Prentice Hall Literature: The British Tradition Timeless Voices Timeless Themes

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Unit 1 From Legend to History: The Old English and Medieval Periods (A.D. 449-1485)

Introduction

(10)

The Changing English Language: The Beginnings of English

(4)

Richard Lederer

Earthly Exile, Heavenly Home

Comparing Literary Works

The Seafarer . . . Poem

(5)

Burton Raffel

The Wanderer . . . Poem

(4)

Charles W. Kennedy

The Wife's Lament . . . Poem

(6)

Ann Stanford, Translator

Connections: Literature Around the World

from Tristia Poem

(3)

Far Corners of Earth Poem

(4)

Focus on Literary Forms: The Epic

from Beowulf

Burton Raffel

The Wrath of Grendel . . . Epic

(3)

The Coming of Beowulf . . . Epic

(5)

The Battle with Grendel . . . Epic

(3)

The Monsters' Lair . . . Epic

(1)

The Battle with Grendel's Mother . . . Epic

(4)

The Last Battle . . . Epic

(4)

The Spoils . . . Epic

(1)

The Farewell . . . Epic

(6)

Connections: Literature Around the World

from Gilgamesh

David Ferry

The Prologue . . . Epic

(2)

from the Iliad

The Battle of Hektor and Achilleus . . . Epic

(7)

A National Spirit

Comparing Literary Works

from A History of the English

Church and People . . . Nonfiction

(5)

from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle . . . Nonfiction

(8)

Anne Savage

Reading Informational Materials: Maps

Literary Map of Great Britain and Ireland . . . Map

(5)

A Closer Look

Chaucer's Guided Tour of Medieval Life and Literature

(2)

from The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Prologue . . . Poem

(25)

The Nun's Priest's Tale . . . Poem

119

(22)

The Pardoner's Tale . . . Poem

141

(14)

Connections: Literature Past and Present

Elizabeth II: A New Queen . . . Nonfiction

155

(7)

Perils and Adventures

Comparing Literary Works

from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight . . . Poem

162

(14)

Marie Borroff

from Morte d'Arthur . . . Fiction

176

(14)

Sir Thomas Malory

Comparing Literary Works

Letters of Margaret Paston . . . Nonfiction

190

(4)

Margaret Paston

The Twa Corbies . . . Poem

194

(1)

Anonymous

Lord Randall . . . Poem

195

(1)

Anonymous

Get Up and Bar the Door . . . Poem

196

(2)

Anonymous

Barbara Allan . . . Poem

198

(6)

Anonymous

Connections: Literature Around the World

from The Nibelungenlied

A.T. Hatto

How Siegfried Was Slain . . . Epic

204

(18)

Skills Workshops

Writing About Literature: Analyze Literary Periods

212

(2)

Writing Workshop: Narration: Autobiographical Narrative

214

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Delivering Autobiographical Presentations

218

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Sequential Order

219

(3)

Unit 2 Celebrating Humanity: The English Renaissance Period (485-1625)

Introduction

222

(10)

The Changing English Language: ``A Man of Fire-New Words''

232

(4)

Richard Lederer

Lovers and Their Lines

Comparing Literary Works

Sonnet 1 . . . Poem

236

(1)

Edmund Spenser

Sonnet 35 . . . Poem

237

(1)

Sonnet 75 . . . Poem

238

(1)

Sonnet 31 . . . Poem

239

(1)

Sir Philip Sidney

Sonnet 39 . . . Poem

240

(5)

Pastoral Poetry

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love . . . Poem

245

(1)

Christopher Marlowe

The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd . . . Poem

245

(2)

Sir Walter Raleigh

Reading Informational Materials: Position Statements

from The Defense of Poesy . . . Position Statement

247

(5)

Sir Philip Sidney

Comparing Literary Works

Sonnet 29 . . . Poem

252

(2)

William Shakespeare

Sonnet 106 . . . Poem

254

(1)

Sonnet 116 . . . Poem

255

(1)

Sonnet 130 . . . Poem

256

(4)

Connections: Literature Past and Present

Sonnet 18 . . . Poem

260

(1)

Francesco Petrarch

Sonnet 28 . . . Poem

261

(1)

Sonnet 69 . . . Poem

261

(1)

