Miscellaneous

Gutenberg Project: Here, you can download the complete text of hundreds--thousands--of classics.

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Grammar & Writing

Modern English Grammar: very good, basic resource

Getting an A on an English Paper: Jack Lynch at Rutgers has written a very good guide to the basics of writing a standard, academic essay.

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format

Landmark's Son of Citation Machine: A quick and easy way to enter your source information to get the correct format. Use MLA for English papers.

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Greek Drama

Greek Drama: Thorough site, from Seton Hall.

Ancient Greek Theater: from Reed College. A good overview.

Greek Drama: from Washington State University

Dionysus: at Wikipedia

The Great Dionysia (Dionsysian Festival): Prof. Bruce MacLennan's site at the University of Tennessee; very good explanation of the festival

Ancient Greek Theatre: pretty good site from Greece that covers the basics well. Inlcudes a blog.

Greek Film Center: has a clip from "The Origins of Tragedy," a film by Stavros Ioannou, that presents an idea of what a "goat song" might have looked like.

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Oedipus

The Classics Page: Oedipus: Summary of the play & background information.

Oedipus Study Guide: from Temple University Dept. of Greek & Roman Classics

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Shakespeare & Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet page 

Here's a nice site at ThinkQuest: some good resources on R&J.

Here's a Romeo & Juliet site for a course at the Open University of British Columbia.

If you are interested in the different versions of Romeo and Juliet from the quartos and folios, here's a site to try.

Katy Bittenbinder at Queens University in Ottawa put together this site; some good background information and study material.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet. Very good site on general Shakespeare information by Terry Gray at Palomar (CA) College.

This link will take you to a Google map that shows the location of the Globe Theater reproduction in Southwark (London). Zoom in & out, and switch from Map to Satellite to get a sense of the area.

A very nicely done interactive text of the play by The Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project

'Speare: The Literacy Arcade Game is a (believe it or not) video game based on Romeo & Juliet. Set in the future, you have to reconstruct knowlege stolen by the Iagans from the planet Verona.

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Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men Survival Guide: Short summaries, good vocabulary.

Of Mice and Men at English Resources (a UK site): Very good summaries, essay & exam tips put up by Small Heath School - Birmingham, England.

Spark Notes for Of Mice and Men: Thorough, with study questions and practice quiz.

Center for Steinbeck Studies:

"To A Mouse ...", by Robert Burns: Where did the title come from?

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To Kill a Mockingbird

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Into Thin Air

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The Old Man and the Sea

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The Orchard

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Hiroshima

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

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Poetry

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