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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Adrienne Rich

For Students 9th - 10th
Rich discussions of several of Rich's famous poems characterize this site from Modern American Poetry. This site offers a picture of Adrienne Rich along with a bibliography, background information, interviews and online versions of her...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Wallace Stevens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, part of the Modern American Poetry site maintained by the University of Illinois, provides biographical information on Stevens, commentary on many of his poems (including "Anecdote of the Jar" and "The Emperor of Ice-cream"),...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay

For Students 9th - 10th
This outstanding resource offers literary criticism, biographical information, full text of poems, and historical context for Edna St. Vincent Millay's (1892-1950 CE) work.
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Critical Survey: Irish Poetic Modernisms a Reappraisal

For Students 9th - 10th
This scholarly article attempts to place the Irish Literary Revival within the context of "European and American modernism - their shared preoccupation with mysticism, symbolism, millenarianism, and anti-modernization."
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Literary Explorer: Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Literary Explorer features a language arts unit on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Includes teaching and learning strategies for this powerful play.
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City University of New York

Yale Univ.:cervantes and Modern Latin American Narrative

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay by Yale professor Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria that closely investigates the literary style of Cervantes' most famous work, "Don Quixote". A very comprehensive essay.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Jean Toomer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Modern American Poetry comes from the English department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and proves to be a great resource for information about Jean Toomer (1894-1967 CE). The site contains links to a...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Claude Mc Kay

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography and analysis of the life of the famous author, as well as literary criticism as well as online poems, letters and a bibliography. Includes many quotes and his poetry.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American poetry:(h.d.)hilda Doolittle (1886 1961)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Modern American Poetry site features an essay about H. D.?s (1886-1961 CE) life and career, selected criticism, and links to related sites.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: William Carlos Williams

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the Modern American Poetry index site for William Carlos Williams (1883-1963 CE). From this site you can click on links that take you to analysis of the author's works as well as a link to full text versions of additional poems.
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The British Museum

British Museum: Artists of the Modern Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
The online home of "Word into Art," an exhibition mounted by the British Museum that details the way in which artists from across the Middle East and North Africa use written language in their art. The exhibition follows four thematic...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Modern Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Literary Devices: Ode Examples and Definition

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what an ode is, the different types (Pindaric, Horatian, and irregular), and gives some modern examples. Discusses the significance of odes in the history of literature and gives examples with explanations. Three multiple-choice...
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Leaving Home: e.m. Forster and the Pursuit of Higher Values

For Students 9th - 10th
This in-depth, insightful article from "Western Buddist Review" examines the theme of leaving home as it relates to several of Forster's works (e.g., "The Road to Colonus," "The Machine Stops," and "Howards End.")
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Story, Identity, Unity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Delve into the art of storytelling in this self-guided unit. Multiple topics are covered such as literary genres, the 7 elements of fiction, figurative language, theme, characterization, etc. At the end of the unit, write your own flash...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: "Machine Age"

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century: Capturing and Creating the Modern

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the ways in which writers captured the fast-changing world around them during the 20th Century.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Stanley Kunitz

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical sketch of Kunitz, an article by him, and an analysis of several of his works. Also provides a picture.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Emily Dickinson (1830 1886)

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of critical reviews of 16 of Emily Dickinson's poems. Most poems are analyzed by multiple critics. In addition, there are two biographical sketches, and essays examining her use of the dash and her lack of titles.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Anne Spencer

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth site on Anne Spencer including an extensive biography of this famous Harlem Renaissance poet. Detailed information on her works, education, and contemporaries. Numerous photographs. Some of her poems are also included.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Thomas Carlyle on Sir Walter Scott

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Fordham University provides Thomas Carlyle's (1795-1881 CE) comments on Walter Scott (1771-1832 CE). This site includes biographical information.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Langston Hughes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you are looking for biographical information on Langston Hughes and/or excerpts and reviews of his work, this site is a bonanza! The table of contents makes it easy to click to the section you want.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Mona Van Duyn

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to biographical notes about Van Duyn, this site has four essays about her poetry, one by Van Duyn.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: E. E. Cummings

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource offers a solid biography of Cummings (1894-1962 CE), along with a series of "nonlectures" that Cummings himself delivered. This site also provides analysis of many of Cummings' poems, plus a bibliography.

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