WORLD LITERATURE II (ENG 252)
Interesting Web Sites for
Unit 1
Dr. Diane Thompson,
NVCC
, ELI
Tartuffe: a history of the play
TheatreHistory.com
: this large site has information on theater from the ancient Greek to the 20th century.
Tartuffe
: the etext in English--Harvard Classics Series from Bartleby
Etext of Candide
: from Literature.org
Tartuffe by Moliere
: a new verse adaptation by Timothy Mooney
Etext of Candide
: from Project Gutenberg
Judith Chaffee's
Commedia
website
: links to interesting historical information, including a timeline back to the second century BCE.
Candide
: searchable etext in English
Commedia dell'Arte
Candide: The Musical
: Music by Carl Bernstein Lyrics by Richard Wilbur; synopsis, cast and several reviews of the musical on this page
Commedia dell'Carte Home Page
: good information on the ancient stock characters underlying the characters in
Tartuffe
The Voltaire Foundation
The Age of Enlightenment
Voltaire
: French Author and Philosopher
The Age of Enlightenment:
in the paintings of France's Museums
Voltaire
: in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Poetry.
The Age of Enlightenment
: lots of interesting information from Wikipedia; just be sure to double check any facts with other sources, because Wikipedia entries are not immediately peer reviewed
Voltaire Quotes
French Deism
: The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
An Introduction to Buddhism
: from Shippensburg University. Useful if you read
Monkey
World Union of Deists
Journey to the West (Monkey)
: introduction and some illustrations
The Enlightenment: by Paul Brians
Monkey
: a gorgeous "comic" strip about the monkey king; scroll down to see the links to each page
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Diane Thompson
: 1/7/2003; last updated: August 19, 2015