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Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Henry Fielding
Good biography of Henry Fielding (1707-1754 CE), the English Romantic novelist.
University of Pennsylvania
Romanticism: Authors
This resource provides links to many authors of the Romantic era. Biographies, works, and portraits are displayed for each author.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Authors
From William Blake and John Keats to Charles Dickens and the Bronte sisters, explore 23 iconic authors from the Romantic and Victorian periods.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: The Romantic Era
This personal site provides a description of the era, with an extensive list of links to authors of the time.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Gossip to Learn: A Juicy Approach to Research
Though teachers might use this student-centered, technology-based, one or two-day research project to introduce any author, English 12 teachers may wish to use the lesson to jump-start a unit on British literature from the Romantic...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Chronologic Index of Authors
Here, under the Chronologic Index of Authors, are links to three of Lamb's poems, near the bottom of the page.
Other
Selfknowledge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
This site from SelfKnowlege.com provides the text of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Coleridge, with notes. It also has several links to information on Coleridge.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Emily Dickinson
Video on the life and works of poet Emily Dickinson highlighting her literary contributions which often challenged many of the common beliefs among her peers. Click on "Emily Dickinson Activities" for related materials. Part of a...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Romantic Revival Austen
From the Cambridge History of Literature, provides analysis of the life, novels, and early works of Jane Austen.
Other
The Thomas Love Peacock Society
The T. L. Peacock Society serves to popularize the virtues of Peacock's novels and poetry as well as other writings. This index page links to full-text novels and poems by the 19th century Romantic-era writer.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Sounds of the Sonnet
"Sound Experiments" drive this lesson plan. Sonnet analysis is accompanied by readings based on specific emotions. At this website, there are several links full-text sonnets by such authors as Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Longfellow, and...
Other
U Mass: The Bluestocking Archive
Well-organized archive of primary texts on 18th-century English high culture, including the "cult of sensibility." Almost exclusively women authors, with the notable exception of Byron.
State University of New York
The James Fenimore Cooper Society
This website has everything you need to know about James Fenimore Cooper and is a good starting point for anyone doing research on this 19th-century author. Included are a detailed biography of him, literary comments about his writings,...
Other
Incompetech: Samuel Taylor "Estese" Coleridge 1772 1834
This site provides a biography of the Romantic age poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: American Romanticism
This lesson is an introduction to a unit on American Romanticism, from about 1800 to 1850. It defines the types of writing of the period and the power of poetry including the Fireside Poets: Longfellow, Bryant, Whittier, Lowell, and...
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Blake Digital Text Project
Index page for the full text of Blake's prose and poetry as well as an online concordance and related resources.
University of Pennsylvania
U. Penn: Notes on "Lyrical Ballads"
This etext is the original notes, preface, and advertisment for the book "Lyrical Ballads," by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit by Coleridge
The complete text of this literary work is available to download or read online in multiple digital formats.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Whittier: Quaker Ancestry and Nature
Biography and analysis of the works of John Greenleaf Whittier. Describes his Quaker upbringing, his role as an abolitionist, honors bestowed upon him, and his ballads. Includes analysis of his anti-slavery poetry and "Snow-Bound." Use...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Etext
This famous "Ghost," story is especially popular around Halloween. Read the original version by Washington Irving here.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Old Christmas by Washington Irving
Resource provides multiple digital formats of Old Christmas by Washington Irving.
Other
Dickinson Electronic Archives
A central location for the study of resources related to Emily Dickinson.
Other
The Poe Museum:the Cask of Amontillado
This entry has the text of "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. This site is sponsored by the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia.
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The Poe Museum/the Murders in the Rue Morgue
This site has the text of "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. This site sponsored by the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia.