Introduction to Literature Module 1.9

Gulliver’s Travels

Study Guide: Introduction to Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 1)

Focus Text

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Honors: The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

Audiobook:

EIL 1.9 Context Resource Links

These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.

Readings

The Enlightenment (The Age of Reason)

http://www.allabouthistory.org/age-of-reason.htm

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/18century/welcome.htm.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/188441/Enlightenment

http://www.wildsidz.com/beth/index.php?screen=gulliver

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/battle.html.

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/a-modest-proposal-by-jonathan-swift

http://librivox.org/a-modest-proposal-by-jonathan-swift/

The Author’s Life

http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/Kristen_McDermott/ENG235/gulliver.guide.html

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/jonathan-swift-biography

Poetry

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/verses-on-the-death-of-dr-swift-d-s-p-d

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/fortunate-misfortunes-an-analysis-of-verses-on-the-death-of-dr-swift

http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/swift-jonathan

http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/pope-alexander

Audio

https://www.audible.com/pd/Classics/Gullivers-Travels-A-Signature-Performance-by-David-Hyde-Pierce-Audiobook/B004DJAP0Y?qid=1496256135&sr=1-1 (Recommended)

http://librivox.org/gullivers-travels-by-jonathan-swift/ (Amateur)

Video

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/audio-video/gullivers-travels-the-1939-movie

The Famous Authors: Jonathan Swift (Kultur Video, 2007)

http://www.armchair-travel.com/index.htm

Visual Arts

http://rackham.artpassions.net/gullivergallery.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/theme/baroque.html

http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=g&p=a&a=i&ID=464.

Music

Jonathan Swift Resources

 

http://www.midiworld.com/classic.htm

https://www.umcmission.org/Find-Resources/Global-Praise-/Charles-Wesley-Hymns

http://www.rslade.co.uk/

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/music.html.

Additional Resources

http://publicliterature.org/books/gullivers_travels/xaa.php

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift

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