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Summer Reading


HIROSHIMA by John Hersey
Like Water For Chocolate
SIDDHARTHA by Hermann Hesse
Hiroshima image from cover of TIME Magazine, 1946; Hot Cocoa by Drew Wertheimer, and Buddha by Jowo Sakyamuni.


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World Masterpieces at www.phschoolcom
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LINKS THAT ACCOMPANY YOUR ANTHOLOGY
 
Prentice-Hall World Masterpieces Links Includes a table of contents for your anthology as well many of the texts.  Deepen and broaden your knowledge with author biographies, milestones in lit, reference links, writing prompts, and current events.  You'll also find Internet activities for many of the readings that help you explore key ideas, and finally, self-quizzes to see if you understand the texts. Click on the image of the anthology to the left to launch the site in a new window. Click on image.





ARTS & LETTERS DAILY

A digest of what's new in arts, letters, cutlure, politics. Here's you'll find interesting news, book reviews, essays, and other articles of literary interest. Click on image.



Around the World in 180 Days

A GEO-CHRONO-LOGICAL SURVEY OF WORLD LITERATURE

Find links to enrich your study, understanding, and enjoyment of the course' literature.



Literature of India 

     
    Ganesha  (Encyclopedia Mythica)

    Statue of Ganesha in the Collection of Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

  DiscoveringGanesh (Exhibition with photographs and videos and information on the Festival of Ganesh)

  etext Siddhartha
 
    Siddhartha--Info on Buddhism, Hinduism and Literary Criticism on Hesse's Novel
 
    Siddhartha's Journey from Various Aspects
 
    Philosophy in Siddhartha 
 
   Segment of the film Baraka that shows ablution, meditation, and cremation at the Ganges River--Jump to 4:00 minutes into the video through to the end (on YouTube--not viewable at school) 

    Historical Figure of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
 
    Buddhism 

    Buddhism - Four Noble Truths, Eight-fold Path
 
    Illustrated Life of Buddha
 
    Hermann Hesse
 
    Hinduism
 
    Karma
 
    Bhagavad Gita
 
    etext Bhagavad Gita
 
    Mahabharata 
 
    Mandala  

    Mandala

    The 9/11 Healing Mandala 
 
    Exploring Ancient Cultures: India (U of Evansville)
 
    World Factbook: India




Literature of China and Japan 

     Confucius
 
    Confucianism
 
    Confucianism
 
    etext Analects of Confucius
 
    Confucius and Confucianism (Columbia U) -- (archived page 08-23-2004)
 
    Confucius and Confucianism (Internet Encylopedia of Philosophy)
    -- (archived page 04-04-2005)
 
    The Way of Confucius--Smithsonian Magazine 
 
     Visions of China: Photos--Smithsonian Magazine, March 2004 

     Confucianism and Taoism: A Student's Guide
 
    Taoism 
 
    Lao-Tzu
 
    etext Tao de Ching--Translated by American Poet Stephen Mitchell
    -- (archived page 03-08-2000)

 
    Chuang Tse
 
    Mr Sanders' Tao of Pooh Site 

    Exploring Ancient Cultures: China (U of Evansville)  
      
    Matsuo Basho
 
    History of Haiku (10 Haikuists and their Work)  
 
    American Tanka Poetry
 
    City of Hiroshima
 
    Hiroshima Archive (Lewis & Clark College)
 
    Hiroshima Panorama Project (photos)
 
    Hiroshima--Documents Related to the Decision to Bomb
 
    Hiroshima--Background on Hersey's Work (An examplar student research paper!)
 
    Who's Who in Regard to the Bombing of Hiroshima 
 
    Paul Tibbets --  Enola Gay Pilot's Website -- (archived site 02-07-2007)
 
    Enola Gay Exhibition at the Smithsonian 1998
 
    The War on History: Silencing the Smithsonian
 
    Three Explosions that Changed History: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, 
    and the National Air and Space Muse
um
 
    Nothing to Debate
 
    Thunder Gods and Kamikazes
 
    Chronology of Nuclear Weapons
 
    Effects of the Atomic Bomb
 
    Virtual Tour of the Hiroshima Peace Park
 
    Message of Mayor of Hiroshima on 50th Anniversary of Bombing
 
    The A-Bomb Dome
 
    Voice of Hibakusha
 
    Video Testimony of Hibakusha  

    TIME- LIFE Photo Essay slideshows:  Overview, Before, After, Effects
 
    Hibakusha--Film Web Site that Conisders Hiroshima, Nagasaki,  
    & Gulf War Victims of Nuclear Weapons Used by the US

 
    Deterence Theory -- Considering 20th Century Events as 
    They Have Led to U.S. Policy of Dete
rence
 
    Map the Effects of an Atomic Bomb, Visit a Bunker, Take a Panic Test      
 
    Origami--Joseph Wu's Website on the Art of Paperfolding 

    Thousand Cranes--Diagram-style Guide on How to Make Paper Crane
    -- (archived site 05-17-2006)
 
