Bartleby has made available several volumes of the poet's work. Site includes a very brief biography, the collections themselves, quotations from his work, and several poems which appear in Modern British Poetry.

This site details a chronology of Chaucer's life and the historical events that occurred during that time. It also has the Canterbury Tales with the Middle English and Modern English in a side-by-side format, and provides a Glossary for...

A list of links for Achebe and "Things Fall Apart" including two audio links.

This site from Bibliomania contains the full text to three sonnets and an elegie in modern French, written by Louise Labe, known for her book of sonnets. A great site on the subject, but a translation is not provided.

This site provides biographical information of American author, Carson McCullers.

In this self-guided unit, you will be working with literature which is centered on the themes of past, present and future. You will experience several different literary perceptions of the past and the future by reading ancient...

This essay, written by English professor William L. Andrews, explores slave narratives and their influence in American literature in the late nineteenth century up to modern times.

PBS explores the world of India with an in-depth look into the Kushan Empire. Identifies the origins of the empire, the location of the empire, and the connection to the Silk Road. Describes the importance of art and literature to the...

This site provides a biography of Langston Hughes, followed by several of his poems (some complete with audio clips) and a bibliography of his more influential works.

You will be able to identify and understand allusions in myths, the classics, and other traditional texts and their influence on modern literature.

Nikki Giovanni is one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement and has won numerous awards. Her work ranges from covering topics on race, gender, the African American experience and social issues to children's literature and...

This unit builds on student knowledge of the quest. Students come to understand how great literature reflects life, and how in any journey (be it physical or metaphysical) patience is important for gaining wisdom and experience along the...

This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.

Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography of Toni Morrison, noted novelist. The entry focuses on the black American experience.

This is an online study guide/notes for the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

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...

This entry from Encyclopedia Brittanica's Guide to Black History features Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. He sometimes wrote of modern West Africa in a...