about Stevenson's novel of the nature of good and evil is included.
National Library of France
Gallica: Paul Et Virginie (Bernardin De Saint Pierre)
This site features Gallica's digital version of this French classic.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Louise
The full-text of Somerset Maugham's short story Louise as well as commentary.
Sacred Text Archive
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, Etext
Illustrated collection of fairy tales that includes Jack and the Beanstalk, Henny-Penny, The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears, this also includes a very helpful Notes section that advanced readers will want to check out. While some of...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Fable and Trickster Tales Around the World
The lessons presented in this website "introduce children to folk tales" and how these folktales are changed and affected by generational and cultural values. Includes several links to further related information on folktales, fables,...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Childhood Through the Looking Glass
The objective of this site is to explore the visition of childhood through Lewis Caroll's eyes. This site features learning objectives and lesson plans. Don't miss out.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Time Periods [Pdf]
The date, historical context, genre/style, content, and effect of several different time periods including: Puritan Times, Rationalism/Age of Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and Contemporary/Postmodernism.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Robert De Clari: Capture of Constantinople
This is a fourth Crusade account from Dana C. Munro's late 19th-century translation.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Imagery in Hamlet
Lesson plan takes students through an exploration of the figurative language in "Hamlet."
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Tempest in the Lunchroom
In this lesson plan, young scholars learn to read and act out the shipwreck scene in Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What Was the Harlem Renaissance?
Professor Kate Rushin describes the Harlem Renaissance as a large social and cultural movement fueled by many factors in this video from A Walk Through Harlem.
University of Wisconsin
Uw: Cooperative Children's Book Center(ccbc)
The CCBS is a valuable site for those interested in children's and young adults' literature. Search the universities collections, learn about upcoming events, "view archived videos of public lectures by authors, artists, and editors, or...
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University: Transcendentalism: Ideas and Thought
This resource provides information about American Transcendentalism, and biographies of people who followed this philosophy.
University of Virginia
Electronic Labyrinth:postmodernism & the Postmodern Novel
Overview of the Postmodernist literary movement. Describes the characteristics of Postmodern literature and gives some examples.
Vroma Project
V Roma: Gaius Valerius Catullus
A site containing Latin and English texts of Catullus' poems, as well as biographical information about him, his friends, lovers, and rivals, and several paintings. This section of VRoma was created by Henry J. Walker of Bates College.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: Anne Bronte (1820 1849)
Biographical website from the University of Pennsylvania that deals with the life and the works of Anne Bronte. Links include: biography, selected poems, various works, and a bibliography.
University of Massachusetts
Aesop's Fables
Very unique site that presents Aesop's Fables with traditional and modern pictures. Pictures are created by art students at University of Massachusetts Amherst. There is an index to search by individual stories.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Literary Resources: Romantic Period
Search this comprehensive site for links to the authors and the writings of the Romantic Period. Don't miss out on this amazing collection of links. As Professor Jack Lynch, who created the list, has noted, these pages are outdated and...