Curated OER
Keats' Poems Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about the poetry of John Keats. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Reporting A Story: A School Newspaper Activity
Young scholars collaborate to document cultural groups within the school or community. They create a newspaper chronicling different groups within the school.
Curated OER
The House of Mirth Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions about Wharton's The House of Mirth. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
Holidays; Valentine's Day
In this foreign language worksheet, students select the best choice from two options to fill in blanks in eleven sentences. Each sentence is about Valentine's day.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Philosophy of Love
Overview from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy of the threefold Greek typology for love: agape, eros, and philia. Summarizes also the Neoplatonic-Christian view of "love" and, in later centuries, "romantic love."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "Love and Friendship"
This site provides the complete etext for Jane Austen's story, "Love and Friendship and Other Early Works."
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Library: Le Roman De La Rose (The Romance of the Rose)
Find a description of a medieval poem about courtly love, and view the digital manuscript of the poem.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Is Romance Dead?
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.
Washington State University
Washington State University: William Dean Howells Society: Brief Chronology of Selected Works and Events
This detailed chronology lists major events during William Dean Howells' life as well as the years in which his writings were published.
Vancouver Island University
Ironies of Happy Endings: Introduction to Twelfth Night
Text of a college lecture that introduces William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." It provides some background for the play, including information about Pastoral Romance, the characters Viola and Feste, the language of love, and the...
Other
The Legend of Camelot
Here you can learn more about the story of Camelot as it has been told for hundreds of years--including the myth of Camelot, the Round Table, and the sword Excalibur.
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: Main Page
This site from The Geoffrey Chaucer Page provides materials for Harvard's Chaucer classes. It provides a wide range of texts and translations of Chaucer's works along with critical articles from various perspectives and general...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Twenty Fourth of June by Grace S. Richmond
Read the full text of "The Twenty-Fourth of June" by Grace S. Richmond. This novel combines romance and suspense as the main character falls in love with the Gray family, especially their daughter.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Boy Meets Girl, Girl Meets Tragic End (Opera)
Nothing comes close to opera when it comes to affairs of the heart. Opera has always been addicted to love, and its romances can range from the hilarious to the dramatic. But don't expect a standard "Boy Meets Girl" story when you take...
Other
Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This University of Toronto site provides information on Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The text of some of his works is provided.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson
This is the full text of the novel Green Mansions by W. H. Hudson. It is a "romance of the tropical forest," as Hudson put it. The protagonist, Abel, falls in love with a wood nymph named Rima but their love is brought to an end when it...