Lesson 1: The Anglo-Saxon Period (449–1066)
Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
Anglo-Saxon Literature
Brief summary and explanation of Anglo-Saxon poetry and prose.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/an/AnglSxLit.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/A/AnglS1xL1it.asp
Beowulf Poem
A historical background of this epic poem.
http://iws.ccccd.edu/andrade/britlit/beowulf/historyofthetext.html
Adaptation of Beowulf
The oldest surviving epic poem adapted from the Old English and
translated by Dr. David Breeden to modern English.
http://www.lone-star.net/literature/beowulf/
Resources for Studying Beowulf
A bibliography, complete text of Beowulf, and translations. Also
included is a site with information about Old English.
http://www.georgetown.edu/irvinemj/english016/beowulf/beowulf.html
Ben Bagby's Beowulf
Information and background on Ben Bagby's live performances
of Beowulf.
http://www.bagbybeowulf.com/background.html
The Exeter Book
The complete text of the "Exeter Book."
http://ftp.std.com/obi/Anglo-Saxon/aspr/a3.contents.html
History of the Exeter Book
http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng211/exeter_book_and_wanderer.htm
The Seafarer
Information and historical background on the translation of The
Seafarer.
http://www.geocities.com/georgemcwhorter/seafarer.html
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Lesson 2: John Gardner's Grendel
The Grendex: An Index to Grendel, by John Gardner
A tool to assist in the reading and study of Grendel including annotations,
study questions, and related links.
http://www.brtom.org/gr/grendintro.html
John Gardner
A chronology of Gardner's life.
http://home1.gte.net/tomchat/chrono.html
Grendel's Lair
Links to information about BeowulfÌs and GardnerÌs Grendel with
information on the plots and characters of both stories.
http://www.grendel.org/grendel/
The Twelve Chapters of Grendel
Summaries of the chapters of Gardner's Grendel.
http://home1.gte.net/tomchat/12chap.html
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Lesson 3: Geoffrey Chaucer
The Medieval Period
A page of links to extensive information on the medieval period
including history, literature, drama, and essays.
http://stjohns-chs.org/library/curriculum/english/medieval/med.html
The Geoffrey Chaucer Website
Complete information about Chaucer, his life and times. Includes
information on Old English and how to read translations of The Canterbury
Tales.
http://icg.harvard.edu/~chaucer/
Medieval England
Extensive links to information about the medieval period in history.
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/subjects/british_isles/england/england.html
The Canterbury Tales
A complete text of The Canterbury Tales with a glossary links throughout
to help in reading and understanding the text.
http://www.librarius.com/cantales.htm
"Get Up and Bar the Door"
Listen to an audio clip of this ballad in Scottish dialect.
http://www.scotsindependent.org/features/scots/door.htm
Medieval Ballads
Links to sites with ballads from various countries and texts of
ballads from this period.
http://www.ccps.org/ccps/bmhs/focuswebpages/english/englishballads/Medievalballads.html
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Lesson 4: Attempts at Perfection: The Medieval
Romance
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Texts, music, articles, and resources for this poem.
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/gawain.htm
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Summaries of Parts 1-4 of the poem.
http://corydon.shcsc.k12.in.us/academic/honors12/project/gawain.htm
Arthurian Romance
Background information for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
and Le Morte dÌArthur.
http://classiclit.about.com/library/weekly/aa012100b.htm
Sir Thomas Malory
Biographical information about the author of Le Morte dÌArthur.
Also links to essays and articles about Malory.
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/malory.htm
Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur
Complete text of Le Morte dÌArthur.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Mal2Mor.html
Arthurian Legend
Extensive links to resources for researching and understanding more
about the legend of King Arthur.
http://www.britannia.com/history/h12.html
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Lesson 5: Poetry of the Renaissance
English Renaissance
Introductory information on sixteenth century English Literature.
Links to the major authors of the period with texts of many works
included.
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
The English Renaissance in Context
Multimedia tutorials about publishing and writing in the Renaissance.
Also excellent multimedia presentations of information on several
of Shakespeare's plays.
http://www.library.upenn.edu/etext/collections/furness/eric/teach/index.htm
Life in Elizabethan England
A comprehensive list of explanations of daily life, customs, history,
language, and social structure of this period.
http://renaissance.dm.net/compendium/home.html
Sonnet Form
An explanation of the structure of a sonnet.
