Bartleby
Bartleby.com: John Donne: The History of His Poems
Traces Donne's progress and success as a 17th century poet. Full text excerpt taken from "The Cambridge History of English and American Literature."
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon Culture
This lesson focuses on the Anglo-Saxon culture. It features links to Mead Hall Information, BBC History British Museum, an Anglo-Saxon Collection, Discovery Education: The Dark Ages, Part One video (Registration required), The Sutton Hoo...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Introduction
This is an introduction to a Restoration and Eighteenth Century, which ranges from the Restoration of King Charles II to the turn of the 19th century. The essential questions for the unit focuses on how the events of the period...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters: Breaking Barriers
Discover the brilliant Bronte sisters, who defied the limited options for women in 19th-century Britain to create some of the most iconic novels in English literature, in these three video excerpts from To Walk Invisible: The Bronte...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Rose of the Ghetto" by Israel Zangwill
The text of "A Rose of the Ghetto" by Israel Zangwill. He was a British-Jewish author who wrote about ghetto life in England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the...
Other
Anglo Saxon Books
Click on "book list" and "subject list" to find titles and descriptions. The books described are Old English literature and Anglo-Saxon history and culture.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Political Pamphlet: Thomas Paine (1737 1809)
The passion of Revolutionary literature is found in pamphlets, the most popular form of political literature of the day. Over 2,000 pamphlets were published during the Revolution. The pamphlets thrilled patriots and threatened loyalists;...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Oliver Goldsmith the Vicar of Wakefield
At this website, read the full text of Oliver Goldsmith's "The Vicar of Wakefield." Included, is a brief paragraph introducing the text and its plot.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Vicar of Wakefield: The History of the Book
Good discussion of The Vicar of Wakefiled and its history.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Letter to Pope About Thomas Becket's Death [Pdf]
This is a one-page PDF of a letter from William, archbishop of Sens, to the Pope, in relation to the death of Thomas Becket.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Cavalier Lyrists: Thomas Carew
An in-depth biography of cavalier poet Thomas Carew. It mentions his heritage, up-bringing, education, career at court, and his death. As well as providing a wealth of information on Carew, this site also includes several of his most...
American Library Association
American Library Association: Newbery Medal Home Page
This page is dedicated to winners of the Newbery Medal, an award named for an eighteenth-century British bookseller. Link is available for list of current winners and past winners.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: An Essay of Dramatick Poesie by John Dryden
Abridged version of the famous essay by John Dryden.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Trans Jessie L. Weston[pdf]
This is a 22-page PDF of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight translated by Jessie L. Weston.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Gawayne and the Green Knight by Charlton Miner Lewis [Pdf]
This is a 27-page PDF of GAWAYNE AND THE GREEN KNIGHT: A Fairy Tale by Charlton Miner Lewis; a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Night.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Everyman, 15th Century [Pdf]
This is a PDF of the morality play Everyman, written in the 15th century. It is about Death coming to get Everyman and hold him accountable for his life.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Monday or Tuesday, by Virginia Woolf
Full text of Virginia Woolf's short story collection Monday or Tuesday. Includes "A Haunted House," "A Society," "Monday or Tuesday," "An Unwritten Novel," "The String Quartet," "Blue & Green," "Kew Gardens," and "The Mark on the Wall."
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales: The Nun's Priest's Tale[pdf]
This is a 12-page PDF of "The Nun's Priest's Tale" from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "An International Row" by Robert Barr
Text of the short story "An International Row" by British author Robert Barr. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Miss Mc Millan" by Robert Barr
Text of the short story "Miss McMillan" by Robert Barr, a British author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Interview With Tom Stoppard
This is a transcript of an interview with Stoppard that was done on "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." Stoppard talks about his writing process and creativity.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: The b.e.f. Times
While in the trenches during WWI, soldiers began to produce their own magazines. The best known of these was the Wipers Times, later renamed the B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) Times. It was printed on a printing press salvaged from...
BBC
Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Stevie Smith
The BBC provides several audio clips from a 1965 interview with Stevie Smith (1902-1971 CE), the noted British poet and novelist. Additional content includes a brief biography, a list of key works, and links to further material on the...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Pope?s Literary Consciousness . . .
Good discussion of Pope's life and work. Part of a larger article on Pope from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature.
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