Category Archives: E1-Resources
Introduction to Literature Videos
Videos referenced in Introduction to Literature (E1): Unit 1 Dramatization of A Worn Path by Eudora Welty: http://excellence-in-literature.com/intro-to-lit/e1-resources/dramatization-of-eudora-weltys-story-a-worn-path Dr. Randy Laist’s analysis of A Worn Path: http://excellence-in-literature.com/intro-to-lit/e1-resources/dr-randy-laist-analysis-of-eudora-weltys-a-worn-path Unit 5 Pygmalion (1938 movie): http://excellence-in-literature.com/audio-video/pygmalion-the-1938-movie The Humor of G.B. Shaw and G.K. … Continue reading
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George Bernard Shaw – a Biography by Archibald Henderson
George Bernard Shaw: His Life and Works, a Critical Biography by Archibald Henderson is an interesting old biography that includes good photographs and a genealogical chart. You may find this in your local library, read an online digitized copy at Google … Continue reading
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To Jennie by Mark Twain
To Jennie by Mark Twain Good-bye! a kind good-bye, I bid you now, my friend, And though ’tis sad to speak the word, To destiny I bend And though it be decreed by Fate That we ne’er meet again, Your … Continue reading
Genius by Mark Twain
Genius by Mark Twain Genius, like gold and precious stones, is chiefly prized because of its rarity. Geniuses are people who dash off weird, wild, incomprehensible poems with astonishing facility, and get booming drunk and sleep in the gutter. Genius … Continue reading
Ode to Stephen Dowling Bots by Mark Twain
Ode To Stephen Dowling Bots, Dec’d by Mark Twain And did young Stephen sicken, And did young Stephen die? And did the sad hearts thicken, And did the mourners cry? No; such was not the fate of Young Stephen Dowling … Continue reading
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Those Annual Bills by Mark Twain
THOSE ANNUAL BILLS BY MARK TWAIN These annual bills! these annual bills! How many a song their discord trills Of “truck” consumed, enjoyed, forgot, Since I was skinned by last year’s lot! Those joyous beans are passed away; Those onions … Continue reading
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The Aged Pilot Man by Mark Twain
THE AGED PILOT MAN by Mark Twain On the Erie Canal, it was, All on a summer’s day, I sailed forth with my parents Far away to Albany. From out the clouds at noon that day There came a dreadful … Continue reading
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A Sweltering Day in Australia by Mark Twain
A SWELTERING DAY IN AUSTRALIA by Mark Twain (To be read soft and low, with the lights turned down.) The Bombola faints in the hot Bowral tree, Where fierce Mullengudgery’s smothering fires Far from the breezes of Coolgardie Burn ghastly … Continue reading
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