Pablo Neruda

Sonnet 89 . . . Poem

262

(4)

The Influence of the Monarchy

Comparing Literary Works

from Utopia . . . Fiction

266

(2)

Sir Thomas More

Speech Before Her Troops . . . Speech

268

(8)

Queen Elizabeth I

Comparing Literary Works

from The King James Bible: Psalm 23 . . . Scripture

276

(2)

King James

from The Sermon on the Mount . . . Scripture

278

(1)

The Parable of the Prodigal Son . . . Scripture

279

(6)

Connections: Literature and Media

from A Man for All Seasons . . . Screenplay

285

(5)

Robert Bolt

Focus on Literary Forms: Drama

A Closer Look

The Elizabethan Theater

290

(2)

Shakespeare on Stage

292

(2)

Shakespeare on Film

294

(6)

The Tragedy of Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Act I . . . Drama

300

(21)

Act II . . . Drama

321

(16)

Act III . . . Drama

337

(18)

Act IV . . . Drama

355

(20)

Act V . . . Drama

375

(18)

Connections: Literature Around the World

from Oedipus the King . . . Drama

393

(15)

Sophocles

Skills Workshops

Writing About Literature: Compare and Contrast Literary Trends

398

(2)

Writing Workshop: Persuasion: Persuasive Essay

400

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Analyzing Advertising

404

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Forms of Propaganda

405

(3)

Unit 3 A Turbulent Time: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (1625-1798)

Introduction

408

(10)

The Changing English Language: No Harmless Drudge, He

418

(4)

Richard Lederer

The War Against Time

Comparing Literary Works

Song . . . Poem

422

(2)

John Donne

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning . . . Poem

424

(2)

Holy Sonnet 10 . . . Poem

426

(2)

Meditation 17 . . . Poem

428

(8)

Comparing Literary Works

On My First Son . . . Poem

436

(2)

Ben Jonson

Still To Be Neat . . . Poem

438

(2)

Song: To Celia . . . Poem

440

(6)

Comparing Literary Works

To His Coy Mistress . . . Poem

446

(3)

Andrew Marvell

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time . . . Poem

449

(1)

Robert Herrick

Song . . . Poem

450

(5)

Sir John Suckling

Connections: Literature and Music

Freeze Tag . . . Song

455

(2)

Suzanne Vega

New Beginning . . . Song

457

(5)

Tracy Chapman

A Nation Divided

Making ``Darkness Visible'': Milton's Epic Ambition

462

(2)

Comparing Literary Works

Sonnet VII (``How soon hath Time'') . . . Poem

464

(2)

John Milton

Sonnet XIX (``When I consider how my light is spent . . .'') . . . Poem

466

(2)

from Paradise Lost . . . Epic

468

(14)

Comparing Literary Works

from Eve's Apology in Defense of Women . . . Poem

482

(2)

Amelia Lanier

To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars . . . Poem

484

(1)

Richard Lovelace

To Althea, From Prison . . . Poem

485

(5)

Connections: Literature and Media

from Cromwell: The Movie . . . Screenplay

490

(6)

Ken Hughes

The Ties That Bind

Comparing Literary Works

from The Diary . . . Nonfiction

496

(7)

Samuel Pepys

from A Journal of the Plague Year . . . Fiction

503

(11)

Daniel Defoe

Comparing Literary Works

from Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

from A Voyage to Lilliput . . . Fiction

514

(6)

from A Voyage to Brobdingnag . . . Fiction

520

(10)

Comparing Literary Works

from An Essay on Man . . . Poem

530

(2)

Alexander Pope

from The Rape of the Lock . . . Poem

532

(16)

Comparing Literary Works

from A Dictionary of the English Language

Samuel Johnson

from The Preface . . . Nonfiction

548

(3)

Selected Entries from A Dictionary Of The English Language . . . Nonfiction

551

(3)

from The Life of Samuel Johnson . . . Nonfiction

554

(11)

James Boswell

Reading Informational Materials: Scientific Reports

Letter on Light and Color . . . Scientific Report

565

(5)

Sir Isaac Newton

Comparing Literary Works

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard . . . Poem

570

(6)

Thomas Gray

A Nocturnal Reverie . . . Poem

576

(7)

