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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an introduction as well as the full text of James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, an autobiographical novel tracing the author?s youth from his birth to his departure from Ireland.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Sons and Lovers

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of D. H. Lawrence's classic novel, Sons and Lovers. Includes a table of contents that allows each chapter to be accessed individually by link.
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Nagoya University (Japan)

Nagoya University: British Authors on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent and detailed site which lists over 750 British authors. The site provides links to more information about each author and is categorized by alphabet and time period. Some links may no longer work in the archived URL.
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Other

American Public Media: Prairie Home Companion

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from American Public Media offers the opportunity to listen to "A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor" shows and also presents trivia about the show, writings by Keillor, and other related materials.
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Other

Lone Star College Kingwood: American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at life in the twentieth century complete with timelines and photos. Decades are broken down by art and architecture, books and literature, educational movements, fads and fashion, historic events and technology,...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: Gertrude Stein

For Students 9th - 10th
Feminist and modernist, Gertrude Stein is featured in this biography for her contributions of many literary genres as well as being a mentor to many twentieth century writers. See "Gertrude Stein Activities" for related materials.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Thomas Wolfe

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Thomas Wolfe is presented in this brief biography, highlighting his writings which exemplified the American culture of the 1920's-1930's. Click on "Thomas Wolfe Activities" for related resources.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Last Poems by a.e. Housman

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the full text of Last Poems by the English poet A. E. Housman.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of this literary work is available to download or read online in multiple digital formats.
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Other

University of Nottingham: d.h. Lawrence Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
This selected bibliography lists the novels of D. H. Lawrence, including poems, short stories, plays, travel writings, fiction, translations, essays and more.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: American Literature by Morris Dickstein

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article by Morris Dickstein traces the history of American poetry, drama, fiction, and social and literary criticism from the early 17th century to the late 20th century. It includes a section for each century providing historical...
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PBS

Mpr: Keillor, Ventura Become Literary Odd Couple

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Minnesota Public Radio discusses Keillor's book that tells a story resembling the life and career of Gov. Jesse Ventura and includes numerous links to audio clips of Keillor discussing the book, Ventura's response,...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: The Outcasts of Poker Flat

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania contains the full and complete text to Francis Bret Harte's story, The Outcasts of Poker Flat.
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University of Oxford (UK)

Oxford University: Siegried Sassoon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has links to five of Siegried Sassoon's (1886-1967 CE) poems as well as other information located throughout this page. Here you'll find a brief biography, literary criticism of his piece 'Survivors', and other pertinent...
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Other

The Dark Side of the Cross: Flannery O'connor's Short Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an essay about Flannery O'Connor's works by Patrick Galloway. The essay discusses Christianity and other themes in O'Connor's works.
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Other

Images Australia: The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the entire text version of the poem "The Highwayman," by author Alfred Noyes (1880-1958 CE). The site also has links to photos, music, and poetry related to Australia.
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Emory University

Emory University: Wilfred Owen (1893 1918)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers only a brief biography and a photo of Owen. What makes the site worthwhile is the number of full texts of Owen's poetry (e.g., "Strange Meeting" and "Futility")and an audio excerpt of a letter that Owen wrote to a friend.
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Gary Soto

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, part of the official site of the Academy of American Poets, provides an overview of Gary Soto's life and career.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: Wallace Stevens

For Students 9th - 10th
Wallace Stevens is featured in this succinct biography for his modernistic poetry which draws upon his theory regarding the importance of perception. See "Wallace Stevens Activities" for related resources.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Flannery O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Flannery O'Connor is featured in this biography for her contributions to literature through many short stories, in most of which she created rural southern characters. See "Flannery O'Connor Activities" for related materials.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Gertrude Stein

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to several interesting photos of Gertrude Stein.
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University at Buffalo

Gertrude Stein

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, maintained by a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, contains an excerpt from Stein's "Composition as Explanation" and 4 photos of Stein.
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Other

Uc Press: Workin' Man Blues

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, from the University of California Press, offers a description of Gerald Haslam's book about country music in California called "Workin' Man Blues." The site also offers a bit of information about Haslam's life and other works.
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Other

Authors and Creators Frederic Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, part of the Thrilling Detective Website, a personal site devoted to detective fiction, gives an overview of Frederic Brown's detective fiction from the point of view of a fan. The site includes an extensive list of works by...