Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: T. S. Eliot
This site features the author T. S. Eliot including a biography and the full text of the poetry collection Poems, which contains 24 poems including "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "A Cooking Egg."
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Zane Grey
This site features the author Zane Grey including a biography, the full text of 20 novels, and 11 short stories.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Book: The Poetics by Aristotle
This site features the full text of the treatise The Poetics by Aristotle, the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory.
Other
Loyola Marymount University: Classicism
A broad site on this movement in the arts with references and links to many artists and philosophers.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Epics
The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of the "epic" poetic form. Short examples included.
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: Mythology by Edith Hamilton
This site offers all you need to read and study Mythology by Edith Hamilton. It includes an overview, a character list, an introduction to classical mythology, the themes, motifs, and symbols, a summary and analysis, the full text, a...
City University of New York
Cuny: General Characteristics of the Renaissance
A look at the rebirth of the Renaissance in the context of five interrelated issues: a renewed interest in classical antiquity and the concept of "the Great Chain of Being", political changes, Humanism, the literary doctrine of...
University of Chicago
University of Chicago: Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
Printed images of the major architectural monuments and sculptures of ancient Rome spread knowledge of classical antiquity throughout Europe. The "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" (the "Mirror of Roman Magnificence") represents a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Hound of the Baskervilles 3: The Seance
Students explore the advantages and disadvantages of adapting a classic work for the screen in this excerpt from Masterpiece's 2002 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Using a scene that was created especially for the film,...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Short Story
This lesson is an introduction to the modern short story including defining the short story, how the modern short story differs from the classic short story, the elements of a short story, and what is to be expected in this unit.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Leonard Bernstein Collection
The online version of the Library of Congress' collection. Content includes more than 400,000 items, including music and literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, audio and video recordings, fan mail, and other types of...
Grade Saver
Grade Saver: Antigone by Sophocles
This is an online study guide for the classical play Antigone by Sophocles including author information, literary elements, scene summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
Princeton University
Strait Through: Magellan to Cook & the Pacific
A comprehensive look at the Pacific Islands and their explorers, including Magellan and James Cook. Includes a look at literary classics such as the Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Robinson Crusoe.
The English Teacher
The English Teacher: The Odyssey Student Questions
Examples of honors student questions about themes and characters in "The Odyssey." The way you might respond to them can be used in creating your lesson plan.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Scenes From the Tale of Genji
This pair of screens illustrates scenes from four chapters of Japan's classic literary work, "The Tale of Genji," written by a female courtier by the name of Murasaki Shikibu in around the tenth-eleventh centuries. It is a romantic novel...
Other
Today in Literature: Today's Story
Each day, this site provides a different biography or interesting story about a great book or day in literary history. Many of the archived articles are available in full; others are available only in summary for free access. Authors run...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Literature: What Makes a Good Short Story?
This interactive exhibit takes learners on a literary journey through the classic short story.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: "Elements of Drama" [Pdf]
This two-page PDF provides a list and brief explanation of the "Elements of Drama" based on the structure of Greek Drama as outlined by Aristotle. These include: Thought, Theme, Ideas; Action, Plot; Characters, Language, Music, and...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Paul Cezanne
WebMuseum's page on artist Paul Cezanne contains links to a biography, which details his life and gives examples and information on his works; a critique of him and his works; an examination of the themes of his works; and many pictures...
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Children's Literature Newsletter
Free monthly email newsletters featuring classic children's literature, new books, ideas and activities to use with students, and links to other Internet resources.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Roman Silversmith: Drinking Cups of the Elite
Silver drinking cups with relief decoration were very popular in the 1st centuries B.C. and A.D. Cups were sometimes made in pairs to encourage conversation about the scenes on the vessels. Cupids, scenes of Bacchus, the Roman god of...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Two Hearts That Beat as One" by Frank Norris
"Two Hearts that Beat as One" is the first of four in the collection about the Three Black Crowes by Frank Norris. Read the full text on this site.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Tragedy
The University of Victoria's English department gives a comprehensive definition of tragedy.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Symbolism
This tutorial focuses on symbolism in literature and how it reveals a deeper meaning. It provides a slide show that discusses what symbolism is, why and how it is used, how to identify it, common symbols, and classic symbols.