Anne Finch

Connections: Literature Around the World

from The Analects . . . Philosophy

583

(1)

from The Declaration of Independence . . . Nonfiction

584

(4)

Thomas Jefferson

Focus on Literary Forms: The Essay

Comparing Literary Works

On Spring . . . Nonfiction

588

(4)

Samuel Johnson

The Aims of the Spectator . . . Nonfiction

592

(7)

Joseph Addison

Connections: Literature Past and Present

Homeless . . . Nonfiction

599

(13)

Anna Quindlen

Skills Workshops

Writing About Literature: Compare and Contrast Literary Themes

602

(2)

Writing Workshop: Narration: Reflective Essay

604

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Analyzing Persuasive Techniques

608

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Writer's Point of View

609

(3)

Unit 4 Rebels and Dreamers: The Romantic Period (1798-1832)

Introduction

612

(10)

The Changing English Language: The Romantic Age

622

(4)

Richard Lederer

Fantasy and Reality

Comparing Literary Works

To a Mouse . . . Poem

626

(3)

Robert Burns

To a Louse . . . Poem

629

(3)

Woo'd and Married and A' . . . Poem

632

(8)

Joanna Baillie

Comparing Literary Works

The Lamb . . . Poem

640

(1)

William Blake

The Tyger . . . Poem

641

(2)

The Chimney Sweeper . . . Poem

643

(1)

Infant Sorrow . . . Poem

644

(6)

Introduction to Frankenstein . . . Nonfiction

650

(8)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Connections: Literature Around the World

The Oval Portrait . . . Short Story

658

(6)

Edgar Allan Poe

Focus on Literary Forms: Lyric Poetry

A Closer Look

Poetry and Friendship in the Romantic Age

664

(2)

Comparing Literary Works

Lines Composed a Few Miles Above

William Wordsworth

Tintern Abbey . . . Poem

666

(6)

from The Prelude . . . Poem

672

(3)

The World Is Too Much with Us . . . Poem

675

(1)

London, 1802 . . . Poem

676

(5)

Reading Informational Materials: Book Reviews

Early Reviews of Wordsworth . . . Book Review

681

(5)

Francis Jeffrey

Comparing Literary Works

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner . . . Poem

686

(24)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Kubla Khan . . . Poem

710

(8)

Comparing Literary Works

She Walks in Beauty . . . Poem

718

(2)

George Gordon

Lord Byron

from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Apostrophe to the Ocean . . . Poem

720

(4)

from Don Juan . . . Poem

724

(8)

Comparing Literary Works

Ozymandias . . . Poem

732

(2)

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ode to the West Wind . . . Poem

734

(3)

To a Skylark . . . Poem

737

(9)

Comparing Literary Works

On First Looking into Chapman's Homer . . . Poem

746

(2)

John Keats

When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be . . . Poem

748

(2)

Ode to a Nightingale . . . Poem

750

(4)

Ode on a Grecian Urn . . . Poem

754

(7)

Connections: Literature Around the World

The Lorelei . . . Poem

761

(1)

Heinrich Heine

Haiku Poem

762

(1)

Basho

Haiku . . . Poem

763

(1)

Yosa Buson

Haiku . . . Poem

764

(4)

Kobayashi Issa

The Reaction to Society's Ills

Comparing Literary Works

Speech to Parliament: In Defense of the Lower Classes . . . Speech

768

(3)

George Gordon

Lord Byron

A Song: ``Men of England'' . . . Poem

771

(1)

Percy Bysshe Shelley

On the Passing of the Reform Bill . . . Nonfiction

772

(8)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Comparing Literary Works

On Making an Agreeable Marriage . . . Nonfiction

780

(4)

Jane Austen

from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman . . . Nonfiction

784

(7)

Mary Wollstonecraft

Connections: Literature and Media

from Sense and Sensibility . . . Screenplay

791

(13)

Emma Thompson

Skills Workshops

Writing About Literature: Evaluate Literary Trends

794

(2)

Writing Workshop: Workplace Writing: Job Portfolio (Cover Letter and Resume)

796

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Critiquing Persuasive Devices

800

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Critical Reasoning

801

(3)

Unit 5 Progress and Decline: The Victorian Period (1833-1901)

