Romantic And Victorian Links

Jack Is Back: Rutgers' Jack Lynch's Romantic Era Links
Professor Lynch has created here a comprehensive catalog of sites about all things nineteenth century, including history and social sciences as well as literature.


Representative Poetry Online
Our source for eTexts of poems from the Romantic and Victorian eras.

eText For Tess Of The d'Urbervilles
The University of Virginia's complete text with individual sections and chapters hyperlinked. The page takes a few seconds to load, but once it does access to each chapter is almost instantaneous.

UCSB's Directory of Romantic Resources
Especially useful for history and background of the Romantics.

Pittsburgh State U.'s Studies Of The Major English Romantic Poets
Though this site has links to only four of the British poets, it is set up beautifully and has really fine resources for Wordsworth.

The Victorian Web
The only site you will ever need for the online study of all things Victorian, from poetry to fiction to history to sociology and beyond. The site originated at Brown University but is now independent.

"Daffodils" As Read By Jeremy Irons

Alexander Pope And 18th Century Links


Text of Pope's Rape Of The Lock
Large print, easy to read and annotated eText from Rutgers University.

The Rape Of The Lock Home Page
From the University of Massachusetts, an excellent site with a brief biography of Pope, a searchable eText, notes on the actual incident, and more.


A Rape of the Lock Study Guide
An excellent overview with brief sections on plot, characters, themes, and style. Easy to use.


Wikipedia On Rape of the Lock
An unusually accurate (for Wiki) and interesting history of the poem, complete with the letter that Pope sent to Lady Arabella Fermor, the real-life model for "Belinda."


Text of Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
Annotated eText for review of Swift's delightfully wicked satire.

Luminarium's 18th Century Pages
One last visit to this excellent site, whose pages on Pope and Swift include a variety of resources, including critiques, analyses, and background.

Jack Lynch's 18th Century Resources Guide
Professor Lynch, who provides us with the excellent annotated Pope above, here presents an exhaustive list of study aids online for understanding the neoclassical period in British literature.

18th Century Overview
A brief and direct introduction to historical background from the W.W. Norton publishing company.

Hamlet Links

Hamlet OnLine
The best portal page into a variety of web-based Hamlet resources, including texts, directories, and discussions - plus links to other portals.

eText Of Hamlet
From Adelaide University in Australia.

CUNY's Notes On Tragedy
An excellent, brief overview of the essential components of classical tragedy - a fine place to start both for AP review and for consideration of the unique nature of Hamlet as representative of the genre.


Luminarium's Hamlet Criticism page
Links to excellent classical analyses of the play, its themes, and its characters.

The Folger Shakespeare Library Site
A great site for research into background and sources.

Hamlet Soliloquy Videos
Our primary video blog for the seminar project.


Don't forget the Absolute Shakespeare and other links under Renaissance below.

Renaissance Poetry


Luminarium's Renaissance Pages
The best site on the Web for the study of English Renaissance poetry. Pick a poet, follow the links, and keep clicking!

Absolute Shakespeare
Easy one-stop shopping (informational!) for everything you need to know about Shakespeare but didn't know where to find.

Shakespeare On The Internet
Links to background and analysis, including several Shakespeare timelines.

UCSB Renaissance Links Page
Massive number of links to a truly impressive group of online sites related to every aspect of the English Renaissance.


Representative Poetry On Line
The University of Toronto's famed web page with a selection of poetry in English, a sort of greatest hits collection of poets and poems, with an emphasis on Renaissance writers.

Shakespeare Sonnet Page
Complete texts of all of Shakespeare's sonnets, arranged numerically with first line cited.

How To Read Poems Website
Good advice from a college literature class.

The Metaphysical Conceit and Late Renaissance Poetry
An excellent and comprehensive study guide from a literature class at CalPoly.

Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 - Recited By A British Student



Sonnet 18 - Sung By David Gilmour Of Pink Floyd



Sonnet 73 Recited By Sam Dastor



Sonnet 104 Recited By Shawn Barrett

Middle English Links: Chaucer and "Sir Gawain"


Luminarium
The best on the Web! The most complete collection of texts, articles, art, illustrations, music, and critiques on one subject that I have ever seen in two decades of web surfing. The subject: early English literature from Middle English through the seventeenth century.

Harvard's Chaucer Page
Excellent collection of resources; most complete background on Chaucer and source information. Great place to learn to read and pronounce Middle English.

Chaucer MetaPage
From the University of North Carolina. A great directory to most of the really good websites on Chaucer.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Full Text
Jesse Weston's translation into modern English verse. This is the translation that we use in class. To access this .pdf, go to the InfoBox on the left and click on "Jessie Weston's Verse Translation."

Basic Information On King Arthur
A short, simple summary of the main aspects of the portrait of the legendary King Arthur.

Winthrop University's Arthurian Literature Page
A lavishly illustrated, beautiful web page from this university in South Carolina. Fascinating resources on everything from gender roles to armor to historical sources for all Arthurian stories in English, including SGGK.

A Wiccan Interpretation of SGGK
The Middle English classic discussed from a witch's point of view. (!)

The Camelot Project Gawain Pages
Easy to read, easy to use - a marvelous multi-media collection of links to some excellent pages on Sir Gawain and the Arthurian legend from the University of Rochester.

Arthurian Overview
Must-read summary of the major characters of the Arthurian myth. Short summaries.

The Opening Of Canterbury Tales Read In Middle English


...Plus A Link To A Luminarium Page With A Second Reading:
Anita Jokinen Reads The Prologue

Take The Chaucer Interactive Review Quiz!

Beowulf And Anglo-Saxon Links

Beowulf In Cyberspace
Extensive Online Resources, Including Maps, Pictures, Background, and Professional Critical Articles

Beowulf.net
More Extensive Group Of Online Articles and Resources Including Audio And Graphic Novel Adaptations

Beowulf The Rapper
A comparison between Beowulf vs. Unferth and Tupac Shakur

Anglo-Saxon and ME Audio
Audio From W.W. Norton, Including Seamus Heaney reading passages from his translation of Beowulf

An Anglo-Saxon Timeline
Highlights, events, and personalities from the era 450 - 1066 CE. Be sure to click on the hyperlinks for more information!

Resources For The Wanderer

Beowulf At Alliteration.net

The Seafarer Text

The Wanderer Text

...plus...

"The Lord's Prayer" In Old English

..and...



...trailer from the 2005 film Beowulf and Grendel with a voice over of the Prologue recited in Old English.

New Beowulf/Anglo-Saxon Online Quizzes Here:



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