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Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore

Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore: Poe's Literary Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, part of the E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore, includes links to more than fifty different sites with literary criticism by and about Edgar Allan Poe.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Literary Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a detailed history of literary criticism from medieval time up to its current state.
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Feminist Literary Criticism and Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
The Feminist Theory Website at Virginia Tech University provides a list of all types of feminist literary criticism and theory.
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Other

Marxist Literary Criticism: Brief Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief overview and guide to Marxist criticism. Easy to digest and fairly comprehensive page.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Review Redux: Literary Criticism Through Reception Moments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Literature takes on a life of its own as students take a hands-on approach to exploring A Raisin in the Sun for cultural and historical context.
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University of Texas at Arlington: Illuminations: The Critical Theory Website

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Online collection of articles and excerpts about critical theory from contemporary writers.
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Other

Kristi Siegel, ph.d.: Introduction Modern Literary Theory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides an overview of literary terms and critical theories, compiled by a professor of English who teaches at the university level.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Models for Literary Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore these links to see models for literary analysis including a model analysis of poetry. "Types of Papers: Literary Analysis" from Roane State OWL and "Deep Desires that Transcend Time" by Alyssa Ensminger, from Roane State OWL....
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TES Global

Tes: Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is slide show lesson of a cross-century critical analysis of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. It includes context and literary criticism from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Introduction to Ap Literature and Composition

For Students 9th - 10th
This an introduction to an AP Literature and Composition online course; it explains the advantages to taking an AP class and the rigor involved. It provides links to the AP Literature Course Description and practice tests, Registering...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay

For Students 9th - 10th
This outstanding resource offers literary criticism, biographical information, full text of poems, and historical context for Edna St. Vincent Millay's (1892-1950 CE) work.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: The Romantic Revival: Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has links to literary criticism of selected poems by Percy Shelley and other Romantic-era poets and writers.
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Other

War, Literature & the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This international journal covers film, literature, and visual art. Click on current issue to see what's available. Back issues are not hyperlinked to text. The journal is indexed in the American Humanities Index, Literary Criticism...
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Other

War, Literature & the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This international journal covers film, literature, and visual art. Click on current issue to see what's available. Back issues are not hyperlinked to text. The journal is indexed in the American Humanities Index, Literary Criticism...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Literary Essays' Inclusion of Personal Opinions and Facts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn how to identify and discuss the use of facts, personal examples, and ideas and how they are woven into a literary essay.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Various Texts With Similar Themes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will make inferences and draw conclusions about similar themes across various genres by finding supporting evidence within each of the texts. This task will require you to use your analytical reading skills, and it...
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Other

The John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the online publication of "The John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism." Individual articles are available to suscribers only, but some general information is available to all.
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Pennsylvania State University

Alexander Pope's "Essay on Criticism" [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Pope's entire "Essay on Criticism" is available at this site in .pdf format.
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Yale University

Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Introduction to Theory of Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Access any one of twenty-five lectures, in audio, video, or text format, from a university-level course in literary analysis and critical literary theories. Considers postmodernism, New Criticism, feminism, deconstructionism, and an...
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: The Romantic Revival Byron

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the life and works of Byron and several other Romantic-era writers is offered at this site, with links to critical analyses of these works.
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Howard University

Howard University: Sterling A. Brown, a Literary Tribute

For Students 9th - 10th
This tribute article discusses the author as a professor, critic and Poet Laureate.
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Purdue University

Gudie to Critical Theory: Introduction to Marxism

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed site with introductory information regarding Marxism. Contains some terms and concepts, samples and lesson plans. Also included are links to other web resources.
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Nagoya University (Japan)

Nagoya University: Appreciations and Criticisms of Works of Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
G.K. Chesterton offers this look at Dickens' importance and his role in the post-Victorian Age. Each chapter is a separate link.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Introduction to Writing About Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an introduction to writing about literature; it includes a list of learning objectives for writing about literature including finding and using historical sources to discuss the historical context, finding and using literary...

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