Victorian & Post-Victorian Illuminated Texts

Illuminated Texts on or related to works from the Victorian and Post-Victorian time periods. Some of these are created using Microsoft Power Point and to hear the audio you will need to be using Windows, have Internet Explorer as your browser. For the presentations done using Adobe Flash you will need to have the Adobe Flash Player (most computers already do). For .mp4 presentations, Quicktime is required.

An Illuminated Text of Markus Zusak's The Book Thief

Submitted by heatherelliott on Fri, 2009-05-22 23:33

from the cover of The Book ThiefThis is a moving interpretation of Marcus Zusak's book narrated by Death,  sure to be a  classic.  Death makes it clear in this novel that he is not the grim reaper we typically picture, as he tells the story of one mortal who he has noticed especially.   Illuminated by Amanda Thomas, a student in Debbie Reeves senior English, and one of our illuminated text guinea pigs.

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Amanda Thomas
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All That is Gold Does Not Glitter

Submitted by Lisa_D on Fri, 2011-03-04 22:27

 The 9th grade literature teacher at my school introduced illuminated texts to her class a few weeks ago.  This project by one of her students is based on a poem from The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien.  The student created the text in PowerPoint and it has been submitted here in .mp4 (Quicktime) format.

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The Grave Misunderstanding: Illuminated Text of Not Waving But Drowning by Stevie Smith

Submitted by Nj2012 on Wed, 2012-11-14 23:37

A short and sweet portrayal of "Not Waving But Drowning" by Stevie Smith, it tells the whole poem in the mood of what we interpreted it to be. The dark and changing background changes with the mood and the fades of the text are the speed that the text should be read. The simplicity of the presentation is to tell the poem as is and not to change the message it is already strongly giving. http://musopen.org/music/piece/115

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Nicholas Jauregui
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Brandon Doby

Come to the Window: An Illuminated Text of Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach"

Submitted by scotese on Tue, 2008-09-23 06:02

the white cliffs of doverIf there was ever a poem that was "ripe" for being made into an Illuminated Text, this poem by Matthew Arnold, is one.  The presentation by Chen Feng and Shimeng Yu unfolds the poem, not through the teacher's eyes but from their own unique perspective.  The words - the sky, the beach, the water all meet each other on the screen and replicate the movement of the verse through the animation of Power Point.  It is a personal perspective -- and one that is quite appropriate for such a personal poem.  When the poet asks the reader to come to the window - on the screen the words gather and hover in front of the image of the window.  Very well done.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins: An Illuminated Text of "God's Grandeur"

Submitted by Lisa_D on Fri, 2009-10-09 17:08

Since I am keen to introduce illuminated texts into my classroom, I decided to work on a few myself in order to learn the process.  I chose this poem because I think it is stunning and because of the distinctly different mood between the first and second parts. (Note: music and some animations have since been updated)

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An Illuminated Text : "The Windhover" by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Submitted by Lisa_D on Mon, 2009-10-12 18:09

This poem is full of life and movement and is unconventional in its use of grammar and certain words.  Gerard Manley Hopkins compares life to the explosive beauty of a bird in flight as it fights the wind.  This is a Quicktime version. [What an exceptional Illuminated Text of an exceptional poem - the music, the animation, all perfectly meld together - to give the viewer an enlightened view of Hopkins's poem.]

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Mark of the Beast

Submitted by Elflord4 on Wed, 2010-06-09 13:27

This is the Flash that I made with my partner Jenna Rollze. This describe the nature and the animal in there. The wolf's loneliness with the nature. It is hard to really understand the animals, afterall we are not in thier shoes.  This is on Kipling's story of the same name that we listened to in class.

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Yutian Sheng
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Jenna Rollze

Introspection: An Illuminated Text of Hopkins's Spring and Fall

Submitted by hockeyrules20 on Wed, 2010-06-09 16:01

This illuminated text uses a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins. I so far haven't seen one yet, so I believe that this one is original. It is an illuminated text on Spring and Fall to a Young Child by Gerard Manley Hopkins. That poem seemed like a letter, or a direct conversation, because of the starting word. So I made the entire illuminated text seem like a flowing letter. "Margaret," in the middle, emphasizes to whom this is talking to.

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An Illuminated Text of "Spring and Fall To a Young Child" by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Submitted by litlover93 on Fri, 2010-06-11 09:09

 This poem was one of my favorite poems of the year. In this illustration you are taken through the motions of a young child filled with innocence grieving over a change in season. It touches my heart to the see the change that takes place as I mature into a young adult and to see that such small things do not sadden me anymore.

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"See...and Believe" : An Illumination of The History of Love.

Submitted by Daughter1616 on Thu, 2011-10-27 00:12

We illuminated an excerpt for the History of Love. We explored the relationship between Leo and the younger Alma at the end of his life. In our text Leo exploring what is real and what he is imagining. He is coming to term with the fact that most of the things he he sees are imaginary. Our text all discusses how Alma adores Leo and for her he would do anything.

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Tiffany Clay

"See...and Believe" : An Illumination of The History of Love.

Submitted by Daughter1616 on Thu, 2011-10-27 00:12

We illuminated an excerpt for the History of Love. We explored the relationship between Leo and the younger Alma at the end of his life. In our text Leo exploring what is real and what he is imagining. He is coming to term with the fact that most of the things he he sees are imaginary. Our text all discusses how Alma adores Leo and for her he would do anything.

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Adaobi Ekwueme
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Tiffany Clay

"February" - An Illuminated Text of Margaret Atwood's poem.

Submitted by ngensler on Wed, 2009-04-29 17:23

a black catThis is a basic illuminated text for Margaret Atwood's poem "February".  In order to see it as it was created using PowerPoint, please download (for free) the fonts Alaskan Nights and Cafe Lounge 19. The fonts are free from <<dafont.com>>.  [What a terrific Illuminated Text - it really captures the spirit and force of the poem.  I was able to embed the Cafe Lounge font - but you will have to go to www.dafont.com and download Alaskan Nights, and then install it

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An Illuminated Text of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Submitted by heatherelliott on Fri, 2009-05-22 22:35

from the cover of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night TimeThis is one of the illuminated texts created for Debbie Reeves' senior English class this spring.    My favorite part of this student's creation is the yellow background with the negative comments that his parents make.  The painful nature of the comments for someone who thinks very literally (the narrator is autistic) comes through so well it made me wince. Read more »

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Dax Allen