Maine Historical Society
Maine Historical Society: Longfellow and the American Sonnet
"The Cross of Snow" is examined in this lesson plan, which includes background information and discussion questions.
Maine Historical Society
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: An American Studies Approach for Middle School
The details of Longfellow's life, and the influence of his "Paul Revere's Ride" are explored in this instructional activity. Extensive materials, links and background information are strengths of this site.
University of North Carolina
Unc: Mark Twain Old Times on the Mississippi
Here, read Mark Twain's (1835-1910 CE) "Old Times on the Mississippi." Download the full text, as well as the accompanying illustrations.
Other
Hail, Harbinger of Morn, by Bede
This site provides a translation of the hymn, "Hail, Harbinger of Morn," written by the Venerable Bede. No commentary.
Other
Literary Traveler: Hemingway in Pamplona
This essay presents a first person account of running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
Other
Center for Faulkner Studies
This is the website for the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri State University. While some of the information here merely describes the Center's collection, it also provides articles from the "Teaching Faulkner"...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Iron Heel" by Jack London
Text of the book "The Iron Heel" by Jack London. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of the Sea Farmer
This site provides the complete etext for Jack London's story, The Sea-Farmer.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: A Backward Glance
Resource presents the full text to Walt Whitman's essay, "A Backward Glance." In addition to the full length essay, links are provided for related prose.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times: Roughing It
A complete look at Mark Twain's second major work, "Roughing It." You'll find the text, illustrations, contemporary reviews, publicity, and Mark Twain's schedule on his lecture circuit.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Edwin Arlington Robinson
This well-organized site offers a useful discussion of all phases of his life and work. Suggested motivation and influences of the author's work. Includes critical discussion of several popular poems.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Memorandum During the War
The Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia presents links to the online text for Walt Whitman's prose writing, "Memorandum During the War" in which Whitman records his thoughts and experiences visiting the wounded in the...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Stephen Crane the Monster
Here, you can read the full text of Stephen Crane's "The Monster." This story is 35 pages long.
Nagoya University (Japan)
Nagoya University: Victorian Ghost Stories: "The Body Snatcher"
This Nagoya University site provides the text to Robert Louis Stevenson's ghost story "The Body-Snatcher." Provides other interesting Victorian ghost stories at this site also.
British Library
British Library: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Discovering Literature
Uncover 19th-century connections from Darwin to Jack the Ripper, play a Gothic genre word game, and examine how the novel has been depicted in illustrations, book covers and photographs. [PDF]
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: My Lost Youth
This Bibliomania.com site provides the full text to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, My Lost Youth.
This Nation
This nation.com: "Emancipation Proclamation" Abraham Lincoln
This Nation site provides the full text of President Abraham Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation" which freed slaves.
Cengage Learning
Studying Harriet Beecher Stowe
This site is geared for teachers but also gives some good insight for students about studying the work of Harriet Beecher Stowe such as major themes, historical perspectives, personal issues, form, style, artistic conventions, audience,...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: John Keats Otho the Great
At this website, read the play, "Otho The Great," which was written by John Keats.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: William Cullen Bryant (1794 1878)
The Heath Anthology of American Literature offers a look at classroom issues, strategies, themes, comparisons, and other criteria for teaching this William Cullen Bryant and his poetry to students.
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Poetry Unzipped: Robert Frost [Pdf]
Two page, PDF file handout about the poem "Stopping by a Woods on a Snowy Evening." Provides a copy of the poem and instructions on how to interpret it, including a student model and questions.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: Queer Little People
This ebook version of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Queer Little People has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
University of Pittsburgh
U. Of Pittsburgh: "The Skeleton in Armor" Text & Notes
From the Norse Ballads of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow website at the University of Pittsburgh, this web page contains the text of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Skeleton in Armor" and editor's in-text notes. Also includes...