Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Jonathan Swift: A Brief Biography
A biography of the life and works of Irish author Jonathan Swift.
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The Victorian Web: "A Modest Proposal": An Introduction
An introduction to Jonathan Swift's essay "A Modest Proposal."
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The Victorian Web: Prologue: Ruskin's Life
Biographical information about the life and works of English author John Ruskin.
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The Victorian Web: Flashbacks Versus Narrative "Annexes"
A complex definition of a literary flashback, in addition to examples of flashbacks used by famous authors (Eliot, Doyle). The site also distinguishes the flashback from the narrative annex. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects