English Literature->Poetry->By period->Medieval,Middle English(1066-1500)
English Literature->Literature in Translation

This site provides materials for Harvard University's Chaucer classes in the Core Program,the English Department, and the Division of Continuing Education. It provides a wide range of glossed Middle English texts and translations of analogues relevant to Chaucer's works, as well as selections from relevant works by earlier and later writers, critical articles from a variety of perspectives, graphics, and general information on life in the Middle Ages. At the moment the site concentrates on the Canterbury Tales, but the longer-term goal is to create a more general Chaucer page.

1. Life of Chaucer
2. Chronology
3. The Canterbury Tales
4. Translations
5. Chaucer’s Language
6. Middle English
7. Chaucer Glossary
8. Bibliography
9. Other Authors
10. Literary Subjects
11. Courtly Love
12. Life and Manners
13. Pilgrimage
14. Medieval Science
15. Site Index
16. Glossarial Database

URL : http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/

Keyword(s) : Chaucer Geoffrey,, Literature, 1340?-1400

English Literature->Poetry->By period->18th century
English Literature->Poetry->By period->19th century

This website consists of 350 war poems chosen by Professor Betty T. Bennett, a professor at American University in Washington D.C., who first collected, edited, and published these poems in a book version in 1976. Due to its extensive coverage of British poetry written during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the examination of the continuously changing attitudes of the people amidst such a dynamic socio-political atmosphere, Bennett’s collection has been well cherished among scholars and/or people interested in British poetry. The website explains that the electronic version will prove to be more helpful to the user, both because its format is more flexible, more accessible, and more easy to search and find exactly what one needs.

The website provides the introduction written by Bennett that was published in the book, which gives the reader a sense of “the historical, political, and literary contexts in which these poems were written.” By placing the reading experience against a larger backdrop, where the conditions of the concurrent society are paid attention to, the poetry of the Romantic period can be approached in a more holistic manner. The poems themselves are categorized according to author, title, or date, and the full texts in their original form is shown here, along with some helpful footnotes. The website design is easy to the eye and visually pleasing, and navigating around the site is not difficult at all. The user will not have a hard time finding what he/she needs.

Additional resources can be accessed through this site, as it is part of “Romantic Circles,” a larger website maintained by the University of Maryland that focuses on the literature and culture of the British Romantic Period. Simply click on the links shown at the bottom of the page.

URL : http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/warpoetry/

Keyword(s) : English poetry, 18th century, 19th century , War poetry , English History and criticism

English Literature->Poetry->By period->18th century

This is an electronic version of the article of the same name that was published in the December 2000 issue of the Journal for Maritime Research by Dr. Lynda Pratt of Queen’s University, Northern Ireland. Pratt talks about the works of various English poets of the late 1790s, whose writing about the British Navy was “literally and metaphorically an act of naval contemplation in that it [was] both provoked by and provokes national self-examination.” Her argument states that, similar to the sailors who were fighting at sea during the late 18th century, these poets were fighting battles of their own, battles which concerned the identity of the nation and the best ways in which to inscribe and validate such a national identity. Poets such as Henry James Pye and Robert Southey are focused on by Pratt, and she uses their poems such as “Naucratia” and “Madoc,” respectively, to explain her viewpoint in detail. All in all, it is a helpful article which approaches poetry through the examining of the dynamic socio-cultural forces that might have been an influence to its creation/reception. It will be undoubtedly beneficial to those who are interested in late 18th century British poetry.

URL : http://www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/ConJmrArticle.22/setPaginate/Yes

Keyword(s) : English poetry, 18th century , British Navy , Henry James Pye , Robert Southey

English Literature->Poetry->By period->Contemporary
English Writing->Creative Writing
General Resources->Anthologies/Collections

“the poetry billboard” was first created by Alvin Pang in the year 1996, and features a selection of new and upcoming Singaporean poets and their works on the Internet. The current version of the website is the third edition, and its simple design and easy-to-follow user interface makes it extremely user-friendly. With just a click of the mouse, the user can read over 60 poems written by more than 40 poets from Singapore. While some are as short as 4-5 lines, others consist of over one hundred; themes, on the other hand, range from issues of love, family, memory to that of loss, solitude, and war. Such a variety of poems is bound to bring forth a myriad of reactions, and will hopefully be an exciting experience to those who are interested in poetry in general and/or those who are specifically interested in the literary atmosphere of Singapore.

The website also provides critical essays and articles related to poetry. If you go to the section entitled “related resources,” you can find what others have to say about the poets and poetry introduced on this website. There are also additional links to other affiliated websites and online poetry collections for further perusal. Comments and suggestions on the readings can be sent in by sending a message via the sub-category “your voice.”

URL : http://www.poetrybillboard.com/

Keyword(s) : Singapore , Fiction , Poetry , Poetry Collections

English Literature->Poetry->By period->Medieval,Middle English(1066-1500)

This website provides information on what may be the best acclaimed work of medieval English romance--Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. In this beautifully designed web site with its own background music, this users can see medieval images of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the first page of the web site. It is also well constructed, thus easy to get information. In “Introduction” it gives detailed information related to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, such as when, by whom, and where the work was written. It also gives users the first publication date of the romance, as well as the best translation available (that by Marie Borroff in 1967). In “Resources,” users can see many authors who translated Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. By clicking on the names of the authors, users can view the full translations in PDF format. The available editions are translations by the following scholars: J. R. R. Tolkien and E. V. Gordon; Norman Davis; W. A. Neilson, and Jessie L. Weston. In “Essay and Articles,” there are many essays and articles by students and scholars on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

URL : http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/gawain.htm

Keyword(s) : Sir Gawain and the green knight, Gawain (Legendary character), Gawain, Romances