Category: E4-Resources

Resources for British Literature: English 4.

T. S. Eliot on Ulysses by Joyce

ULYSSES, ORDER, AND MYTH  A book review by T. S. Eliot, regarding: Ulysses. By James Joyce. 8 vo. 752 pages. Shakespeare and Company, Paris. Limited edition. MR JOYCE’S book has been out long enough for no...

In Search of Beowulf

In this BBC documentary, historian Michael Wood traces the birth of English poetry back to the Dark Ages with a journey through the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. Along with poet Seamus Heaney, actor Julian...

Alfred Lord Tennyson Biography, 1911

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), English poet, was born at Somersby, Lincolnshire, England, on the 6th of August 1809. He was the fourth of the twelve children of the Reverend George Clayton Tennyson (1778–1831) and...

Mary Shelley Poetry

Stanzas by Mary Shelley Oh, come to me in dreams, my love! I will not ask a dearer bliss; Come with the starry beams, my love, And press mine eyelids with thy kiss. ’Twas...

The Renaissance

by John Addington Symonds The Renaissance RENAISSANCE—The “Renaissance” or “Renascence” is a term used to indicate a well-known but indefinite space of time and a certain phase in the development of Europe. On the...

Dorothy Wordsworth Poetry

He Said He Had Been a Soldier by Dorothy Wordsworth He said he had been a soldier, That his wife and children Had died in Jamaica. He had a begger’s wallet over his shoulders,...

The Other Side of the Hedge

In “The Other Side of the Hedge,” English author E. M. Forster seems to take a critical look at the modern quest to make progress without bothering to experience life. The Other Side of...