Geraint and Enid: Idylls of the King by Tennyson
Geraint and Enid From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: The Marriage of Geraint | Next Entry: Balin and Balan Geraint and Enid...
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The Marriage of Geraint: Idylls of the King by Tennyson
The Marriage of Geraint From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Gareth and Lynette| Next Entry: Geraint and Enid The Marriage of Geraint...
Gareth and Lynette: Idylls of the King by Tennyson
Gareth and Lynette From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: The Coming of Arthur | Next Entry: The Marriage of Geraint Gareth and...
Dedication for Idylls of the King by Tennyson
Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Tennyson dedicated Idylls of the King to the memory of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert, who had admired Tennyson’s...
The Coming of Arthur: Idylls of the King by Tennyson
The Coming of Arthur From Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Idylls of the King Table of Contents Previous Entry: Dedication | Next Entry: Gareth and Lynette The Coming of Arthur...
Victor Hugo: A Persuasive Letter Regarding John Brown
Victor Hugo, the 19th century French Romantic writer who authored Les Misérables, was deeply concerned with questions of justice and mercy. His letter to the editor of the London News is an excellent example of a persuasive letter....
Echo and Narcissus by Ovid
Echo and Narcissus is a myth from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, a Roman mythological epic from the Augustan Age. In this brief story, the mountain nymph Echo falls in love with Narcissus, a beautiful hunter from...
Satire I by Horace
SATIRE I. by Horace QUI FIT, MAECENAS. How comes it, say, Maecenas, if you can, That none will live like a contented man Where choice or chance directs, but each must praise The folk...
Wuthering Heights 1939 movie trailer
The Academy-award nominated 1939 movie of Wuthering Heights, starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, is a well-done black-and-white classic (despite the color photo on the cover of the DVD). The film includes characters and events...
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? by William Shakespeare
Sonnet XVIII: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? By William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the...
The Sword in the Stone Disney movie trailer
The Sword in the Stone is Disney’s version of the King Arthur tale.Based on T. H. White’s Once and Future King, this retelling begins with Arthur’s childhood, his efforts to help his brother Kay...
Knights of the Round Table 1953 movie trailer
Knights of the Round Table is a 1953 British-American Technicolor film made by MGM in England and Ireland. It begins when Arthur pulls the sword from an anvil and ends with Arthur’s death and a...
Beowulf Battle Scene performed by Benjamin Bagby
Benjamin Bagby’s Beowulf recitation uses voice, gestures, and Anglo-saxon harp to bring the ancient epic poem to life. This short clip of the Beowulf battle scene from the DVD of Bagby’s performance features high...
Setting the Scene in Bleak House
Charles Dickens was a master of description, both in scene setting and character creation. One of my favorite passages is the opening six paragraphs of Bleak House. I can hardly read it without wanting to...
Virginia Woolf Radio Recording
Listen to this delightful 1937 BBC recording of English author Virginia Woolf talking about words. Her love for words clearly comes through — be sure to notice her use of personification and metaphor. Just...
World Literature Videos
Videos referenced in World Literature (E5) Study Guide: World Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 5) Module 1 Ancient Greek Music – Macedonia Module 2 Antigone on stage Module 3 Roman Water Wheel, London Museum Roman Weapons...
British Literature Videos
Each module has a page with links from the British Literature study guide, and those pages will have the most complete listings of all the helpful resources you’ll use for that module. However, I...
No Coward Soul is Mine by Emily Brontë
“No Coward Soul is Mine” by Emily Bronte was first published in Poems of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell in 1846. Although the Bronte sisters had published this poetry collection in the hope of...
Evangeline Part One by Longfellow
Evangeline, Part One A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow This story poem is based on the story of the Acadians’ expulsion from their homeland. The Maine Historical Society provides a helpful summary of...
Evangeline Part Two by Longfellow
Evangeline, Part Two A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow PART THE SECOND. I. MANY a weary year had passed since the burning of Grand-Pré, When on the falling tide the freighted vessels...
Honors Texts for World Literature
Honors Texts for World Literature (E5) The Honors Track for World Literature is outlined in the study guide and involves additional reading and writing and an optional exam. Another way you can use the honors texts is if you...
Honors Texts for British Literature
Honors Texts for British Literature (E4) The Honors Track for British Literature is outlined in the study guide and involves additional reading and writing and an optional exam. Another way you can use the honors texts is if you’ve...
Honors Texts for American Literature
Honors Texts for American Literature (E3) The Honors Track for American Literature is outlined in the study guide, and involves additional reading and writing and an optional exam. Another way you can use the honors texts is if...
Daffodils by William Wordsworth
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud By William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of...
How to Use a Writer’s Handbook to Evaluate Writing
Parents often wonder how to grade essays and other writing assignments. Unlike subjects where there is an answer key, writing can seem much harder to evaluate and grade fairly. However, evaluating writing doesn’t have...
How Should I Determine Placement in Excellence in Literature?
Placement in Excellence in Literature is somewhat flexible. If you have five years, the simplest way to go through the curriculum is to start with the first study guide, Introduction to Literature, and go...
What Should an Author Profile Look Like?
One of the key features of Excellence in Literature is that we don’t assign anything that is just busywork. The Author Profile is designed to capture the essential points in an author’s life, with...
Honors Texts for Literature and Composition
Honors Texts for Literature and Composition (E2) The Honors Track for Literature and Composition involves additional reading and writing, which is described in the study guide. Another way you can use the honors texts is if you’ve already read...
Notes From American Farmer Letters by Crevecoeur
Letters From An American Farmer J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur COLOPHON Text: Letters From An American Farmer, by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, reprinted from the originial ed., with a prefatory note...
Appendix 2 from American Farmer Letters by Crevecoeur
Letters From An American Farmer J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur COLOPHON Text: Letters From an American Farmer, by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur, reprinted from the original ed., with a prefatory note...
