Voice of the Shuttle: General English Language and Literature Resources
A collection of links to websites with guidelines for citing material from the World Wide Web, CD-ROMs and other electronic sources. The emphasis is on MLA format, but there is information for APA, Chicago, and Turabian, as well.
Excellent links to medieval texts and bibliography.
Links to information about Old English literature, art, and history.
Similar to Cathy Ball's site, these pages by Peter S. Baker offers a course in OE plus bibliography and other online resources, including sound files of Readings from Beowulf.
Dictionaries, word lists, and other resources for Old English.
Bibliography, information on the manuscript, the original OE text, two translations, and a keyword search (for translation) make this site the place to start for the study of the Anglo-Saxon epic.
Prof. Roy Liuzza of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and author of one of the best translations of Beowulf, provides study questions, a bibliography, and a list of web sites devoted to the poem.
Beowulf Bibliographies:
Interesting information about the Beowulf manuscript and how it has been digitalized on CD-ROM (with graphics).
Contains introductory information, including images of the Beowulf manuscript, a mead hall, maps, etc.
An essay by Robert F. Yeager on the history of the poem and its manuscript.
Works by and about Chaucer and the Gawain-poet, as well as other 14th- and
15th-century English writers, such as William Langland. Includes links to bibliographies and
numerous online essays, especially about Chaucer.
An Electronic Edition of "The General Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales
A nicely glossed, easy to use hypertext edition of "The General Prologue" by Edwin Duncan of Towson University.
Excellent links to Renaissance texts and bibliography.
From Professor Rebecca Bushnell of the University of Pennsylvania, a collection of pictures from the Renaissance arranged in categories Court Culture, Urban Life, and New Worlds/New Science.
A good starting point for the study of Spenser, especially The Faerie Queene
Spenser's
Shepheardes Calender Hypertext
A text of The Shepheardes Calender with glossary and notes in hypertext links.
Searchable texts of Renaissance verse plays.
An excellent site with searchable texts, biography, criticism, background resources, etc.
Sub-page of "Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet," a keyword searchable concordance to all Shakespeare's plays. An excellent resource for studies of motifs, imagery, and themes.
Several Shakespeare-related links, including frequently asked questions. Another way to search the text of his plays and poems, as well.
Somewhat commercialized, but has some good links to various Shakespeare sites.
The official web site of the New Globe, including a virtual tour (under Education and Distance Learning).
Searchable collections (by author) of English poetry texts, including works by Donne and the Metaphysicals.
Voice of the Shuttle: Restoration & 18th-Century English Literature
Excellent links to texts and bibliography for the Age of Reason.
Searchable collections (by author) of English poetry texts, including works by Pope.
Searchable electronic texts of Milton's two most important works, with hypertext links organized according to the individual books in each work.
A major resource for Milton studies, this site is affiliated with a scholarly Internet conference on Milton and includes links to e-texts of Milton's works, criticism, and background, including a Milton Discography.
Selected Poetry by Alexander Pope from Representative Poetry. Prepared by members of the Department of English at the University of Toronto.
Background material, including the story behind the poem, a chronology of early editions, an analysis of mock-heroic elements, and illustrations.
Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man Epistle I, Epistle II, Epistle III (excerpt), Epistle IV (excerpt)
Jonathan Swift: "A Modest Proposal"
Jonathan Swift: Selected Poetry
Includes text, sources, a short biography of the Irish author and other useful and interesting material.
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