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University of California

University of California: British Women Romantic Poets

For Students 9th - 10th
Don't miss out on learning more about the female poets of the British Romantic Period. This University of California Davis site provides links to text and information on British women poets of the Romantic Era, many of which are unknown...
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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Norton Anthology: Introduction to the Romantic Period

For Students 9th - 10th
The major Romantic poets cannot be understood, historically, without an awareness of the extent to which their distinctive concepts, plots, forms, and imagery were shaped first by the promise, then by the tragedy, of the French...
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Professional Doc
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Romantic Circles

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive site dedicated to Romantic Studies. Best to use the search function. Includes modern poets reading Romantic poetry.
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Other

Petrarch: Peter Sadlon: English Court Poets and Petrarchism

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a class talk by Matthew Griffiths to his students on the topic of English court poets and Petrachism focusing on poets Wyatt, Sidney, and Spenser and their works. Topics include themes of courtly and platonic love, the role of...
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University of Houston

University of Houston: English Romanticism

For Students 9th - 10th
This webite on English Romanticism by Elizabeth Whitney focuses on the Romantic period including defining Romanticism, the history and politics, the Romantic poets, visual arts, and music. It also offers a link to the radio program "The...
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: The Romantic Revival: Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has links to literary criticism of selected poems by Percy Shelley and other Romantic-era poets and writers.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: The Romantic Revival Byron

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the life and works of Byron and several other Romantic-era writers is offered at this site, with links to critical analyses of these works.
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Article
University of Pennsylvania

Knarf English: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a British poet whose works include The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, "Dejection: An Ode," Christabel and Kubla Khan, a Vision,
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Thomas Love Peacock: The Growth of the Novel

For Students 9th - 10th
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry explains Peacock's role in the rise of gothic fiction in the early 19th century Romantic era.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Complete Works of Wordsworth

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Wordsworth was a defining member of the English Romantic Movement. This is the starting point for selecting poems chronologically by title index or alphabetically by first line.
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Primary
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Toronto has links to 39 poems written by Percy Shelley, with line-by-line notes for each work. A section of biographical information is provided.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of Lord Byron

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Toronto provides the texts for several poems by Lord Byron, with line-by-line notes.
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Other

The Thomas Love Peacock Society

For Students 9th - 10th
The T. L. Peacock Society serves to popularize the virtues of Peacock's novels and poetry as well as other writings. This index page links to full-text novels and poems by the 19th century Romantic-era writer.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Oxford Book of English Verse: Selected Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to 13 poems written by Percy Shelley are offered at this site. It also has links to other 17th and 18th century writers.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc History: Historic Figures: Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 1822)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, including personal background and history as a writer.
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BBC

Bbc History: Historic Figures: William Wordsworth (1170 1850)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of English romantic poet William Wordsworth.
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Other

Byron: A Comprehensive Study of His Life and Work

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides biographical information about Byron, a chronology of works, the text of his works and other good references.
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Other

Der Schatzgraber/johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

For Students 9th - 10th
An English translation of "Der Schatzgraber" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe accompanied by interpretive artwork and music.
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Other

Bridgewater College: Goethe's Faust

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are some thought-provoking questions on Goethe's "Faust" from Bridgewater College. There are also links to an excellent biography of Goethe, a study guide to "Faust," ideas for essays, the Goethe Society Home Page, the English text...
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Other

Dickenson College: Percy Bysshe Shelley on Nature

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an evaluation about Shelley's relationship to the natural world, as is evident in his writing, is offered here along with other links to information about the poet
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Other

Mic Top: Lord George Gordon Noel Byron (1788 1824)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has brief biographical information about Lord George Gordon Noel Byron, with a handful of illustrations of the poet.
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eBook
Other

Shorter Poems by Thomas Love Peacock

For Students 9th - 10th
Index page for 15 full-text selected poems by the 19th century English poet, including "Beyond the Sea," "A Bill for the Better Promotion of Oppression on the Sabbath Day," and "Castles in the Air."
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Other

The Keats Shelley House: Percy Bysshe Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a biography of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. It contains quotes from some of his most famous works.
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eBook
University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to five of Browning's most famous works including "Aurora Leigh," "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point," "Selected Poems," "Sonnets From the Portuguese," and "Translations from the Greek Christian Poets."