EIL 2.8 Scott Context

Literature and Composition Module 2.8

Ivanhoe

Study Guide: Literature and Composition (Excellence in Literature, English 2)

Focus Text

Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott

Honors: Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare or Rob Roy by Scott

 Audiobook: http://amzn.to/2qIHWwu

EIL 2.8 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.

The Author’s Life

Sir Walter Scott Biography

http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/biography/index.html

http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/scott/bio.htm

Poetry

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/sir-walter-scott-poetry/

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/robert-burns-poetry/

Ovid to his Wife by Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Audio

Audiobook narrated by James Cosmo: http://amzn.to/2qIHWwu

http://librivox.org/ivanhoe-by-sir-walter-scott

Video

Visual Arts

http://liu.cwp.libguides.com/archives_and_special_collections/kells

http://www.saintjohnsbible.org

http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/medieval/mediev01.htm

Music

http://www.ancientfm.com

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/introduction-to-medieval-music-by-cynthia-cyrus

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/ivory-consort-medieval-music-videos

Friday Performance Pick – 132

http://earlymusichicago.org/recordings_audio_clips.htmn co

Historic Context

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/England.html

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bayeux.htm

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/animated-bayeux-tapestry-video

Places to Go

http://www.metmuseum.org/cloisters

http://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/

http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk

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