Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

A resource from Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf. Provides a short biography of Geoffrey Chaucer and links to pages describing some of his best-known writings.

These teaching notes for Beowulf provide a model for your own lesson plan and as a basic resource to study Beowulf. These notes can help you remember the pertinent points of Anglo-Saxon epic poem and help to deepen your understanding.

This is the full text of Last Poems by the English poet A. E. Housman.

A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of Simple Stories for English History by Lancelot Speed, a fiction book for children.

Web English Teacher provides links to lesson plans, learning activities and more for several specific titles from Jane Yolen's work.

A learning module asking students to analyze different types of texts, connect literature to events and experiences, use various writing skills, deconstruct media, practice grammar and vocabulary skills, and analyze point of view,...

Explore the life and work of Charles Dickens through this educational resource.

Check out this site featuring links to lesson plans, activities and more for "Pride and Prejudice." You will also find links that explore the life of Jane Austen.

Excerpt from Moliere's "Don Juan" translated into English. Includes a video from a stage production and notes about the adaptation. [6:41]

Excerpt from Moliere's play "The Imaginary Invalid" translated into English. Includes a video from a stage production and notes about the adaptation. [1:50]

This site provides information about characters, plot, and setting of several different pieces of literature. It offers links to activities and tests on topic such as analysis and evaluation, creation and production, drama, novels, and...

First section of a longer discussion on the Age of Johnson. Taken from The Cambridge History of English and American Literature.

Delve into the life and work of Sid Fleischman when you explore the links found within this resource. These links provide lesson plans, activities and more.

A professor's excellent explanation of how to write a professional sounding essay. Covers all aspects of an essay, and detailed examples give information on exactly how to write the essay.

Check out this informative resource to learn more about this famous author. This site features links to several other sites dedicated to Willa Cather's life and work.

Explore the informative links found within this site to gain an insight into the life and work of Chris Van Allsburg. This site provides lesson plans, teaching ideas and activities for several of his works.

Delve into this resource featuring links to biographical information, and lesson plans for some of Louis Sachar's work.

Explore the world of Readers' Theatre with this online resource. This site features guides and scripts.

At this website, read the full text of George Eliot's novel, "Middlemarch." Included is a brief paragraph intoducing the book, its context, and its plot.

An online copy in plain text format of Kipling's work, easy to search and to use with online text readers.

Resource provides multiple formats of the full text of Kipling's novel The Jungle Book.

This is the full text of the novel Half a Life-Time Ago by Elizabeth Gaskell, an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer.

This site has a short English biographical introduction. Each available fable appears in English translation, followed by the original French.