ENGLISH 252

Interesting Web Sites for Unit 2

Dr. Diane Thompson

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Romanticism: a thoughtful study guide by Paul Brians

The Literary Gothic: A home page for matters Gothic

Romanticism: from A Guide to the Study of Literature, Brooklyn College, CUNY Heine as a socialist poet: An outstanding student essay on how Heine has been taught in Eastern European countries as a socialist poet.
Poets on Poets: an audio archive of modern poets reading poems from the Romantic period A Study Guide for Goethe's Faust: by Paul Brians
Romantic Circles: Scholarly Resources Bible (for Job): etexts
Confessions by Jean Jacques Rousseau; etext in English. Dr. Faustus: by Christopher Marlowe; etext in Perseus database
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: links to etexts by and about him The Legend of Faust: includes many interesting and relevant links
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: biography and some critical analysis with hyperlinks to various texts by and about Rousseau Faust I by Goethe: Translated by Anna Swanwick; etext
Rousseau Association: texts, images and music related to Rousseau Faust Legends: an interesting collection of various Faust materials,  translated and/or edited by D. L. Ashliman
Michele Erina Doyle and Mark K. Smith (2007) ‘Jean-Jacques Rousseau on education’, the encyclopaedia of informal education "Faust Reflected in the Multiple Mirrors of the Christian Spectrum: Science as Diabolic or Divine" by Ingrid Shafer
"Rousseau and the Revolt Against Reason": by Mary Ann Glendon in First Things, the Journal of Religion, Culture and Public Life (1999). This requires a subscription, so try to access it through the NOVA LRC. The Sorrows of Werther: by Goethe; this short novel of young love and tragedy was wildly popular in its day.
The Poetical Works of John Keats: etexts Goethe's Love Affairs
The Life and Work of John Keats Satan: historical and theological background
John Keats: from A Guide to the Study of Literature, Brooklyn College, CUNY The Alchemical Drama of Goethe’s Faust: an essay by Adam McLean
The Percy Bysshe Shelley Resource Page: etexts and bibliography Jim Breen's Japanese Page
Some of Shelley's Poetry: etexts Japanese Legends: about supernatural sweethearts
Poetry by Wordsworth: etexts  

 

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