Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about V.S. Naipaul, the man who won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature. His life and works are discussed in this detailed website,providing video, original texts and speeches and...
Yale University
Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Milton
Access any one of twenty-five lectures, in audio, video, or text format, of Milton's work and legacy. With coverage of his major poems and prose works: Lycidas, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Areopagitica.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Paradox (English Iii Reading)
Source: Paradoxes, James Guppy, Flickr Paradox is a type of figurative language that A Handbook to Literature defines as "a statement that while seemingly contradictory or absurd may actually be well-founded or true." You will find...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
This is the full text of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, a prose satire by this Irish writer and clergyman that is both a satire on human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre.
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The Confederation Poets: Charles G. D. Roberts (1860 1943)
A great site on Confederation poet, Charles G. D. Roberts. Contains criticism ("Charles G. D. Roberts and William Wilfred Campbell as Canadian Tour Guides" and "Symboliste Elements in the Early Short Stories of Gilbert Parker, Charles...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Sylvia Plath's the Bell Jar
These activities will provide students with an introduction to Plath that will inform their study of "The Bell Jar". They will examine the perspectives offered by two of Plath's short autobiographical prose pieces, and will also explore...
Nagoya University (Japan)
Nagoya University: British Authors on the Web
An excellent and detailed site which lists over 750 British authors. The site provides links to more information about each author and is categorized by alphabet and time period. Some links may no longer work in the archived URL.
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Repeat After Us
This site is a collection of copyright-free literature ranging from nursery rhymes to philosophy to literature from many time periods and cultures. There are more than 6,000 texts, and over 1,100 of them are accompanied by audio...
University of Pittsburgh
Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas: Gefion's Home Page
Following a brief explanation of who Gefion was in Norse mythology, there are two translated excepts from old Norse texts which describe particular events in which Gefion was involved.
University of Pittsburgh
Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas: Thor, the Viking Thunder God
Four myths about the Norse god, Thor, are available here, as well as other information about the worship of Thor in old Scandinavia.
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Shakepeare Study Guide: Much Ado About Nothing: Summary and Analysis
This is a summary and analysis of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing including a list of characters, a plot summary and analysis, figures of speech, metaphors of fire, Dogberry's Malaporpisms, animal imagery, and study questions and...
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America Dept. Of State: Outline of American Literature [Pdf]
This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...
W. W. Norton
Norton Anthology: The Linguistic and Literary Contexts of "Beowulf"
Use these online resources from the "Norton Anthology of English Literature" to provide both depth and breadth to your understanding of the poem "Beowulf," whether you are a student reading it for the first time or a teacher preparing to...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Digital Autobiography
In this lesson plan, students will create original poetry and prose and will assemble a written autobiographical booklet in a middle school language arts class. After all poetry and prose are written, students will create a digital...
Library of Congress
Loc: When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective
A Library of Congress Exhibition launching the book, "When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood from the Library of Congress". Very famous and thoughtful photographs with prose by Robert Coles.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Because You Left Me a Handful of Daffodils
In the non-prose piece, the poet reminisces about being elected in fifth grade.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Sentimental Moment or Why Did the Baguette Cross the Road?
This three-stanza non-prose piece shares a father's point of view about his son, but the father sometimes forgets that his son is now grown.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Gratitude to Old Teachers
In this two-stanza non-prose piece, the poet expresses gratitude for old teachers.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: June 11
In this non-prose piece, the poet shares his experience with a birthday passing without much celebration.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Doing Without
This non-prose piece share what it would be like to go without having many material possessions.
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Small Comfort by Katha Pollitt
This non-prose piece sends a message about happiness and mortality.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180:how to Tell Your Mother There Will Be No Grandkids in Her Future
In this non-prose piece, the poet advises how to communite with a mother that there will be no grandchildren from her in the future.
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: The End and the Beginning
In this non-prose piece, the poet describes the post-war area needs and the concerns of the traumatized area in the years after.
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