English
Literature
About Literature
A
Brief List of Some Key Terms in Literature
As knowledge of these terms is expected on the college SATs,
I thought it advisable to link this list here.
Cliffs Notes
Handy guides for helping you analyze great literature. Some free
stuff, but you can also download inexpensive copies of their
manuals.
Cummings
Study Guides
For the great works of world literature. Includes the Complete
Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare. Tutorials With plot summaries,
themes, imagery, anaylsis, and background information.
Propaganda Critic
In a functioning democracy, all thinking citizens are entitled
to consider themselves critics of propaganda. Although the author
holds clearly defined political views, the site is intended to
be as objective as possible, holding all sides of the spectrum
up to equal scrutiny.
Books Online
Bartleby's Great Books
Online
Great fiction, non-fiction, verse and reference books. All searchable.
Includes The King's James Bible, dictionaries, presidential inaugural
addresses, and much, much more.
Classics at
the Online Literature Library
Collection of the world's greatest literature, by author: Aesop,
Brontes, Darwin, Dickens, London, Poe, Shelley, Twain, Verne,
HG Wells, and more. Free to read online or download and print
out.
Classes
AP Literature
The AP English Literature and Composition course is designed
to engage students in the careful reading and critical analysis
of imaginative literature. From the College Board.
Approaches to High School Literature
There's chronological - by date written. Then there's by author.
Care to study many books by the same or just a few authors. Then
there's by theme, if you'd prefer to read by a social topic of
importance. Some prefer to read by genre, say, by reading science
fiction or adventure stories.
Guidelines for Reading and Analyzing Literature
By Dr. Tina L. Hanlon, Associate Professor of English,
Ferrum College. First Impression, Types of Literature, Literary
Techniques, Themes, Evaluation and Review.
Unique Reader Secondary
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Classic Authors
- by Last Name
Lewis
Carroll
We hope to provide useful information for the Carroll enthusiast
as well as the novice and all those in between. I was told to
mention that he wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Willa
Cather
Willa Cather is one of the most interesting women writers in
American literary history. Both a teacher, a journalist and a
critic as well as a writer, Cather plays an important part in
the shaping of American modernist thought and writings.
David
Perdue's Charles Dickens Page
Childhood poverty and adversity contributed greatly to Dickens'
later views on social reform in a country in the throes of the
Industrial Revolution and his compassion for the lower class,
especially the children.
Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle
Detailed pages about some of Conan Doyle's famous characters
such as Sherlock Holmes, Brigadier Gerard and Professor Challenger
which are linked to the full Bibliography. For those of you looking
for extra information on Sherlock Holmes, visit the Sherlock
Holmes pages.
Anne Frank
Center, USA
Information and educational materials for students about Anne
Frank, the history of the Holocaust, and discrimination today.
Doris Lessing: A
Retrospective
As a youth, I enjoyed Doris Lessing's stories about her cats
and her tales of Africa especially. Long reviews here of all
her writings. Select a few. I'm sure you'll like them.
Jack
London Studies
Jack London wrote great dog stories, sci fi, sailing, sports,
and South Seas stories, and was an accomplished journalist and
war correspondent. His writing generates the kind of excitement
necessary to keep reluctant readers turning the pages.
Edgar Allan Poe Society
of Baltimore
From eTexts to research, you'll find everything you need to know
about the inventor of the horror story.
Mark Twain Interactive Scrapbook
Discover the true Mark Twain through his writing and his collection of artifacts found in his scrapbook.
... more authors children love
Multicultural
Literature
Classic African American Literature
List with links to eTexts you can download and read for free.
Myths, Fables, Fairy Tales and Folklore
Moral lessons have been handed down through the ages in the forms
of myth and legends.
Native American Literature
Indigenous People's Literature from the American Indian Resource Directory.
Storytellers: Native American Authors Online
The original web site was conceived with a very particular aim: to make the writing of modern Native American authors, particularly the poets, both more visible and more widely available. Organized by tribe.
Reading Lists
Brief
Timeline of American Literature and Events, 1620-1920
This timeline of American literature and history 1620-1920 contains
concise, year-by-year and decade-by-decade information on American
literature and history.
College
Bound Reading List
American literature, world literature, biographies and histories
to read for that college-bound teen.
Recommended
Reading
Books listed by type and grade level. From the Weber County Library.
Top
20 Young Adult Books of the 20th Century
Selected by Seattle Public Library's Young Adult Librarians &
Specialists
Science Fiction
Balticon
Young Writers' Contest
Sci-Fi and Fantasy writing contest for teens living in Maryland.
Deadline is March 1 every year.
Course
Materials for the Study of Science Fiction
So your parents say you need to learn to analyze literature,
but you'd rather read Sci-Fi. This page may offer just what you
need. High School level.
The Physics
Of Science Fiction
In reading all of these science fiction books, Michelle had always
wondered if the things that they describe could ever really happen.
The simple answer to that would be: of course not, you idiot,
that is why it is called science fiction.
Ray Bradbury
I had a chance to meet Ray Bradbury, a most charming and delightful
man. He is best known for The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit
451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and The Illustrated Man.
Be sure to check out the video clip interview.
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Bookshelf
You could layout the plays in the style you like best, illustrate,
have scripts for everyone. From the Internet Public Library.
Shakespeare's
England
This is the final boarding call for your trip across the Atlantic
Ocean! Your tour guide Jackie Clifford will take you back in
time to experience Elizabethan England as Shakespeare would have,
and will show you how much England has changed since then.
Shakespeare's
Life and Times
How did Shakespeare come to be "The Bard?" Site includes
links to plays in their original English.
Tales
from Shakespeare
A treasure of a site! The stories of the plays. A wonderful way
to prepare before actually going to see one of Shakespeare's
plays. By Charles and Mary Lamb, 1807, Illustrated by Arthur
Rackham, 1899, 1909.
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