This is a content-rich interactive site which guides you through the literature of war. Access the history of war literature to take you to a timeline, study authors' writings about war, learn about metaphorical language, and put into...

Charles Lamb retells the tale of Ulysses. This is not a translation of Homer's Ulysses, but a modern (19th century) retelling of the story.

Brief introductory essay on the history of Samuel Johnson's dictionary. Includes information on the time frame of the work and the significance of the dictionary in the development of modern versions. Criticism is cited.

This Calendar of Authors' Literature webpage has biographical sketch about of this West Indian poet and playwright who received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1992. Walcott's works often deal with the conflict between his Caribbean...

The mystery plays and morality plays of the 15th and 16th centuries were very different from modern drama. This article takes us back in time to show how these plays portrayed scenes from the Bible, conveyed religious doctrine, and...

This is a terrific resource for teachers of British Literature, which includes instructions for using FrankenMoo yourself and/or with students.

Delve into the British Renaissance period through this informative site. This site has tons of resources for every type of enthusiast.

Use this comprehensive site to learn more about English Renaissance Literature. This site is a gold mine of information. It has several essays that illuminate this genre. Find out more about this period in literature through this...

This site provides biographic information on British author, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The site also lists her works.

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.

Elaine Showalter describes how, in Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf uses stream of consciousness to enter the minds of her characters and portray cultural and individual change in the period following the First World War.

Read the original Middle English. Within the text is also a modern English prose translation.

A complete modern full-text English translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a history of England written between 8th and 12th centuries CE.

Charles Darwin's famous journey is chronicled here in this online book. Read it just as it was published in 1845.

As an introduction to the medieval romances, students compare and contrast the medieval rules of courtly love to the modern "rules" of courtship and romance. Students write a compare/contrast essay after group work and class discussion.

A selected bibliography for primary and secondary materials, including facsimile texts in Old English, translations into modern English, and scholarship.

Extensive site dedicated to Romantic Studies. Best to use the search function. Includes modern poets reading Romantic poetry.

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...