    Thousand Cranes--Project to Make and Send Origami Cranes to Hiroshima  
 
    Sadako Sasaki Story


    World Factbook: China
 
    World Factbook: Japan 



 





Literature of the Middle East 
   

    Cuneiform 
 
    An Essay on Storytelling and the Meaning of Gilgamesh
 
    Summary of Gilgamesh and Key Thematic Questions to Consider 
 
    Summary and Interpretation of Gilgamesh
 
    Archetypal Hero--Links
 
    Archetypes as Defined by Carl Jung -- (archived page 01-26-2005)
 
    Origins of Star Wars and Joseph Campbell
 
    The Hero's Journey Map
 
    The Hero Within Circle
 
    Joseph Campbell 
 
    Center for Archetypal Studies and Applications (Carol Pearson)
 
    The Hero's Journey Website  
 
    Rumi 

    About Rumi (Carnegie Mellon U -- Rumi Dialogue Club
 
     etext Rumi and Khayyam--Persian Poetry (Includes Biography & Poems)
 
    Rumi Gallery--An Visual Artist Paints Rumi's Poems 
   
    NPR Interview on the Eve of Rumi's 800th Anniversary Sept. 30, 2007
 
    Whirling Dervishes of Rumi 

    National Geographic Photos: Mevlevi
 
    National Geographic Video: Istanbul

    Medieval Islamic Culture-- (Horace Mann School's Website)
 
    World Factbook: Iraq
 
    World Factbook: Afghanistan
 
    World Factbook: Turkey





Literature of Greece and Italy 
  
    Introduction to Greek Drama 
 
    etext Oedipus Rex 
 
    The Riddle of the Grecian Sphinx
 
    Myth of Teiresias
 
    Sophocles
 
    Ancient Greek Theater Plan 

    Ancient Athens
 
    Ancient Delphi 
 
    National Geographic: Oracle of Delphi
 
    Oedipus Tyrannos Self Quiz Game--A Great Review  
 
    World Factbook: Greece
 
    etext Inferno--Longfellow Translation 

    audio Inferno--Longfellow Translation at LibriVox
 
    Structure of Dante's Inferno -- (archived page 06-20-2005)
   
    Princeton Dante Project

    World of Dante 

    Danteworlds
 
    Inferno Study Guide 
 
    Map of Dante's Hell 

    Another Map of Dante's Hell

    And Another Map of Dante's Hell 
 
    World Factbook: Italy





Literature of Great Britain      
 
 
    Sir Gawain & Green Knight--Details
 
    Chivalry & Courtly Love
 
    Code of Chivalry & Rules of Courtly Love
 
    Chivalric Resources
 
    Article on the Pentangle--(Personal Webpage but Documented Info)
 
    Sir Gawain--Study Questions to Consider (Cal. Polytechnic State U)
 
    Sir Gawain--A Scholar's Notes (U of Central AR)
 
    King Arthur History & Legend--Lots of Links
 
    King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table
 
    eText Macbeth  
 
    etext Macbeth Plugged--Hypertext 
 
    Shakespeare Illustrated - Macbeth Images 

    Historical Sources for Macbeth  (Theatre History)

    Weird, Weyard, or Wyrd Sisters (Theatre Database)
 
    Mr. William Shakespeare & the Internet (Palomar U) 

    Shakespeare Resource Center   

    Internet Shakespeare (U of Victoria)
 
    Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Website
 
    eText Paradise Lost (Hypertext annotated version)
 
    John Milton
 
    Iconography of Paradise Lost (Illustrations Inspired by the Epic) 
 
    Amelia Lanyer 

    "Eve's Apology in Defense of Women" (scroll down to lines 777 - 808)

    Explication of "Eve's Apology in Defense of Women"
 
    eText Rime of the Ancient Mariner
 
    Rime of the Ancient Mariner--Gustave Doré Illustrations
 
    World Factbook: United Kingdom 





Literature of Africa 
 
    eText Heart of Darkness  

    eText Heart of Darkness in PDF format (50 pages in very clear type)
 
    eText Heart of Darkness (hypertext) (available through Archive.org--view at home)

    eText Heart of Darkness (No Fear ® Version by SparkNotes® side-by-side dual text with modern updated language)

    Heart of Darkness (whole book) mp3 files (listen online or download for mp3 player)

    Mercury Theatre Radio Play version by Orson Welles (36 minutes)

    BBC Commentary on Heart of Darkness Clarifiying Key Points by BBC Radio 3

    Heart of Darkness Video Study Guides by 60SecondRecap.com
 
    VictorianWeb: Conrad
 
    Books & Writers: Conrad
 
    Joseph Conrad Society of America Links 

   The Congo Today -- PBS Wide Angle Documentary: Democracy in the Rough
 
    National Geographic Interactive Multimedia Congotrek 
 
    Hypograms, Hippos, Hypicrites: Conrad's Heart of Darkness-- Essay
 
    White Lies and Whited Sepluchres in Conrad's Heart of Darkness--Essay 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
 
