This website has everything you need to know about James Fenimore Cooper and is a good starting point for anyone doing research on this 19th-century author. Included are a detailed biography of him, literary comments about his writings,...

In this self-guided unit, you will read Romantic and Transcendental literature and you will practice the art of persuasion using rhetorical devices, appeals, and refutation while avoiding logical fallacies. By the end of the unit, you...

This activity will introduce the idea of the uncanny and explore its expression within the narrative form of Charles Dickens's novel "Great Expectations".

This collection uses primary sources to explore The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The exotic settings and complex characters of Poe's work are explored in this brief essay.

Professor Melani offers notes about Bronte's background, the novel itself, how it was received, and several interpretations.

Explains what the 'Scottish philosophy' was and how well it fitted with American sensibilities in the 1800s. Over time it evolved into the American philosophy of Pragmatism. The other philosophy that took hold in some groups of society...

This marvelous site provides, in addition to an informative biography, an obituary by Winston Churchill, "The Dead" (a poem by Brooke) with helpful notes, and links to a number of other poems like "Treasure" and "The Soldier."

Wikipedia offers information on Russian literature, old and new. Includes many hyperlinked terms.

This site houses the text to John Greenleaf Whittier's poem entitled "Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl."

This is a site from The Academy of American Poets about the poet William Blake (1757-1827 CE). While the primary purpose of the site is to provide a biography of the author, there are very good links on the page. By clicking on the links...

This article on Gothic Revival architecture of the 19th century describes the style, as well as some individual buildings in England that were built in Gothic Revival style.

This introduction to Romantic literature focuses on the learning outcomes of the study of various pieces of American Romantic literature. These include describe the major historical and cultural developments of the Romantic period,...

This lesson plan focuses on the Romantic Period's essayists and poets such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, the Brahmin Poets, and more.

This article focuses on the Second Great Awakening and Transcendentalism in America. It looks at the relationship between religion and politics.

Contains biographical information on the historical fiction writer, Sir Walter Scott.

This is the text and audio of Chapter 2.2 of Walden by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. It focuses on where he lived and what he lived for.

This is the text and audio of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, an anti-slavery novel published in 1852, that was said to "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War." It was the best-selling novel of the 19th...

Check out this incredible site full of resources and links to the world of literature in 18th-century Britain. This site holds the key to learning more about the authors, works, and topics of this time period.

Find out more about eighteenth-century literature through this comprehensive chronology. This site is set up to take you from 1660 through to 1800.

"The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel" by Velasco represents an important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes became...

A brief overview and definitions of Romantic art charateristics and a list of example works (thumbnail pics included).

Two poems examining divinity and concluding that while God is benevolent, one appreciates God either through a romantic lens or a rationalist calculation. Poems are William Cullen Bryant's, "To a Waterfowl," and Philip Freneau's, "On the...

This site gives a look at some of Daumier's paintings. Shows them as thumnails (that can be enlarged) and comments on some of them.