The Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia presents links to the online text for Walt Whitman's prose writing, "Memorandum During the War" in which Whitman records his thoughts and experiences visiting the wounded in the...

Explore eighteen American songs and poems each represented by an original primary source document, along with historical background information and, in many cases, sound recordings and alternate versions.

A political cartoon depicting a Union and a Confederate veteran united in support for the Spanish-American War. A painting entitled Twelve-Inch Gun depicting elegant officers and ladies aboard a battle ship, civilizing gentility and the...

Brief account of several different older versions of the Trojan War story, arranged in chronological sequence.

Professor Richard Holmes discusses the importance of the epic victory at The Battle of El Alamein in 1942 which did much to restore British morale during World War Two.

Why did many literary figures, including Hemingway, volunteer for ambulance duty during World War I? This article explores the topic, with specific references to Hemingway.

This site contains links to texts of many works by Richard Lovelace. "The world will have forgotten all the great masterpieces of literature when it forgets Lovelace's three verses to Lucasta on his going to the wars." --Thomas Aldrich

Informative but brief biography, and text version of Trees and Prayer of a Soldier in France. Site includes a photography of Kilmer (1886-1918 CE).

If you are looking for biographical information on Langston Hughes and/or excerpts and reviews of his work, this site is a bonanza! The table of contents makes it easy to click to the section you want.

Bartleby has made available several volumes of the poet's work. Site includes a very brief biography, the collections themselves, quotations from his work, and several poems which appear in Modern British Poetry.

An interesting angle on the death of poet Rupert Brooke,including photos of the island on which he died, the memorial to him there, the text of several poems, a brief biography, as well as a bibliography and related web links.

This biographical note about the World War I poet Rupert Brooke also provides links to full texts of prewar and wartime poems: "A Channel Passage," "The Fish," "Heaven," Helen and Menelaus," and "The War Sonnets."

Students will experience what life was like for many soldiers during World War I by studying Trench Warfare. They will gain this understanding through pictures, first person audio accounts, and reading poetry from the war. Students will...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the ride of Paul Revere. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

The text of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 46.

A learning module that begins with the poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...

A learning module that begins with the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...

This is an online photocopy of the original children's book The Ballad of Abraham Lincoln by Bayard Taylor (1884), an illustrated poem about Abraham Lincoln.

This brief biography of Sassoon (1886-1967 CE) includes some thoughts about his work and his connection to other writers of the time.

Three articles about the effects of sharecropping, a farming system that became prevalent after the Civil War for blacks and whites.

A brief biography and look at Brooke's (1887-1915 CE) life and works, including some references to print sources as well.

This collection of Graves' work focuses primarily on his war poetry. The text of each poem is provided, but there is no accompanying commentary.

This is the full text of a prose version of the Greek epic poem The Iliad by Homer. It focuses on a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles during the Trojan War.

A collection of primary texts by Confederation poet Frederick George Scott, author of "The Soul's Quest and Other Poems," "In the Battle Silences: Poems Written at the Front," and "The Great War as I Saw It."