BBC Education: GCSE Bitesize
Revision - Read the tips here, in books and on the television - then check what you
know with their Test Bites section.
GCSE Answers - Quick, simple and effective advice to
help you survive GCSE English and Maths exams.
Bartlett's Familiar
Shakespearian Quotations - A honed-down version of Project Bartleby, concentrating
solely on quotes from Shakespeare. Where possible, links to the actual lines have been
provided - although beware - some mistakes have been made.
Complete Works of William
Shakespeare - A fully comprehensive and easy-to-use compilation of all Shakespeare's
plays and many of his poems. Plays can be accessed scene by scene or all on one page for
easy reading. The glossary often borders on the absurd, but otherwise it's enough to make
the Bard himself proud.
The Complete Plays of William
Shakespeare -Exactly what it says and more. You can search through the Bard's works by
play, scene or even word. With links to other sites, as if you'd need them, this one is a
great resource. The English Server's Collection of Plays The English Server
has put together a somewhat random yet nevertheless interesting collection of modern,
classical and some just simply appalling plays. Plays can be accessed quickly and easily
and are all on one continuous scroll. Also contains theatre news from the US, some good
drama criticism and a huge collection of musicals.
Brewer's Dictionary of
Phrase and Fable - The first hypertext edition of this classic reference work. Browse
or search. Look up the origin of stories.
Online Books Page - This is a great
resource of online books. The index includes over 3000 English works, which you can browse
by category or search by title or author. A feature on banned books, admittedly with a US
bias, is surprising in the information it provides.
Project Gutenberg - Complete texts of the
classics of world literature, the Bible, the Koran, Aesop's fables. They're all here, all
free, and all out of copyright. Makes you proud to be part of the Internet's information
democracy.
University of
Virginia's Middle English Bookcase - A carefully compiled selection of Middle English
texts covering almost all of the authors of the time. Some texts are enormous and may take
a while to download.
World Wide Words Contents -
Brilliant. If you've ever wondered what a red herring really is, why you play fast and
loose, or whether you should eat crow, this is the spot for you. An outstanding and
eclectic collection of essays on where words and phrases come from, and why they are the
way they are now. Just the ticket.
Charles Dickens -
Discussions, criticism and clubs accompany a whole host of information which includes
biographical stuff as well as a guide to the texts themselves around the web.
Jane Austen Info Page -
An extensive Jane Austen information resource, with biographical information and many
e-text versions of her novels available.
Maya Angelou -
Biographical information and summaries of her novels add to the list of her poetry which
serves as a great introduction to one of America's leading authors.
First World War and its Poets
- This easy-to-use and thoroughly comprehensive tutorial is based on Isaac Rosenberg's
1916 poem, Break of Day in the Trenches. Along with a full chronology of the war and
outlines of all major battles, it contains over 25 poems by the likes of Owen and Sassoon.
A boon if you're doing your homework on this subject.
British Poetry 1780-1910 - An
extremely useful guide to English poetry in this specific period, with poets ranging from
Lewis Carroll to Coleridge. Some titles are quite lengthy and therefore slow to access.
William
Blake: Collected Poems - An easy to navigate collection of his poetry. You save time
by downloading a poem at a time and his more oblique later work comes in sections of
manageable highlights. The rose may still be sick but the web site is definitely on form.
The English Server's Collection of Plays - The
English Server has put together a somewhat random yet nevertheless interesting collection
of modern, classical and some just simply appalling plays. Plays can be accessed quickly
and easily and are all on one continuous scroll. Also contains theatre news from the US,
some good drama criticism and a huge collection of musicals.
