Discovering British Literature in Bits and Bytes (eBook)

An Internet Approach, Beginnings, Volume 1

Carolyn M. Johnson (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
188 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-3826-8 (ISBN)

Infos

An introduction British Literature through the internet, for use with secondary school and beginning college or university students; for basic curriculum or extracurricular lessons or online literature courses (basic or supplementary); with primary and authoritative online documents, both digital copies of complete texts of, or selected reproduced excerpts from novels, short stories, poetry, and essays; plus scholarly commentaries at authoritative Web sites provided by educational institutions, professional organizations and people who are experts in their field. Guided by Common Core principles, accompanying questions and activities aim to promote critical thinking skills.

Autor

Carolyn M. Johnson is author of reference and text books including Discovering Nature with Young People, Using Internet Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in the Sciences, plus magazine articles and poems. She has MLS (Library and Information Science) and MA (English and American Literature) degrees from St. John’s University, Queens, NY, a BA (English Literature) from Hunter College, NYC, AA (Liberal Arts) from Queensborough Community College, Queens, NY; worked as graduate student assistant in LIS Division at St. John’s University, library assistant at QCC library, and librarian at NY Botanical Garden Library and Pace University Library.

Inhalt

Dedication Preface Introduction Section 1: Anglo Saxon Literature Chapter 1: Metrical Charms and Runic PoemsChapter 2: Old English and Early Middle English VerseChapter 3: Colloquy Chapter 4: A Letter on the Advancement of LearningChapter 5: Riddles from The Exeter Book (970-1042) by Anonymous Chapter 6:Selections from The Exeter BookSection 2: Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Centuries – PoetryChapter 7: Selections from The Canterbury Tales Chapter 8: Selections from The Fairie Queene Section 3: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries – Drama Chapter 9: Selections from Shakespeare’s Plays – The Comedies Chapter 10: Selections from Shakespeare’s Plays – The Histories Chapter 11: Selections from Shakespeare’s Plays – The TragediesSection 4: Seventeenth Century – Poetry Chapter 12: Excerpts from The Passionate Pilgrim, Sonnets To Sundry Notes Of Music, The Phoenix and The Turtle [Dove]Chapter 13: Sonnets plus Dramatic Poetry by William Shakespeare Chapter 14: Various Writings by John DonneChapter 15: Poetry by John Donne Section 5: Seventeenth Century – ProseChapter 16: No Man is An Island, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and other writingsChapter 17: Juvenilia, or Certaine Paradoxes and Problemes by John Donne Section 6: Eighteenth Century – Miscellaneous Chapter 18: A Preface To A Dictionary of The English Language, The Rambler, Idler, and Adventurer Essays Conclusion About the Author APPENDIX 1: A link to the online appendixAPPENDIX 2 Online – RECOMMENDED RESEARCH RESOURCES

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-3826-3 / 1475838263
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-3826-8 / 9781475838268