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British Library: Discovering Literature: Language, Word Play and Text
Prose and verse, wordplay, neologisms, and rhetoric: discover how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers developed innovative and experimental uses of language.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Deception, Drama, and Misunderstanding
Investigate how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explore miscommunication, dishonesty, trickery, and the nature of theatre.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Power, Politics, and Religion
A murdered king, a homeless ruler, a man who sells his soul to the Devil: discover how Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers represented power and powerlessness.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Poetry
Discover close readings, critical interpretations, and personal responses to Shakespeare's sonnets, the poetry of John Donne, and more.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Elizabethan England
Exploration and trade, crime and punishment, clothing and social structure: explore key aspects of Elizabethan life, culture, and society.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Gender, Sexuality, Courtship and Marriage
From courtship rituals to cross-dressing to love poetry, examine the ways in which Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explored identity, sexuality, and gender roles.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Collection Items
Explore a selection of collection items that relate to Shakespeare, Renaissance writers, and the context in which their works were created.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Margery Kempe
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.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Bede
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.
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Robert Graves Trust
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.
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British Library: Language & Literature: Dictionaries and Meanings
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,...
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Fu Jen University: 17th Century Poetry
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...
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Sonnets.org: Charles Lamb
Index page for a selection of sonnets by Charles Lamb (1775-1834).
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Louisiana State University: Charles Lamb 1775 1834
This resource provides a brief biography and a list of recommended works by Charles Lamb.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poems of Charles Lamb
The University of Toronto offers selected poems of Chales Lamb, with notes on his life and works.
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Cavalier and Puritan
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.
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Bartleby.com: Quotes by Sir Walter Scott
Seventy-nine quotes taken from the writings of Sir Walter Scott, with footnotes.
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Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Jane Austen
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.
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Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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.
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Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: John Milton
This John Milton resource provides links to lesson plans, full-texts of Paradise Lost and other poems, teaching ideas, and biographical information.
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Rutgers University: Who Is This Johnson Guy?
Brief introduction to the life and impact of Samuel Johnson. Contains links to additional information.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Gothic
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.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Jonathan Swift
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.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Alexander Pope
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.
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