The Norton Anthology of English Literature notes

This document contains a summary of the lectures and working groups on English literature. Literature goes from the First World War to Postmodernism. It contains historical context, descriptions of writers and discussions of texts.

This is a summary of British literature from the nineteenth century. It contains historical context, descriptions of writers, and discussions about the texts. Literature goes from Romanticism to the end of the Victorian period!

Summary: everything we need to learn for the exam

All the poems, sonnets and stories that we have seen in class, are worked out in this document

All the poems, sonnets and stories that we have seen in class, are worked out in this document

Summary: everything we need to learn for the exam

This document contains a summary of the lectures and working groups on English literature. Literature goes from the First World War to Postmodernism. It contains historical context, descriptions of writers and discussions of texts.

This is a summary of British literature from the nineteenth century. It contains historical context, descriptions of writers, and discussions about the texts. Literature goes from Romanticism to the end of the Victorian period!

This summary contains: Introduction to the sixteenth century Whoso List to Hunt – Thomas Wyatt Rima 140 – Petrarch Rima 190 – Petrarch Rima 189 – Petrarch Love, that doth reign and live within my thought – Henry Howard The Assyrians’ King – Henry Howard Amoretti 67 – Spenser Amoretti 68 – Spenser Astrophil & Stella no. 41 – Philip Sidney Sonnet 1 – Shakespeare Sonnet 20 – Shakespeare Sonnet 55 – Shakespeare Sonnet 130 – Shakespeare Cynthia no. 9 –...

This short essay emphasizes on the supernatural elements of English literature stories: "Beowulf" and "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

A short essay concerning British Lit short story, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." The essay focuses on some themes and characters of the story.