Introduction

804

(10)

The Changing English Language: The Victorian Age

814

(4)

Richard Lederer

Relationships

Comparing Literary Works

from In Memoriam, A.H.H. . . . Poem

818

(3)

Alfred

Lord Tennyson

The Lady of Shalott . . . Poem

821

(6)

from The Princess: Tears, Idle Tears . . . Poem

827

(1)

Ulysses . . . Poem

828

(8)

Comparing Literary Works

My Last Duchess . . . Poem

836

(3)

Robert Browning

Life in a Love . . . Poem

839

(1)

Love Among the Ruins . . . Poem

840

(4)

Sonnet 43 . . . Poem

844

(5)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Connections: Literature Around the World

You Know the Place: Then . . . Poem

849

(1)

Invitation to the Voyage . . . Poem

850

(6)

Charles Baudelaire

Focus on Literary Forms: The Novel

A Closer Look

The Curious Workshop of Charles Dickens: Making Myths

856

(2)

Comparing Literary Works

from Hard Times . . . Fiction

858

(7)

Charles Dickens

from Jane Eyre . . . Fiction

865

(12)

Charlotte Bronte

Connections: Literature Around the World

from War and Peace . . . Fiction

877

(7)

Leo Tolstoy

The Empire and Its Discontents

Comparing Literary Works

Dover Beach . . . Poem

884

(2)

Matthew Arnold

Recessional . . . Poem

886

(3)

Rudyard Kipling

The Widow at Windsor . . . Poem

889

(7)

Comparing Literary Works

Condition of Ireland . . . Nonfiction

896

(4)

Progress in Personal Comfort . . . Nonfiction

900

(7)

Sydney Smith

Reading Informational Materials: Web Sites

The Victorian Web Web . . . Site

907

(4)

George Landow

Connections: Literature Past and Present

Opening Statement for the Inaugural Session of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation . . . Speech

911

(7)

Judge Catherine McGuinness

Gloom and Glory

Comparing Literary Works

Remembrance . . . Poem

918

(3)

Emily Bronte

The Darkling Thrush . . . Poem

921

(2)

Thomas Hardy

``Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?'' . . . Poem

923

(7)

Comparing Literary Works

God's Grandeur . . . Poem

930

(2)

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Spring and Fall: To a Young Child . . . Poem

932

(1)

To an Athlete Dying Young . . . Poem

933

(1)

A. E. Housman

When I Was One-and-Twenty . . . Poem

934

(4)

Connections: Literature Around the World

Eternity . . . Poem

938

(14)

Arthur Rimbaud

Skills Workshops

Writing About Literature: Analyze Literary Periods

940

(2)

Writing Workshop: Research: Research Paper

942

(6)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Delivering a Persuasive Speech

948

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Paired Passages

949

(3)

Unit 6 A Time of Rapid Change: The Modern and Postmodern Periods (1901--Present)

Introduction

952

(10)

The Changing English Language: Britspeak, A to Zed

962

(4)

Richard Lederer

Waking From the Dream

Comparing Literary Works

When You Are Old . . . Poem

966

(2)

William Butler Yeats

The Lake Isle of Innisfree . . . Poem

968

(1)

The Wild Swans at Coole . . . Poem

969

(2)

The Second Coming . . . Poem

971

(2)

Sailing to Byzantium . . . Poem

973

(7)

A Closer Look

Modernism and Beyond

980

(2)

Comparing Literary Works

Preludes . . . Poem

982

(2)

T. S. Eliot

Journey of the Magi . . . Poem

984

(2)

A Closer Look

Critical Commentary on ``The Hollow Men''

986

(3)

The Hollow Men . . . Poem

989

(9)

Comparing Literary Works

In Memory of W. B. Yeats . . . Poem

998

(4)

W. H. Auden

Musee des Beaux Arts . . . Poem

1002

(2)

Carrick Revisited . . . Poem

1004

(3)

Louis MacNeice

Not Palaces . . . Poem

1007

(6)

Stephen Spender

Reading Informational Materials: Mission Statements

The National Gallery: Role and Objectives . . . Mission Statement

1013

(5)

Shooting an Elephant . . . Nonfiction

1018

(14)

