Saturday, April 14, 2007

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)


The Cask of Amontillado
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/cask_amo.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cask_of_Amontillado
http://www.enotes.com/cask-amontillado/
http://www.usna.edu/EnglishDept/poeperplex/amontil.htm
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-145,pageNum-17.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/the-cask-of-amontillado
http://www.ivcc.edu/rambo/PoeQuestions.htm
http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Caskof.html

Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)


The Necklace
http://www.echeat.com/essay.php?t=29669
http://www.123helpme.com/assets/6785.html
http://www.123helpme.com/assets/6785.html
http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/81266.html
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/Teacher/NeckC.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant
http://www.bartleby.com/people/Maupassa.html


Frank Stockton (1834- 1902)


The Lady or the Tiger?
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LadyTige.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady,_or_the_Tiger%3F
http://www.enotes.com/lady-or/
http://www.bookrags.com/The_Lady_or_the_Tiger%3F
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_R._Stockton

William Blake (1757-1827)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake
http://www.multimedialibrary.com/Articles/kazin/alfredblake.asp
http://penn.betatesters.com/blake1.htm

Robert Frost (1874-1963)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost
http://www.bartleby.com/people/Frost-Ro.html
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Robert_Frost
http://college.hmco.com/english/heath/syllabuild/iguide/frost.html


Tuesday, April 10, 2007

A Modest Proposal


Francis Bacon (1561- 1626)


The New Atlantis
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/bacon/essays.php

History of English Literature


Poetry


http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm


Introduction to Literature (2)



Poetry
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/poetry/index.html

Prose
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/

Critical Approaches
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/critical.asp

Cultural Contexts
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/cultural.asp

Fiction Questions

Plot Exercise

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/elements.asp?e=1_ex

Character Exercise
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/elements.asp?e=2_ex

Setting Exercise
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/elements.asp?e=3_ex

Point of View Exercise
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/elements.asp?e=4_ex

Style, Tone, and Language Exercise
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/elements.asp?e=5_ex

Theme Exercise
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/elements.asp?e=6_ex

Symbolism, Allegory, and Imagery Exercise
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtualit/fiction/elements.asp?e=7_ex

Introduction to Literature (1)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_literature
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/EngLit.html


George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)