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National Endowment for the Humanities

Practical Criticism

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
As an introduction to literary criticism, class members recreate I.A. Richards' close reading experiment. Individuals select a poem, paraphrase the story, focus on the imagery used, consider what the imagery adds to the tale, and...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Rachel Carson and the Modern Environmental Movement

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Scholars analyze the environmental movement started in the 1960s. Through excerpts from Rachel Carson's books as well as diary entries, they take a look at the reason for the modern movement to save the planet and then create final...
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University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: Writers From Bolivia

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief list of well known women writers from Bolivia.
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Other

The Carson Mc Cullers Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about and images of the writer Carson McCullers (1917-1967), author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Member of the Wedding, and other works.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Dorothy Parker

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a list of poems by Dorothy Parker, all which are linked to the text of each.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Dorothy Parker

For Students 9th - 10th
An extremely rich site, this offering from Modern American Poetry covers all aspects of Dorothy Parker's (1893-1967 CE) work. Included are critical commentaries, biographical information, a Parker Gallery and other resources.
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Other

Celestial Timepiece: A Joyce Carol Oates Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
A general links page that focuses completely on the writer Joyce Carol Oates. Provides links to her works, research, a biography, discussion group, photographs, and more. Site includes a search feature.
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Other

Isabel Allende

For Students 9th - 10th
The Chilean author Isabel Allende's official website--includes biographical information as well as summaries and reviews of her work. The site also contains a list of awards, a photo gallery, and other resources.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: The Edith Wharton Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is presented by the Wharton Society at Washington State University, offers bibliographies of Wharton's works and of works about her writing, an index of the journal the "Edith Wharton Review," links to many related...
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Other

Seven Gothic Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers some biographical information and gives a brief summary for each of Karen Blixen's Seven Gothic Tales.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame presents a brief biography of one of its inductees, Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001), aviator and writer.
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Other

Literary Gothic: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

For Students 9th - 10th
This page offers a brief discussion of the supernatural, gothic elements of some of Freeman's (1852-1930 CE) work, along with links to other Freeman pages and stories, some with illustrations. A plus is the pre-written MLA style citation...