Useful Links

www.luminarium.org

An Anthology of English Literature from Medieval to Restoration writers. Interesting articles and background to wide variety of writers.

aspirations.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/home.acds

A collection of multimedia resources, games and essays, to help teachers and students of English literature. Converse is a joint project between Cambridge University and schools and colleges across Britain. Some useful work on war poetry, an interactive Globe Theatre, Chaucerian language and some seminars for A Level students.

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english

Useful resources for studying poetry from other cultures, and language paper skills at GCSE level.

www.shakespeares-globe.org

The official site for the Shakespearean theatre. Contains useful information on past and present productions. A good site for Literature and Theatre Studies students to become acquainted with.

www.americanrhetoric.com

An extensive collection of transcripts and audio excerpts of famous speeches throughout history. Very interesting and a useful tool for looking at persuasive and argumentative speech.

www2.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/welcome.htm

An anthology of topics within English Literature arranged chronologically. Very useful for context.

dictionary.reference.com

An online dictionary, encyclopaedia, thesaurus and foreign language dictionaries.