British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: An Introduction to Restoration Comedy
This article introduces the characters, conventions, and historical context of Restoration comedy, and explores what the genre has to say about gender, courtship, and class.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: An Introduction to Evelina
Frances Burney's "Evelina" unveils the dizzying and dangerous social whirl of Georgian London, where reputations and marriages are there to be made and broken. This article investigates Burney's critique of fashion culture and the...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Comedies
From cross-dressing in Twelfth Night to magical storms in The Tempest; from deception in Much Ado to biting satire in The Alchemist, discover the beauty and complexity of Shakespearean and Renaissance comedies.
Luminarium
Luminarium: The Works of John Donne
A clickable list to selected full-text works by John Donne, including songs, sonnets, elegies, epigrams, and satires.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Candide
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Candide, by Voltaire. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the satire and find dozens of rich and varied...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Comp: Modernism: e.e. Cummings
This lesson focuses on e.e. cummings and his poems: "anyone lived in a pretty how town" and "old age sticks." It discusses cumming background, his lack of use of punctuation and capitalization, and his concern for the individual. Links...
British Library
British Library: 20th Century: An Introduction to Animal Farm
George Orwell's "Animal Farm" combines animal fable with political satire targeting Stalinist Russia. John Sutherland describes the novel's genesis, its struggle to find a publisher, and its eventual success.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Neoclassism: Epic, Mock Epic and Satire
Unfortunately, "literary" writing was not as simple and direct as political writing. When trying to write poetry, most educated authors stumbled into the pitfall of elegant neoclassicism. The epic, in particular, exercised a fatal...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Gullible's Travels, Etc. By Ring Lardner
This is the full text of the short story collection Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Ring Lardner, an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings about sports, marriage, and the theater.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Introduction
This is an introduction to a Restoration and Eighteenth Century, which ranges from the Restoration of King Charles II to the turn of the 19th century. The essential questions for the unit focuses on how the events of the period...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
This is the full text of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, a prose satire by this Irish writer and clergyman that is both a satire on human nature and the "travelers' tales" literary subgenre.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: English 4; Utopia
A learning module asking students to analyze different types of texts, connect literature to events and experiences, use various writing skills, deconstruct media, practice grammar and vocabulary skills, and analyze point of view,...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: "Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (Text)
Bibliomania provides the complete text of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Text is separated into chapters, and is an excellent example of regionalism, satire, theme, and irony.
Other
Skelton and Barclay, Medieval and Modern
This is a scholarly survey of Early Tudor literature by David Carlson, University of Ottawa.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: John Skelton's "Phyllyp Sparowe"
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry is part two in a discussion of the life and work of John Skelton leading up to his poem "Phyllyp Sparowe."
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling
This is the full text of Henry Fielding's satirical and party autobiographical novel. Commentaries are included.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Oliver Twist (Study Guide)
This site presents a study guide to Dickens' famous novel, "Oliver Twist." Content includes a biography of the author; a synopsis of the novel; Dickens' preoccupations and techniques; use of the good, the bad, and the ugly; occurence of...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Mark Twain
This biography features Mark Twain as a regional realist author, world renown for his ability to portray real Americans in the late nineteenth century. Click "Mark Twain Activities" for artifacts and activities.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: John Skelton
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry for John Skelton defines his place in English Renaissance literature.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
This is the full text of the novel The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy, a social satire by this Nobel Prize-winning author. This trilogy chronicles the lives of three generations of an upper-middle-class London Forsyte family obsessed...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen
Whether she's describing bickering families, quiet declarations of love, or juicy gossip, Jane Austen's writing often feels as though it was written just for you. Iseult Gillespie explores the sly societal satire and unique...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials by Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov
Classic Reader provides numerous classic short stories from famous authors. One work is "How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials," a story written by the Russian satirist from the 1800's, Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Alexander Pope
Explore the world of Alexander Pope through the links found in this informative resource. This site provides links to biographical information and lesson plans for "The Rape of Lock."
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus
A general biography of Qintus Horatius Flaccus, better known as Horace, an outstanding lyric poet and satirist.