"The Owl and the Nightingale" is one of the earliest substantial texts to be written in Middle English. Read an overview of this poem and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.

Read an overview of the poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.

Read an overview of the poem "Le Morte Darthur" by Thomas Malory and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.

Read an overview of the Old English poem "Beowulf" and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.

This course outline offers resources for studying romantic poets such as Keats and Wordsworth and fiction writers such as Shelley and Scott.

What inspired the iconic poetry of the Romantic period, and how did the Romantic poets portray landscape, class, radicalism, and the sublime? Find out from this collection of articles.

Uncover the fascinating, colorful lives of Renaissance writers including John Donne, Ben Jonson, and Christopher Marlowe, and explore key features and themes in their groundbreaking plays and poetry.

From courtship rituals to cross-dressing to love poetry, examine the ways in which Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explored identity, sexuality, and gender roles.

This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for Romeo and Juliet - from young love in Shakespeare's day to sonnets and sleeping potions, and from Brooke's 1562 poem on Romeus and Juliet to a 21st-century...

This site gives a biography of Anne Finch, a bibliography of her poetry collections, and the full text of many of her poems.

Index page for the full text of Blake's prose and poetry as well as an online concordance and related resources.

Website from SelfKnowlege.com attempts to connect the content of Robert Herrick poems to the expression, description, and meaning of human reality. Included is Herrick's poetry, biographical information, and links to other search tools...

Provides links to a few poems and some of Wordsworth's poetic theory.

Text of the short story "Reginald's Peace Poem" by H. H. Munro. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

This site provides a brief biography of Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins along with texts of many of his most famous poems.

Study the conventions of poetry with Lord Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade". In preparation for the British GCSE test, this site offers a great tutorial for students learning about alliteration, emotion, historical context,...

Index page from the University of Toronto offering the complete texts of twenty of Jonson's poems, as well as one work of prose.

Text of Robert Herrick's "Delight in Disorder."Provides source of the poem, but does not offer any commentary or notes about the poet or the poem. The best part is a link to a comprehensive collection of Herrick's work. Plus, they are...

The T. L. Peacock Society serves to popularize the virtues of Peacock's novels and poetry as well as other writings. This index page links to full-text novels and poems by the 19th century Romantic-era writer.

This site provides links to 4 pieces of work of Alfred Lord Tennyson's: "Enoch Arden.." poetry collection, "Idylls of the King," "The Lady of Shalott" with Pre-Raphaelite paintings, and "The Princess: A Medley" with an excellent...

In these activities, students will conduct a close linguistic exploration of the Romeo and Juliet text, which considers the central and deadly role that words play in the lovers' fate. They will also engage in broader tasks that...

Text of the book of poems, "Lyrical Ballads" presented in a straightforward way, easily navigated.

This is the full text of two poetry collections: Songs of Innocence (19 poems) and Songs of Experience (20 poems) by William Blake. It also provides an introduction for each collection.

This lesson from a 20th Century Postmodernism unit focuses on Dylan Thomas and his poetry. It provides links to his biography, two of his poems, and a literary analysis assignment pertaining the literary devices and voice in Thomas's...