    World Factbook: Democratic Republic of Congo 


   ♦ Essay on Conrad by Achebe "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness"

    Chinua Achebe National Public Radio Interview "Heart of Darkness Is Inappropriate"

    Things Fall Apart--Author Bio, Summary and Questions (archived site -- 01-17-2006)
 
    Things Fall Apart--In Search of the Novel
 
    Chinua Achebe
 
    Books & Writers: Chinua Achebe
 
    Chinua Achebe and Things Fall Apart--Reading and Study
 
    African Postcolonial Literature in English (archived site 02-08-2004)
 
    Kola
 
    Igbo Information
 
    Igbo Origins
 
    Nigeria and Igbo Culture
 
    Religion and Igbo People
 
    etext The Second Coming 
 
    World Factbook: Nigeria




Literature of Modernity 
 
     eText Cyrano de Bergerac
 
    Edmond Rostand and Cyrano
 
    Books & Writers: Edmond Rostand
 
    The Real Cyrano--Savien Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655) 
 
    eText A Doll's House
 
    A Doll's House Resources
 
    A Doll's House Concordance
 
    eText Bibliomania A Doll's House
 
    On A Doll's House--Scholarly Essay
 
    Social Significance of A Doll's House--USC Berkeley
 
    Ibsen.net
 
    Introduction to Ibsen --Seton Hall University
 
    Ibsen Biographical Information & Commentary on Doll's House
 
    Books & Writers: Henrik Ibsen
 
    Like Water for Chocolate--Brief Review
 
    Like Water for Chocolate--Study 
 
    Historical Figures of the Mexican Revolution
 
    Laura Esquivel--Biography Blurb
 
    Laura Esquivel--Interview with Salon.com
 
    Quiz on Like Water for Chocolate
 
    Mexican Recipes!
 
    eText The Proposal
 
    Books & Writers: Anton Chekov
 
    eText Anthem   
 
    Books & Writers: Ayn Rand
 
    Ayn Rand Institute
 
    World Factbook: France
 
    World Factbook: Norway
 
    World Factbook: Mexico
 
    World Factbook: Russia



Film as Literature 
  
    Sherman Alexie--Official Website 
 
    Sherman Alexie Overview--MiraCosta College 
 
    Sherman Alexie--Modern American Poetry
 
    Sherman Alexie--Academy of American Poets
 
    Sherman Alexie--Feature from Book Magazine (archived site -- 03-23-2005)
 
    Sherman Alexie & Smoke Signals--Cineaste Interview
 
    Sherman Alexie Links --Native American Literary Texts 

    Sherman Alexie--NCTE Site "Our voices will save our lives."

    Native American Authors (IPL)
 
    Native American Authors Links
 
    Native Voice Newspaper Online
 
    Indian Country Newspaper Online
 
    Indians.org
 
    NativeWeb.org
 
    National Museum of the American Indian
 
    Smithsonian Institution Native American Resources
 
    ShadowWolf Site--Interesting Personal Page of a Native American (Links)
 
    STAR--Students and Teachers Against Racism--Includes the Mascot Issue
 
    Frybread Power (Definitely an extra credit opportunity here)
 
    More Frybread Power
 
    Romancing the Indian (i.e. the Sentimentalizing of Native Americans) 

    AmericanHeritage Magazine's Directory of Native American Websites 
 
    Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe--Official Site
 
    Coeur d'Alene Indian History
 
    Coeur d'Alene History--Government Site
 
    Coeur d'Alene Vistors Bureau
 
    Coeur d'Alene High School
 
    American Indian Quotations
 
    Go to Film Analysis




Modern & Contemporary Poetry       
 
    Books & Writers: Rainer Maria Rilke
 
    Rilke on the Web--Links
 
    Rilke Picture-Poems--Trans. by Cliff Crego
 
    eText Letters to a Young Poet--Trans. by Stephen Mitchell 

   Life of a Poet: First Chapter of a Biography on Rilke as published by Washington Post
 
    August Rodin
 
    Musée Rodin 

          2001-2003 U.S. POET LAUREATE
 
    Billy Collins
 
    BigSnap: Billy Collins  Website
 
    Billy Collins (Bedford/St. Martin's) Lots of Links 
 
    Billy Collins Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for America's High Schools
 
    Billy Collins On News Hour--Interview 

          2003-2004 U.S. POET LAUREAT

    Louise Glück

          2004-2006 U.S. POET LAUREATE
 
    Ted Kooser (Library of Congress Official Announcement)
 
    Ted Kooser (USA Today Announces Poet Laureate)
 
    Ted Kooser (National Public Radio Interview --- Listen!)
 
    Ted Kooser (Listen! to poet read his poems for poetrypoetry.com) 
  
           2006 - Now

     Donald Hall 

     Donald Hall "Christmas Party at the South Danbury Church"    

     Donald Hall "White Apples"

     Donald Hall "Name of Horses"


 










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