Literary Criticism/Contents

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[edit] Chapters

• Preface
• Introduction
• Reading as a Literary Critic

• Reading Novels
• Reading Plays
• Reading Poetry

• Schools of Criticism

• Formal Literary Criticism
• Historical Literary Criticism
• Psychological Literary Criticism
• Feminist Literary Criticism
• Archetypal Literary Criticism

• Poems for Close Reading with Questions
• Shakespeare Our Contemporary
• Comparison Exercises
• Shakespeare Statistics
• Glossary
• Authors and Contributors

[edit] Further Reading

How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster, HarperCollins 2003

Linguistic Criticism, Roger Fowler, Oxford 1986

A Reader's Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory, Raman Selden, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1985

Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature, Laurie Rozakis, 1999

Barron's EZ101 Study Key - English Literature, Benjamin Griffith, Barron's

[edit] External links

Folger Library The US Shakespeare library has a large portfolio of lesson plans.

Bardware Lots of useful links for Shakespeare students.

Shakespeare Online

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Clicknotes Shakespeare Navigable texts of several plays including Hamlet and Twelfth Night, with extensive notes and commentary.

Shakespeare's Life and Times

Sparknotes Shakespeare Study Guide

Shakespeare's Globe See how Shakespeare plays are still being performed in a replica of the original open-air Globe Theatre and read rehearsal notes from recent productions.

Royal Shakespeare Company Educational resources from one of the world's most prestigious theatre companies.

Hamlet Haven An extensive collection of extracts from academic texts on every aspect of Hamlet, from every conceivable critical perspective.

Aspirations English Literature A Level Resources for practical criticism, close reading of poetry and Shakespeare.

Poets Exhaustive resources on poetry and poets.

Chaucer4All Lots of stuff on Geoffrey Chaucer including video and audio recordings of the Tales retold as hip-hop raps.

Shakespeare Insults 'Thou art a stinking pigeon-livered maggot-pie!'

Internet Movie Data Base Resources on films.