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A N G L O - S A X O N    &   M E D I E V A L

Beowulf
     eText
     A Modern Translation
     Hypertext Version of Beowulf
     Translation for Oral Reading by Dick Ringler
     Resources for the Study of Beowulf (Greenehamlet.com -- Araby Greene)
     Information on Beowulf and Anglo-Saxons (archived - view at home)
     eText in Old English
      Beowulf in Performance by Bagby
     Regia Anglorum - a website devoted to Anglo-Saxon re-enactment and living history site Wynchurst
     "Raiders or Traders" Smithsonian Magazine story with photos of replica Viking ship



Geoffrey Chaucer
     The Canterbury Tales -- Text & Resources
     The Canterbury Tales -- Middle English Text with Glossary
     The World of Chaucer (U of Glasgow)
     Pilgrims Passing To and Fro - More Info on Life and Times of Medieval People
     Information on Feudal Life During the Middle Ages (Annengberg)
     Medieval England
     Information on Castles of Britain
     Information on Castles of Britain
   Canterbury Tales Pilgrimage Revisited
         National Public Radio reporter walks the historic path from
         London to Canterbury in 2009 and reports on what he finds

Everyman
     eText of Everyman
     eText of Everyman with Updated Spelling (Medieval Sourcebook - Fordham U)
     Related Medieval Motif: Dance of Death
     Commentary on Iron Maiden's Use of the Dance of Death Motif
     Dance of Death Exhibition | U of Glasgow
     eText of The Seventh Seal

Period/Movement	Authors	Works	Plots/Subjects	Literary Terms	Notes
Anglo-Saxon For each period check your notes for what was the view of Deity, People, Society, Environment, Place in the World	Anonymous Scop	Beowulf	Beowulf battles Grendel to save the Danes.	epic, caesura, alliteration, kenning, scop	First extant work of literature in (Old)English
	Venerable Bede	History of the English Church and People		illuminated writing

Medieval	Geoffrey Chaucer	Prologue to the Canterbury Tales	Glimpse at Medieval people from church, feudal, and merchant classes	direct & indirect characterization, significant detail, verisimilitude
	Anonymous	Quem Queritas	Easter drama-- 4 lines long		"Whom Do You Seek"
	Anonymous	2nd Shepherd's Play	Mak steals sheep from Shepherds of the nativity	mystery play Wakefield Cycle, York Cycle,	an example of a mystery play
	Anonymous	Everyman	Everyman must get his life's account in order when Death comes for him	morality play

E N G L I S H   R E N A I S S A N C E

William Shakespeare

     Standard Deviants "Introduction to Shakespeare"
     eText of The Tragedy of Macbeth with Glossary and Analysis
     eText of The Tragedy of Macbeth by Shakespeare's Words (includes side glossary)
     Character Social Circles in Macbeth by Shakespeare's Words
     Enjoying Macbeth - A variety of information about the play, its history and its productions
     Shakespeare's Plays for Free App on Your iPhone or iTouch
     History of the Tudors at tudorhistory.org  -- podcasts
     Folger Shakespeare Library -- Macbeth Info & Podcasts
     Macbeth Unplugged - great online version with hyperlinked notes
     The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
     The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
     Shakespeare's Globe -- The Globe Theatre Today
     The Globe from Shakespeare Resource Center
     Royal Shakespeare Company's Background Info on Macbeth
     Shakespeare Resource Center
     Elizabethan Era and Beliefs in Witches and Witchcraft
      * see more Shakepeare links at the Shakespeare Project  page under Freshman English

1 7 T H   &   1 8 T H     C E N T U R I E S -- C L A S S I C I S M    T O   R O M A N T I C I S M

John Donne
     Meditation XVII with Notes
     A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

Amelia Lanyer
    Eve's Apology in Defense of Women

John Milton
     from Paradise Lost
     On His Blindness

Alexander Pope
    The Rape of the Lock

William Blake
     The Lamb and The Tyger

William Wordsworth
     My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold
     The World Is Too Much With Us
     London, 1802
     It is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free
     Composed Upon Westminster Bridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
     The Rime of the Ancient Mariner -- eText
     eText with Illustration of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Various Artists
     More Illustrations of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by French artist Gustave Dor�
     Kubla Khan -- eText

V I C T O R I A N

Alfred, Lord Tennyson
     The Charge of the Light Brigade
     In Memoriam A.H.H., Section 27

Thomas Hardy
    The Man He Killed

Jane Austen
    eText and Notes to Pride and Prejudice

Mary Shelley
     eText to Frankenstein
     National Library of Medicine Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
     Resources for the Study of Frankenstein (Georgetown U, page available through archive.org)
     More Great Topics of Interest on Frankenstein (IUPUI)
     Literary References to Frankenstein

M O D E R N

George Orwell
     Webquest
     eText of Nineteen Eighty-Four
     summaries of Nineteen Eighty-Four (searchable) (Online-Literature)
     George Orwell Links
     Summaries, Notes, and Interpretations to 1984
     Orwell Today (Making Comparisions from 1984 to Society Today)
     Questions to Consider from U of Minnesota
     CNBC Video "Big Brother, Big Business" on Net Lingo
            or from MSNBC
            for clips click here

T. S. Eliot
     "The Hollow Men"
     "The Hollow Men": Hypertext Version
     Perspectives on "The Hollow Men" (Modern American Poetry Site)

Samuel Beckett
     Notes on Theatre of the Absurd
     More on Theatre of the Absurd
     Samuel Beckett Online: Links to Review and Essays About

P O S T M O D E R N

Doris Lessing
     Information on Fifth Child and the Author
     NY Times review of Fifth Child

Tom Stoppard
     Photos of a U of Chicago production of Arcadia
     Arcadia: Notes, Summaries, and Related Topics
     Arcadia: Notes, Summaries, and Related Topics (Skidmore)
     "Glossary" of the Allusions in Arcadia
     Et in Arcadia

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