Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing With Writers: Write a Book Review With Rodman Philbrick
This online activity invites students to plan, draft, revise, and publish a book review. Important writing tips and a professional writing model, provided by the author Rodman Philbrick, are included. Plus, enjoy the online library of...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: So What Do You Think? Writing a Review
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to write critical literature reviews after reading reviews of movies, music, restaurants, and books. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
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Civil War Book Reviews
This site provides good examples of critical book reviews of Civil War literature.
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Writing a Book Review
A guide on the essential and non-essential elements of writing a book review (critical writing). Includes objectives, material, and information on planning and publication.
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Brock University: Critical Reading: A Guide
In addition to thoroughly exploring the purposes and functions of an analytical essay, this resource provides students with step-by-step instructions for reading and analyzing poetry, prose-fiction, and fiction. The site also offers...
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New York Review of Books Archive
At this site, you can conduct a search for critical reviews that have been published in the New York Review of Books. Currently (July, 2000), only reviews published since 1996 are available, but that is supposed to change. This is a good...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Critical Review of a Sitcom
This four-page essay provides an example of an critical essay, specifically a review of a sitcom. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Review Redux: Literary Criticism Through Reception Moments
Literature takes on a life of its own as students take a hands-on approach to exploring A Raisin in the Sun for cultural and historical context.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Nonfiction Book Review
This five-page essay provides an example of a nonfiction book review. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Sexton: Chronology, Biography, Review of Poems
This site offers a chronology, a bibliography, and a biography on her career. It also has a review of the following poems: HER KIND, THE TRUTH THE DEAD KNOW, ONE FOR MY DAME, as well as a picture of Sexton.
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Textual Criticisms of Love's Labour's Lost
This article reviews the ways in which the text of "Love's Labour's Lost," has been picked apart by critics, in search of errors and inconsistencies.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Review Claims About Social Media
Review claims made in "Teens: This Is How Social Media Affects Your Brain."
Cengage Learning
Gale: Harlem Renaissance: A Gale Critical Companion: Jessie Redmon Fauset [Pdf]
Read the biographical notes, a review of Fauset's major works, a portrait, a reprint of a short essay by Fauset from "Some Notes on Color," a collection of essays on her life and work, and an extensive bibliography.
New York Times
New York Times: Books: Criticism and the Age
Read Brooke Allen who, on the New York Times on the Web, reviews a book on Randall Jarrell and a book of essays by Randall Jarrell. Read some Jarrell quotes.
New York Times
New York Times: Movies Home
[Free Registration/Login Required] The features homepage of the "New York Times" for movies. Includes reviews of and articles about both mainstream and independent films. The site also provides links to critic's picks and a mix of...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Georgia Douglas Johnson
The English Department of the University of Illinois offers excellent biographical information on the poet Georgia Douglas Johnson. Also includes reviews of her poetry and an image.
New York Times
New York Times: Books: Randall Jarrell: How a Poetry Critic Becomes Loved
The New York Times on the Web features an essay about Jarrell written by Richard Eder called: "Randall Jarrell: How a Poetry Critic Becomes Loved".
Emory University
Emory University: William James
A complete site on William James. Contains an abundance of links for information on William James including links to biographies on his life, links to some of his works, reviews and criticisms, and much, much more!
New York Times
New York Times: While England Sinks: Witch of Exmoor by Margaret Drabble
[Free Registration/Login Required] Drabble does not come out well in this "New York Times" review. The critic's comments on Drabble's characters and discussion of the influence of Virginia Woolf and Charles Dickens provide insight into...
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Essays and Reviews: Mourning for Hokujurosen: Poem by Yosa Buson
This poem is followed by a brief commentary. The writer explains images in the poem, and some of Buson's philosophical beliefs which affected the poem.
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The Classroom Electric: Spiders, the Web, and Dickinson & Whitman
Based on Emily Dickinson's poem "A Spider sewed at Night" and Walt Whitman's poem "A Noiseless Patient Spider," the authors of this site seek to "explore the nature of creativity, artistry, and audience." They bring together existing...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Langston Hughes
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.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Pride and Prejudice
In addition to the complete text of Jane Austen's (1775-1817 CE) "Pride and Prejudice" divided by chapters, this site includes six critical reviews, biographical notes, and a bibliographic record.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Theodore Roethke (1906 1963)
Six reviews on Roethke's following works: "Cuttings," "Frau Bauman, Frau Schmidt, and Frau Schartz", "The Flight"(from "The Lost Son"), "I Knew a Woman," and "North American Sequence."