George Orwell

The Demon Lover Short . . . Story

1032

(11)

Elizabeth Bowen

Connections: Literature Around the World

The Diameter of the Bomb . . . Poem

1043

(1)

Yehuda Amichai

Everything Is Plundered . . . Poem

1044

(2)

Anna Akhmatova

Testament . . . Poem

1046

(4)

Bei Dao

Conflicts Abroad and at Home

Comparing Literary Works

The Soldier . . . Poem

1050

(2)

Rupert Brooke

Wirers . . . Poem

1052

(1)

Siegfried Sassoon

Anthem for Doomed Youth . . . Poem

1053

(1)

Wilfred Owen

Birds on the Western Front . . . Nonfiction

1054

(10)

Saki (Hector Hugh Munro)

Comparing Literary Works

Wartime Speech . . . Speech

1064

(4)

Sir Winston Churchill

Defending Nonviolent Resistance . . . Speech

1068

(10)

Mohandas K. Gandhi

The Fiddle Short . . . Story

1078

(12)

Alan Sillitoe

The Distant Past Short . . . Story

1090

(14)

William Trevor

Comparing Literary Works

Follower . . . Poem

1104

(3)

Seamus Heaney

Two Lorries . . . Poem

1107

(2)

Outside History . . . Poem

1109

(7)

Eavan Boland

No Witchcraft for Sale Short . . . Story

1116

(11)

Doris Lessing

Connections: Literature Past and Present

The Rights We Enjoy, the Duties We Owe . . . Nonfiction

1127

(7)

Tony Blair

Focus on Literary Forms: The Short Story

Comparing Literary Works

The Lagoon . . . Short Story

1134

(13)

Joseph Conrad

Araby . . . Short Story

1147

(11)

James Joyce

Comparing Literary Works

The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection . . . Short Story

1158

(6)

Virginia Woolf

The First Year of My Life . . . Short Story

Muriel Spark

1164

(12)

Comparing Literary Works

The Rocking-Horse Winner . . . Short Story

1176

(14)

D. H. Lawrence

A Shocking Accident . . . Short Story

1190

(8)

Graham Greene

Connections: Literature Around the World

The Book of Sand . . . Short Story

1198

(8)

Jorge Luis Borges

From the National to the Global

Comparing Literary Works

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night . . . Poem

1206

(2)

Dylan Thomas

Fern Hill . . . Poem

1208

(2)

The Horses . . . Poem

1210

(3)

Ted Hughes

The Rain Horse . . . Short Story

1213

(13)

Comparing Literary Works

An Arundel Tomb . . . Poem

1226

(2)

Philip Larkin

The Explosion . . . Poem

1228

(2)

On the Patio . . . Poem

1230

(2)

Peter Redgrove

Not Waving but Drowning . . . Poem

1232

(6)

Stevie Smith

B. Wordsworth . . . Short Story

1238

(12)

V.S. Naipaul

The Train from Rhodesia . . . Short Story

1250

(10)

Nadine Gordimer

Comparing Literary Works

from Midsummer XXIII . . . Poem

1260

(2)

Derek Walcott

from Omeros: from Chapter XXVIII . . . Poem

1262

(3)

From Lucy: Englan' Lady . . . Poem

1265

(7)

James Berry

A Devoted Son . . . Short Story

1272

(16)

Anita Desai

from We'll Never Conquer Space . . . Nonfiction

1288

(10)

Arthur C. Clarke

Skills Workshops

Writing About Literature: Evaluate Literary Trends

1298

(2)

Writing Workshop: Exposition: Multimedia Report

1300

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Analyzing Bias in News Media

1304

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Strategy, Organization, and Style

1305

Resources

Suggestions for Sustained Reading

(6)

Glossary

(3)

Tips for Improving Reading Fluency

(2)

Literary Terms Handbook

(10)

Grammar and Mechanics Handbook

(6)

Internet Research Handbook

(2)

Citing Sources

(2)

Rubric Handbook

(4)

Preparing for College Entrance and AP™ Exams

(3)

College Application Essays

(1)

Writing About Literature

(5)

Formatting Business Letters

(1)

Commonly Misspelled Words

(1)

Indexes

(8)

Acknowledgments (continued)

(1)

Credits

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