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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a selection of major authors and works associated with English literature, ranging from Geoffrey Chaucer to Sir Isaac Newton. Each author's page contains online texts of the author's works, essays about the author and...
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Luminarium

Luminarium: 17th Century English Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
A website covering 17th century English literature. Extensive list of links connected to many prominent writers of the time. A detailed historical timeline of the 17th century provided.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Sources for 17th Century English Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains a plethora of links to websites related to the 17th century. Literature, music, history, politics, and the role of woman are all covered by these links.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Literature and Composition: Literary Terms [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a three-page PDF of Literary Terms from Crest, Catherine Bartlett. Teacher's Guide-AP English Literature and Composition. New York: Educational Testing Service, 1999.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature (1485 1603)

For Students 9th - 10th
Luminarium offers a student resource for learning about the authors of the English Renaissance period. Contains links to over 25 different authors from the period which contain their biographies, bibliographies, and text to some of their...
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Luminarium

Luminarium: English Literature: Early 17th Century: Works of Richard Lovelace

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to texts of many works by Richard Lovelace. "The world will have forgotten all the great masterpieces of literature when it forgets Lovelace's three verses to Lucasta on his going to the wars." --Thomas Aldrich
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Middle English Literature (1350 1485)

For Students 9th - 10th
Listed as Medieval literature, you can find authors from the 14th and 15th centuries here, as some are considered Renaissance writers. Excellent resource with links to extensive info on the writers including Chaucer, Langland, and Gawain.
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W. W. Norton

Norton Anthology of English L Iterature: Sixteenth Century: Overview

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introductory material for a survey of sixteenth-century English literature offering information on the period, its major figures, and influences.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Anglo Saxon Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This student resource site provides links to Anglo-Saxon/Old English literature, culture, and heritage.
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W. W. Norton

Norton Anthology: 17th Century British Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve into the world of 17th century British literature to find out what makes this period in history so unique. This overview gives a comprehensive look at the work of the era.
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Stanford University

Stanford University: Anglo Saxon & Old English

For Students 9th - 10th
A selected bibliography for primary and secondary materials, including facsimile texts in Old English, translations into modern English, and scholarship.
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University of California

Online English: The Hamlet Module: u.c. Davis

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about Shakespeare's "Hamlet," when you visit this online English Module.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Simonds History of American Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site presents the full text of the "Simonds History of American Literature." This detailed reference book explores the literature in early colonial times, the eighteenth century, the beginning of the nineteenth century, the New...
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Charles I. Kelly and Lawrence E. Kelly

Many things.org: American Literature for English Learners

For Students 9th - 10th
American literature presented in text and audio for English language learners. Students have the ability to listen to the audio as they read the text. Links to 57 audio programs and text by American authors. MP3 is required for the audio...
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Other

Lib. Ru: Online Literature for Children

For Students 9th - 10th
Russian-speaking students can access a plethora of Russian folk and modern tales as well as Russian translations of world tales from one site. ESL teachers might ask their native Russian speakers to translate some complete tales or...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
Provided by the Medieval Sourcebook, this site offers a modern English translation of the "Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation," Books 1 through 5.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Background

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides background for an English Renaissance unit; it compares the English Renaissance with the Italian Renaissance. It features Queen Elizabeth I's influence and provides a poem written by the queen, "When I Was Fair and...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: List of Themes for English (American) Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a list of 15 American Literature novel titles. Click on a title that will take you to an interactive activity. All content is printable without a charge and includes a vocabulary list.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Heroes and Heroines

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover some of the earliest heroes and heroines in English literature, from Beowulf to King Arthur. What are the typical characteristics of a medieval hero, and what can this reveal about society in the Middle Ages?
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Piers Plowman: An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This article introduces the questions of penance and obligation that are at the heart of Piers Plowman and shows how the work's fierce satire and commitment to justice have influenced English literature, from multimedia reimaginings to...
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Donne Holy Sonnet 7

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of John Donne's "Holy Sonnet 7."
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature: John Donne: Holy Sonnet 14

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of John Donne's "Holy Sonnet 14."
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Chaucer: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to Geoffrey Chaucer and his major contribution to Middle English literature in The Canterbury Tales. He is known as ""The Father of English Poetry." The essential questions for the unit focuse on his skill with...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson is an introduction to the Anglo Saxons and the origins of the English language. It provides a brief history of England and examines elements of Anglo-Saxon society and language that still exist in English literature today. It...

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