Contains plans for five 30-40 minute lessons that ask learners to create BioBags, a kind of literature autobiography. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...

This article features a brief history of American literature.

This site delves into the world of Anglo Norman literature from 1066 to 1350. This period of literature focuses on the "Specimens of the language."

Educated white men weren't the only ones contributing to a truly American literature. Read about the literature written by Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Irish Americans. All added to the melting pot of...

This article "King Arthur: Romancing Politics: Overview" separates the historical facts of Arthur and his knights from the legends and literature that have rewritten history.

Given that teachers often have too much to teach and too little time, teacher Dana Dusbiber suggests an alternative approach to teaching literature for secondary ELLs: the introduction of more multicultural literature in the classroom.

An in-depth paper on the literature of Hungary and how it "voluntarily accepted an obligation to find a solution for the 'life-and-death questions' of national history and national life."

Detailed encyclopedia entry describing the history of literature in Alabama and how its writers have contributed to both American and world literature.

Use the text and the video "Thanatopsis" by William Cullen Bryant to identify and understand the characteristics of American Romanticism.

Resource provides information on the Classical Period in music by discussing the three main composers most notably associated with that period: Haydn, Beethoven, and Mozart.

This is a biography of Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), author of The Canterbury Tales. The biography provides interactive highlighted words for more information on that topic.

This is a biography of Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593). He was known as the father of English tragedy; his works include Tamburlaine the Great, Dr Faustus, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, and Edward the Second.

A scholarly essay about the Gospel of John that discusses the author of the book, its significance, and religious message.

Do you know what type of literature "literary Gothicism" represents? Find out what types of literature throughout the ages have been touched by the Gothic influence when you visit this site.

In the 17th century, London was at the center of global trade, with goods and individuals arriving in the capital from all over the world. This article looks at how travel, trade, and empire shaped the works of Daniel Defoe, Alexander...

This article introduces Richard Brinsley Sheridan and his famous play "The School for Scandal".

This article introduces "The Beggar's Opera" and its many satirical targets, including the court of George I, the politician Robert Walpole, the British legal system, and Italian opera.

This article explains how the coffee-house came to occupy a central place in 17th and 18th-century English culture and commerce, offering an alternative to rowdy pubs and more formal places of business and politics.

Towards the end of the 18th century, a movement emerged calling for an end to the slave trade and, later, slavery itself. This article traces the road to abolition from the 1780s to the 1830s, highlighting the impacts of grass-root...

This article charts the growth of 18th-century theatre, looking at the new venues, stage technology, audiences, playwrights, and great actors of the age.

Lesson explores the genre of Gothic literature. Includes discussion of Frankenstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allen Poe among others.

This EnglishClub collection shares several classical works of literature leveled for elementary, intermediate, advanced, Shakespeare, and author information. These include various readings from William Shakespeare, Aesop, Rudyard...

Aphra Behn's The Rover engages with the social, political, and sexual conditions of the 17th century, as well as with theatrical traditions of carnival and misrule. The article introduces Behn's play and explores how it was first...

The Enlightenment's emphasis on reason shaped philosophical, political, and scientific discourse from the late 17th to the early 19th century. This article traces the Enlightenment back to its roots in the aftermath of the Civil War, and...