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Antexts from British Literature
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A Valediction Forbidding Mourning by John DonneJohn Donne's poem of leaving (and not leaving). There is an audio recording on this website where this poem is discussed (and lectured about).
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Pride and Prejudice - Chapter 1 - An Annotated Text (Antext)The opening of the novel with one of the most famous opening lines in English Literature.
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AP Literature - Free Response - Two Poems by William BlakeThis Antext is based on an old A.P. question involving William Blake and his poetry.
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"Araby" by James JoyceJames Joyce's story from The Dubliners.
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DeorOne of the oldest poems in English - translated from Old English to Modern English. The poem that Mr. Scotese starts the year with in British Literature.
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The Wanderer - a modern translationA modern translation of the Anglo-Saxon poem, "The Wanderer."
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Beowulf - 0 - Prelude to the Founder of the Danish HouseThe opening segment of Beowulf. This is the public domain translation by Frances B. Grummere. Astonishingly, this segment is now often omitted from text books - though, to me, it is one of the most important for many reasons.
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Beowulf - 1The first part of Beowulf after the prelude - it gives background and also introduces us to the idea of Grendel.
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The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales - Middle EnglishThe Prologue to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer - in modernized (spelling and letters) Middle English.
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The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales - Modern EnglishThe Prologue to The Canterbury Tales - translated into Modern English.
