Exploration and trade, crime and punishment, clothing and social structure: explore key aspects of Elizabethan life, culture, and society.

From courtship rituals to cross-dressing to love poetry, examine the ways in which Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explored identity, sexuality, and gender roles.

Explore a selection of collection items that relate to Shakespeare, Renaissance writers, and the context in which their works were created.

Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Margery Kempe. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, and works.

Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Bede. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, and works.

This comprehensive website is devoted to the study of the English poet-novelist Robert Graves. Includes links to biographical pages that describe Graves's writing habits and show photographs of his study.

Article discusses the history of English dictionaries over a five-hundred-year period. Includes selections from Samuel Johnson's dictionary of 1755 and the Oxford English Dictionary. With useful comments about the origins of words,...

Works of Robert Herrick, John Donne, George Herbert, and Andrew Marvell are featured on this site from the Fu Jen University. After reading "Upon Julia's Clothes," readers are treated to helpful questions which will help in preparation...

Index page for a selection of sonnets by Charles Lamb (1775-1834).

This resource provides a brief biography and a list of recommended works by Charles Lamb.

The University of Toronto offers selected poems of Chales Lamb, with notes on his life and works.

A wonderful website with a plethora of links to information on poets, Cavalier writers, the Sacred poets, the origin of the couplet, the lesser Caroline poets, as well as political writing.

Seventy-nine quotes taken from the writings of Sir Walter Scott, with footnotes.

Check out this site featuring links to lesson plans, activities and more for "Pride and Prejudice." You will also find links that explore the life of Jane Austen.

Explore the life and work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle through the links provided in this resource. Students and teachers will find this includes lesson plans, activities, biographical information and more.

This John Milton resource provides links to lesson plans, full-texts of Paradise Lost and other poems, teaching ideas, and biographical information.

Brief introduction to the life and impact of Samuel Johnson. Contains links to additional information.

Gothic fiction has intrigued and unsettled readers for more than two centuries. These articles research how these works reflect the political, social, and cultural contexts in which they were written.

Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Jonathan Swift. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, and works.

Familiarize yourself with the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, and works.

Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Aphra Behn. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.

Familiarize yourself with the life and works of the poet Andrew Marvell. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, links to related articles, and collection items.

Familiarize yourself with the life and works of the poet Samuel Johnson. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, links to related articles, collection items, and works.

Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Oliver Goldsmith. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, and works.