The Renaissance

 

Tue II	Biography, bibliography, and essays on Sir Thomas Wyatt at Luminarium. Biography, bibliography, and essays on Sir Philip Sidney at Luminarium. For information and portraits of Anne Boleyn, click here. For some of Wyatt's sources from Petrarch's Rime Sparse, click here.
Wed II	Prof. Arnie Sander's notes on Shakespeare's sonnet collection. Selections from Shakespeare's Sonnets read by the sublime Sir John Gielgud. Elizabeth's site at TudorHistory.org. A terrific portrait gallery!

Thur II

John Donne's love poems read by Academy Award winning actor Richard Burton.

Fri II

A synopsis of Spenser's Fairie Queene, Book 1 by Mary Bowman of University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Study notes for book 1 of the Fairie Queene by Prof. J. M. Richardson at Lakehead University, Canada.

Mon III

Inigo Jones' costume and set designs for Jonson's Masque of Blackness collected by Prof. Kristen Desmet at the University of Georgia. Prof. Kristen Desmet's study guide to the genre of the masque in general and The Masque of Blackness in particular.

Tues III

Donne, Holy Sonnets 10 and 14 read by Walter Rufus Eagles. The Aemilia Lanyer Home Page at the University of Arizona, includng biography, bibliography, listserve, and works.

 

The Long 18th Century

 

Wed III

A treasure trove of Paradise Lost illustrations. Study questions on Paradise Lost by Debora Schwartz at California Polytechnic State University (scroll down and skip question 5).

Thur III

A Virtual Tour of Restoration London by Molly Brown, author of a historical novel set in the period. The film archive page for Michael Hoffman's Restoration. Check out the links for Politics, Religion, Marriage, and Medicine. Gulliver's Travels Home Page.

Fri III-Mon IV

The Aphra Behn Page The full text of Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative. Dr. Brycchan Carey's Equiano website, including a biography, map, useful links, etc. See also the teaching hints for Equiano's work by author Angelo Costanzo.

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