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/sonnet.html
http://members.tripod.com/~charleswolff/ROTS/r1.html
Edmund Spenser
The Edmund Spenser home page with links to a biography and a bibliography.
Also included are links to online texts.
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenser/main.htm
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Lesson 6: Renaissance Drama: Shakespeare's The
Tragedy of Macbeth
Shakespeare's Grammar
An introduction, explanation, and examples of Elizabethan England.
http://www.bardweb.net/grammar/grammar.html
Shakespeare's English
A guide to understanding words and phrases used by Shakespeare that
are no longer common today.
http://www.geocities.com/lisargood/Teaching/enggguide.htm
Shakespeare's Time
A simple chronology of major events during Shakespeare's time.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~engl24/chrono.html
The Globe Theater
An interactive virtual tour of the Globe Theater used by Shakespeare
to stage his plays.
http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/ind_globe.html
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The complete works of Shakespeare online.
http://www.tobeornottobe.com/shakespeare/macbeth_index.html
Macbeth
An in depth analysis and background information about the play including
a description of the characters, theme, and summaries. Also on this
site is a complete annotated text of the play with an interactive
glossary that helps in understanding the language.
http://library.thinkquest.org/2888/?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1030
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Lesson 7: Life, Love, and Spirituality in the
Renaissance
King James Bible
A brief history of the King James Bible.
http://www.av1611.org/kjv/kjvhist.html
http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/index.html
Sir Francis Bacon
Complete online texts of the essays of Bacon.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mike_donnelly/bacon.htm
Sir Francis Bacon
Biography of the author.
http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/bacon.html
Metaphysical Poetry
A discussion of the themes and characteristics of metaphysical poetry.
http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/english/allen/donne2.htm
John Donne
Biography and texts of his works.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/donnebio.htm
http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poet98.html
Ben Jonson
Links to biographical information, works, and essays.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/jonson/
John Milton Homepage
Links to biographical information, works, and essay.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/milton/
Margaret Cavendish
Links to biographical information and essays.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=margaret+cavendish
Amelia Lanier
Biography of the author. Alternate name spelling Aemilia Lanyer.
http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/march99/lanyer2.html
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Lesson 8: The Restoration: Part One–Diaries
and Letters
The Enlightenment
A historical explanation and the characteristics of the Enlightenment
period.
http://faculty.stcc.cc.tn.us/bmcclure/lessons2/enlightenment.htm
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/neoclass.htm
Samuel Pepys Library
Biography, information, and links to texts by the author.
http://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/pepys/contents.html
http://www.pepys.info/
Alexander Pope
Biography and bibliography of Pope.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/apope.htm
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/pope.htm
http://65.107.211.206/previctorian/pope/popeov.html
Philip Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield
Biography of the author.
http://39.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CH/CHESTERFIELD.htm
Mary Wortley Montagu
Selected texts of prose and poetry of Montagu.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/montagu.html
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Lesson 9: The Restoration: Part Two–Satire
and Persuasion
Daniel Defoe
Biography and bibliography of the author. Also links to texts of
his works.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/defoe.htm
http://www.incompetech.com/authors/defoe/
Satire
Definition of literary satire.
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Terms/Temp/satire.html
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/LTSatire.html
Jonathan Swift
Biographical information.
http://www.incompetech.com/authors/swift/
Jonathan Swift: An Overview
Biography, historical and political background, and links to works
by the author.
http://65.107.211.206/previctorian/swift/swiftov.html
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Lesson 10: Nonfiction Literature of the Restoration
Samuel Johnson
Full texts of Johnson's works.
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/j.html#johnson
Samuel Johnson, Writer
Biography of the author.
http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/20.html
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/samuelj.htm
Samuel Johnson: An Overview
Biography, historical and political background, and links to works
by the author.
http://65.107.211.206/previctorian/johnson/sjov.html
James Boswell
Biography of the author.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/boswell.htm
18th Century Authors
Links to information on both Boswell and Johnson.
http://www.geocities.com/sschaeff/index.htm
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