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=BBC English Literature=

toc This page gives you a very good introduction to some of the most famous British classics, some of them can even be used in the Danish primary school. The page has a list of prose fiction, and each classic has an overview of context, plot, character, themes and sample questions ideal for teaching or self-studying. A list of short stories, poetry and drama is available as well.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Frankenstein Great Expectations Lord of the Flies Of Mice and Men Pride and Prejudice
 * Prose fiction**

The End of Something Your Shoes The Darkness Out There Something Old, Something New
 * Short Stories**

Hamlet A View from the Bridge Romeo and Juliet
 * Drama**

=Twenty Great American Short Stories= The page gives you an overview of some of the most famous American short stories and books written by authors such as Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Herman Melville, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The site gives you information about the author and the time, in which he lived and the recurring themes that the authorship was centered around. The website introduces “the short story of the day” as well.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The tell Tale Heart The Cask of Amtillado The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
 * Short Stories**

=Short Stories, Classic Literature, Shakespeare, Children’s Stories, Poems, Speeches and Essays= This page gives you a great possibility to browse around British and American short stories and classic literature. Moreover, the site presents an extensive variety of children’s stories, some which can serve as an inspiration when teaching literature in the Danish primary school.

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Peter Rabbit and Other Stories by Beatrix Potter The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde Aesop's Fables Cinderella
 * Children's Literature**

=Outline of American Literature and History= This page gives you a comprehensive outline of American literature, fiction, poetry and drama starting from the pre-colonial times and ends in the present. Literary movements such as romanticism, realism, and experimentation are described in detail and there is a free download of the ten chapters from the book. The site is for those of you, who want to gain an extensive understanding and insight into American literature, history, cultural development and movements through time.

Index: Chapter 1: Early American and Colonial Period to 1776 Chapter 2: Democratic Origins and Revolutionary Writers (1776-1820) Chapter 3: The Romantic Period (1820 – 1860) – Essayists and Poets Chapter 4: The Romantic Period (1820 – 1860) - Fiction Chapter 5: The Rise of Realism (1860 – 1914) Chapter 6: Modernism and Experimentation (1914 – 1945) Chapter 7: American Poetry (1945 – 1990) – the Anti-Tradition Chapter 8: American Prose (1945-1990) – Realism and Experimentation Chapter 9: Contemporary American Poetry Chapter 10: Contemporary American Literature

=[|Lectures on Literature]= For those of you, who want to listen to in-depth academic lectures on literature, you can consult the page Free Literature Lectures. Here introductions and analyses to lots of classics are available, which you can read after listening to the lecture for your own pleasure.

One interesting lecture introduces the American classic //On the Road// by Professor Amy Hungerford at Yale University.

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