University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of George Herbert
Get a taste of metaphysical poetry from one of the most famous metaphysical poets, George Herbert. Here are 21 of his poems, as well as some brief biographical information.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poems of Charles Lamb
The University of Toronto offers selected poems of Chales Lamb, with notes on his life and works.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Andrew Marvell
Get a taste of the metaphysical style by reading selected works of Andrew Marvell, noted metaphysical poet of the 17th century.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of Jonathan Swift
Full text, from the University of Toronto, of nine of Swift's most famous poems, including "Advice to the Grub Street Verse-writers."
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
This site provides several selections from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese."
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Richard Crashaw Poetry
This site from the University of Toronto has information on one of the noted 17th century Metaphysical Poets. Get a feel of the metaphysical style by viewing Crashaw's poetry on-line.
University of Maryland
Mary Shelley: The Last Man
This is the full text of Mary Shelley's futurist novel The Last Man. Set in the twenty-first century, the novel revolves around six characters whose lives, over time and continents, are among the supposedly final generation of humans on...
University of Maryland
Mary Shelley's Short Fiction
This index page links to the full text of four Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly short stories, including "The False Rhyme," "Ferdinando Eboli," "The Mourner," and "The Mortal Immortal."
University of Maryland
Rome in the First and the Nineteenth Centuries
Full text of an 1824 essay attributed to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, "Rome in the First and the Nineteenth Centuries."
University of Maryland
Excerpts From Mary Shelley's Letters
Excerpts from four different letters written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
University of Maryland
"The Mortal Immortal" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Text of "The Mortal Immortal" written by Mary Shelley.
University of Maryland
"The Last Man": Apocalypse Without Millennium
A critical look at Mary Shelly's "The Last Man" and the idea (widely used in writing of that time) of the last man on earth.
Other
Humanities Web: Anglo Norman Literature
This site delves into the world of Anglo Norman literature from 1066 to 1350. This period of literature focuses on the "Specimens of the language."
University of Maryland
Romantic Circles Praxis Series
Use this informative site that serves as a host of the primary anthologies available in the field of Romantic literature. This comprehensive site will help you develop more knowledge of British Romantic authors and their works.
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: A Christmas Carol
This teacher's guide to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is written to help students who are reading this book for class work.
Universal Teacher
Moore's Teacher Resources: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
A site from the UK. Includes very detailed characterizations from the novel, as well as thematic analysis on topics such as marriage and societal standards.
University of Southern California
Univ. Of Southern California: Thumbnail Images of Bram Stoker's Dracula Editions
This site, created by Melinda Hayes and updated May 28, 2000, contains thumbnail images of dozens of editions of Bram Stoker's "Dracula." Click on the thumbnail image and it is enlarged and publication information is provided about that...
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.
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Cavalier and Puritan
A wonderful website with a plethora of links to information on poets, Cavalier writers, the Sacred poets, the origin of the couplet, the lesser Caroline poets, as well as political writing.
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Bartleby.com: The Battle of Maldon, or Byrhtnoth?s Death
This article, from the Cambridge History of English and American Literature, provides an overview of the patriotic poem, the Battle of Maldon.
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Bartleby.com: The Grave of Love
Full text of the poem "Grave of Love" by Thomas Love Peacock.
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Bartleby.com: Quotes by Sir Walter Scott
Seventy-nine quotes taken from the writings of Sir Walter Scott, with footnotes.
Other
Clemson University: Literary Essay
Literary essay example by a student discussing two works by Annie Dillard and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. A good example of a strong literary essay.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
This University of Virginia Library site provides the full text of Carroll's English fiction poetry, "The Hunting of the Snark: an Agony in Eight Fits." Also available are original photos of the cover and title page.