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Twentieth Century British Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This introductory note to 20th century British literature presents links to informative sites for student research and lists of authors.
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British Library: 20th Century People: j.g. Ballard

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a summary of J.G. Ballard's impact on 20th Century literature and view additional resources such as related articles and collection items.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Literary Resources: Victorian British

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wanted to know more about British Victorian literature? Check out this informative site highlighting literary resources from the British Victorian Age. As Professor Jack Lynch, who created the list, has noted, these pages...
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Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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British Library

British Library: Shelley's Frankenstein: The Ghost Story Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore the origins of Frankenstein and place the novel in its context, considering it alongside the contemporary horror stories and scientific developments that influenced Mary Shelley. They will present their knowledge in...
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British Library

British Library: Hardy's Tess of the D'urbervilles: Fatalism & Sexuality

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will explore sources related to two key ideas in Thomas Hardy's work: that of people being unable to control their fate, and the imbalance between a man's place and a woman's place in society. Through their study...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Childhood

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles research how childhood was depicted in the literature of the 18th and 19th century, and how perceptions of childhood were different from those of today.
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Literature Network: Lord Alfred Tennyson

For Students 9th - 10th
What do you know about Lord Alfred Tennyson? Explore this site featuring a brief but informative summary of his life and work.
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British Library

British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1900s Food

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
View a series of extracts from English cookbooks written during the first half of the twentieth-century and learn what people in England ate during this period. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the time,...
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Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: War, Literature, and Technology

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a content-rich interactive site which guides you through the literature of war. Access the history of war literature to take you to a timeline, study authors' writings about war, learn about metaphorical language, and put into...
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British Library: 20th Century People: Rudyard Kipling

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a summary of Rudyard Kipling's impact on 20th Century literature and view additional resources such as related articles.
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British Library

British Library: 20th Century People: e.m. Forster

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a summary of E.M. Forster's impact on 20th Century literature and view additional resources such as related articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad, Text and Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of Joseph Conrad's novel "The Secret Agent."
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British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: Angela Carter's Wise Children

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In these activities, students will focus on a wealth of drafting material and writer's notebooks to reveal how Angela Carter created her final comic novel, "Wise Children". They will closely examine fascinating source documents and...
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British Library: 20th Century: Angela Carter's the Bloody Chamber

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These activities offer students a unique opportunity to examine how a writer crafts a narrative. By exploring many of Angela Carter's early drafts, students will uncover how she created her ground-breaking short story collection, "The...
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British Library: 20th Century Works: Waiting for Godot

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of the play "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Language and Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From Johnson's Dictionary to letter-writing, newspapers and coffee-house culture: explore how different forms and mediums helped to develop and circulate language and ideas during the long 18th century.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Theatre and Entertainment

For Students 9th - 10th
From Restoration comedy to The Beggar's Opera, She Stoops to Conquer and The School for Scandal: examine key plays alongside the history and conventions of Restoration and 18th-century theatre.
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E Reading Worksheets: The War of the Worlds

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this learning module, students will engage in a deep study of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. Worksheets, tests, and map projects are provided to reinforce comprehension of The War of the Worlds. This module is designed to support...
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Author's Calendar: Doris Lessing

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch of Doris Lessing, 20th century British feminist writer.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Literary Resources Renaissance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Delve into the British Renaissance period through this informative site. This site has tons of resources for every type of enthusiast.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics &Victorians Power and Politics

For Students 9th - 10th
From the radicalism of the Romantic poets to the violent suppression of protests, the 18th and 19th centuries were peppered with incidents of political upheaval. Read how power and politics feature centrally in some of the period's great...
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Author's Calendar: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides biographic information on British author, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The site also lists her works.
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British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1500s Food

For Students 9th - 10th
View a series of extracts from sixteenth-century cookbooks written in English and learn what people ate during Tudor times. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the period, including the foods eaten when...

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