Links for a Variety of Interests

Classical Literature This term is used to describe the literature of ancient Greece and Rome.

Incorporating the Other: the Catalogue of Women in Odyssey 11 This is a study of part of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey. The article assumes familiarity with the literary work, so it is not a good place to start if you have not read the literary work or are not familiar with its characters and plot.

Klytaimestra: A Study of Aeschylus' Agamemnon 1372-1576 This thesis examines the character of Klytaimestra in Aeschylus' group of three plays called The Oresteia, by considering a passage in one of them, the Agamemnon. The thesis assumes familiarity with the plays, so it is not a good place to start if you have not read them or are not familiar with their characters and plot.

Professor Walter Englert's "Introduction to Greek Theater." Includes a timeline of Greek drama, the origins of Greek drama, and best of all, a readable explanation of how an ancient Greek play was staged. The plays of the Greeks communicate amazingly well to us twenty-first century folks, but our understanding of them can be enriched even further by the understanding that drama can have a different role in a society than it does in ours.

Didaskalia: Introduction to Greek Stagecraft This introduction to ancient Greek stagecraft is provided by Didaskalia, an English-language publication about Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music as they are performed today. Other parts of the site are also very interesting. The journal contains discussions of how ancient Greek plays are staged in the modern theater, and reading these is like an education in theater production and also raises fascinating issues in relation to the interpretation of the plays. The articles are more meaningful if you have read or are reading a Greek play, preferably one under discussion. The introduction to stagecraft is a good place for people just beginning their first Greek play.

Greek Tragedy This is the syllabus of Professor Barbara McManus' classics course at the College of New Rochelle. It has some wonderful links to material on the Structure of the Greek Theater, as well as on the Staging, Actors, Masks, as well a sa link to a location describing what Greek tragedy is. If you scroll down, there is also some fine material on the Oresteia, both background material and study guides.

Photograph, Greek Theater at Epidaurus

Line Drawing, Greek Theater at Epidaurus

The Aeneid of Virgil This web site contains an English translation by English poet John Dryden of the entire Latin epic poem.

Middle English Lit-Renaissance

EAWC: A Chronology of Medieval Europe

This detailed listing covers from the accession of Clovis, founder of the Merovingian dynasty, to the French and Belgian throne and his conversion of the country to Western Catholic Christianity (500) to the succession of Henry VIII to the English crown (1509).

National Historical Bibliographies and Dictionaries: Medieval Studies

This is a guide to the library's best sources of information on the middle ages. It is broken down by country and provides an in-depth account of where to go for more information of different sorts.

The Earth & the Heavens: The Art of the Mapmaker

This site from the amazing collections of the British Library provides images of maps (with brief discussion) ranging from Ptolemy's map of the world (150 AD) up to the 19th century. The majority of the maps is from the Middle Ages and Renaissance and shows the perspective of these eras on what the world is like. When you have seen and enjoyed the maps, you can poke around the other collections and exhibitions of the library and see a great deal else that is illuminating.

Online publications on Dante

NetSERF: Medieval History

ORB--Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies

Medieval Sourcebook: Introduction

Renaissance Project Page

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Essays and Articles on Middle English Literature

GAWAIN:TEXTS, IMAGES, BASIC INFORMATION

Gawain

Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

Sir Gawain and The Green Knight: Resources

MQUP Catalogue - Williams

Sir Gawain and the Carle of Carlisle: Introduction

EAWC: Medieval Europe

Cultural Studies

The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology

MCS: Analysis of Media Texts

GenEd - Learning Commons - Fundamental

GenEd Learning Commons - Fundamental Topic - What is Culture?

Learning Commons - What is Culture? - Definitions - Geertz

AMERICAN CIVILIZATION I

Wilson Article

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The Times of Our Lives: Investigations into Socio-chronology

A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace

SCREENsite: Readings in Mass Culture

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Mystery Story

A Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection

The Mysterious Home Page: General Guides

BOOKMARKS#1

BOOKMARKS#2

Watching the Detectives: Detailed Outline, Semester 2 1997-98

MysteryNet's Mystery Greats Time Line

Detective Fiction

Introduction to Detective Fiction -- The Origin of Detective Fiction

The Victorian Web Overview

ClueLass HomePage

Glossary

Resources on Romantic Fiction and the Law: Romance Novels, Etc.

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Quick, Radway, and Rabine

Reading the Romancers

Formatting Patrimony: Notes

Palatella: Formatting Patrimony

Curthoys& Docker

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CLS135

Sue Grafton Interview

Welcome to The Official Booksite for Mary Higgins Clark

Wilkie Collins

Victorian Sensationalism Online

Wilkie Collins: Woman in White

A Sherlockian Holmepage

The Dorothy L. Sayers Appreciation Page

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Section 1: Who are the characters in Hammett's novel based on?

Murder Mystery Games at NowTV!

Mystery Writers of Northern California

Modern Private Eyes and Thrillers

Literary Theory

Bourdieu, Pierre

Pierre Bourdieu and Loic

"Cyberfeminism with a difference" by Rosi Braidotti

Critical Phantasies Syllabus

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A Question of Jouissance

Barthes Mythologies 1

Responding to Literature One way to think about literature is to view it through the various ways it is experienced by the people reading it. Some scholars believe that this perspective contributes as much to the understanding of its meaning as do the historical aspects or the literary craftsmanship that has gone into the work.

American Studies, Black History and Literature

This English University has put together an excellent page of links to a variety of texts and resources related to "Writing Black."

The God of Small Things

This site contains customer reviews of a famous recent work of fiction. It is wonderfully illustrative of all the different perspectives taken by readers of the same literary work. According to reader response theory, such views are not right or wrong: they are simply different ways of responding to the work.

Beacon Press: Spring '97: Does Your House Have Lions

A summary of a work by Sonia Sanchez, who is African American and writes poetry.

9.14 - I Have Come Into the City

Hard-Hearted Barbary Allen. A Kentucky Mountain Sketch.

JOYCE CAROL OATES : WHERE ARE YOU GOING, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

The Man of Flesh and Blood.

Engl 88, Reading Schedule

English 88, Modern and Contemporary American Poetry

Intro to Lit: Response Papers

Takasago

Miscellaneous Traditional Resources

Introduction to the Study of Popular Fiction

Quills play review

Fuller & Jenkins: Nintendo and New World Travel Writing

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Links to Additional Sites with Web Evaluation Materials

Books in Chains

Contents Lists This is a great resource for finding science fiction stories. Those who are interested in this genre may also want to check out the links under "Cyborgs," below.

E110-109 Syllabus, Fall 96

The On-Line Books Page

Storyspace: Applications in Anthropology

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EDUC 103 - Introduction to Education

Condensation and Suture

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ENG200 Syllabus

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Kairos- Spring 1997 ISSUE #2.1

The Alliance for Computers and Writing

Term papers (model) and more model TermPapers on Greek, Roman, Ancient, Classic, Medieval, Russian, & Spanish Literature