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Ben Jonson (1572-1637) view detail comment email this

This site features information about the life and works of early 17th century playwright and poet Ben Jonson. Includes a biography, bibliography, the full-text of poems and plays, critical essays, and links to additional information about Jonson. From Luminarium.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/jonson/
Topics: Authors by Region, Literary Movements and Periods, Notable People, Performing Arts, Poetry, Writing

Last updated Oct 5, 2004


Early Stuart Libels view detail comment email this

This site provides "early seventeenth-century political poetry from manuscript sources. ... Though most of the texts are poems of satire and invective, others take the form of anti-libels. ... These poems throw new light on literary and political culture in England in the decades from the accession of King James I to the outbreak of the English Civil War. The edition is divided into chronological and thematic sections." From two history professors.
http://www.earlystuartlibels.net/
Topics: History By Place, Literature & Books, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry

Last updated Oct 15, 2005


The Poetry Archive view detail comment email this

This British site offers audio files of "English-language poets reading their own work. Some are historic recordings, some have been made specially for the Archive." Browse by poet or name of poem. Includes videos of interviews with selected poets, lesson plans, access to the "Children's Poetry Archive," and links to poetry sites for students and to other material. 
http://www.poetryarchive.org
Topics: Poetry

Last updated Mar 25, 2006


Poets.org: Elizabeth Barrett Browning view detail comment email this

Biography of English Romantic poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Includes a selected bibliography of her poetry (including love poems and her later work with political and social themes) and collections of letters, and annotated links to other websites about Browning and her husband, poet Robert Browning. From the American Academy of Poets.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/152
Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Women, Poetry

Last updated Mar 7, 2006





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