Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes : The British Tradition

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Unit 1 From Legend to History (449 A.D.--1485)

Introduction

Timeline

(2)

The Story of the Times

(1)

A Graphic Look at the Period

(6)

The Changing English Language: The Beginnings of English

(4)

Richard Lederer

Part 1 Earthly Exile, Heavenly Home

Reading for Success Literal Comprehension Strategies

Model Selection

(1)

The Seafarer Poem

(4)

Burton Raffel

Beyond Literature-Science Connection: Early Navigation

(1)

The Wanderer Poem

(4)

Charles W. Kennedy

The Wife's Lament Poem

(5)

Ann Stanford

Connections to World Literature

from Tristia Poem

(2)

Ovid

Far Corners of Earth Poem

(47)

Tu Fu

Writing Process Workshop: Dramatic Monologue

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Using Verb Tenses; Punctuating Free Verse

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Placing Reading in Time Context

(4)

Part 2 Focus on Literary Forms: The EPIC

from Beowulf

Burton Raffel

The Wrath of Grendel Epic

(3)

The Coming of Beowulf Epic

(4)

The Battle with Grendel Epic

(3)

The Monsters' Lair Epic

(1)

The Battle with Grendel's Mother Epic

(3)

The Last Battle Epic

(5)

The Spoils Epic

(1)

The Farewell Epic

(5)

Connections to World Literature

from Gilgamesh

David Ferry

The Prologue Epic

(2)

from the Iliad

Homer

from Book XIX, The Battle of Hektor and Achilleus Epic

(4)

Writing Process Workshop: Research Paper

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Punctuating Quotations; Using Transitions to Show Importance

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Sources of Information

(4)

Part 3 The Story of Britain: A National Spirit

from A History of the English Church and People Nonfiction

(3)

Bede

from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Nonfiction

(61)

Anne Savage

from The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Prologue Poem

(24)

The Nun's Priest's Tale Poem

112

(19)

Connections to Today's World

The London Times Elizabeth II: A New Queen Nonfiction

131

(4)

Writing Process Workshop: College-Application Essay

135

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Using Transitions; Using Pronouns Correctly

137

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading an Application

138

(4)

Part 4 Perils and Adventures

from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Poem

142

(14)

Marie Borroff

from Morte d' Arthur Fiction

156

(10)

Sir Thomas Malory

Letters of Margaret Paston Nonfiction

166

(3)

Margaret Paston

Beyond Literature--History Connection: Tools of Battle

169

(1)

Lord Randall Poem

170

(2)

Anonymous

Get Up and Bar the Door Poem

172

(2)

Anonymous

The Twa Corbies Poem

174

(2)

Anonymous

Barbara Allan Poem

176

(5)

Anonymous

Connections to World Literature

from The Nibelungenlied How Siegfried Was Slain Epic

181

(28)

A. T. Hatto

Writing Process Workshop: Persuasive Speech

188

(8)

Applying Language Skills: Using Parallel Structure; Eliminating Unnecessary Words

190

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Advertisements

191

(1)

Speaking and Listening Workshop: Delivering a Persuasive Speech

192

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

193

(3)

Unit 2 Celebrating Humanity (1485--1625)

Introduction

Timeline

196

(2)

The Story of the Times

198

(1)

A Graphic Look at the Period

198

(6)

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

204

(4)

Richard Lederer

Part 1 Lovers and Their Lines

Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Poetry

208

(1)

Model Selections

Sonnet 1 Poem

209

(1)

Edmund Spenser

Sonnet 35 Poem

210

(1)

Sonnet 75 Poem

211

(1)

Sonnet 31 Poem

212

(1)

Sir Philip Sidney

Sonnet 39 Poem

213

(4)

Pastoral Poetry

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Poem

217

(1)

Christopher Marlowe

The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd Poem

217

(3)

Sir Walter Raleigh

Sonnet 29 Poem

220

(1)

William Shakespeare

Sonnet 106 Poem

221

(1)

Sonnet 116 Poem

222

(1)

Sonnet 130 Poem

223

(4)

Connections to World Literature

Sonnet 18 Poem

227

(1)

Francesco Petrarch

Sonnet 28 Poem

227

(1)

Sonnet 69 Poem

228

(1)

Pablo Neruda

Sonnet 89 Poem

229

(9)

Writing Process Workshop: Comparative Analysis

231

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Using Quotation Marks; Using Pronouns and Antecedents

233

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Contracts

234

(4)

Part 2 The Story of Britain: The Influence of the Monarchy

from Utopia Fiction

238

(2)

Sir Thomas More

from Speech Before Defeating the Spanish Armada Speech

240

(6)

Queen Elizabeth I

from The King James Bible Psalm 23 Scripture

246

(1)

King James

from the Sermon on the Mount Scripture

247

(1)

The Parable of the Prodigal Son Scripture

248

(5)

Connections to Today's World

from A Man for All Seasons Drama

253

(1)

Robert Bolt

Beyond Literature--Media Connection: The Monarchs and the Movies

254

(10)

Writing process Workshop: Persuasive Essay

259

(5)

Applying Language Skills: Using Active Voice; Using Persuasive Language

261

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Political Persuasion

262

(2)

Part 3 Focus on Literary Forms: Drama

Elizabethan Theater

264

(2)

Macbeth on Stage

266

(25)

The Tragedy of Macbeth

William Shakespeare

Act I Drama

272

(19)

Beyond Literature---History Connection: The Real Macbeth

291

(74)

Act II Drama

294

(16)

Act III Drama

310

(18)

Act IV Drama

328

(20)

Act V Drama

348

(17)

Connections to World Literature

from Oedipus, the King Drama

365

(28)

Sophocles

Writing Process Workshop: Drama

372

(8)

Applying Language Skills: Informal English; Formatting Drama

374

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Following Test Directions

375

(1)

Speaking and Listening Workshop: Oral Retelling

376

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

377

(3)

Unit 3 A Turbulent Time (1625--1798)

Introduction

Timeline

380

(2)

The Story of the Times

382

(1)

A Graphic Look at the Period

382

(6)

The Changing English Language: No Harmless Drudge, He

388

(4)

Richard Lederer

Part 1 The War Against Time

Reading for Success Strategies for Constructing Meaning

392

(1)

Model Selections

Meditation 17 Nonfiction

393

(3)

John Donne

Song Poem

396

(2)

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Poem

398

(2)

Holy Sonnet 10 Poem

400

(6)

On My First Son Poem

406

(1)

Ben Jonson

Song: To Celia Poem

407

(1)

Still to Be Neat Poem

408

(1)

Beyond Literature--History Connection: Renaissance Warfare

409

(5)

To His Coy Mistress Poem

414

(2)

Andrew Marvell

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time Poem

416

(1)

Robert Herrick

Song Poem

417

(4)

Sir John Suckling

Connections to World Literature

Freeze Tag Song

421

(1)

Suzanne Vega

New Beginning Song

422

(10)

Tracy Chapman

Writing Process Workshop: Editorial

425

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Avoiding Logical Fallacies; Fixing Misplaced Modifiers

427

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Judging a Writer's Purpose

428

(4)

Part 2 The Story of Britain: A Nation Divided

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

432

(1)

John Milton

Sonnet XIX (``When I consider'') Poem

433

(1)

from Paradise Lost Epic

434

(12)

from Eve's Apology in Defense of Women Poem

446

(2)

Amelia Lanier

To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars Poem

448

(1)

Richard Lovelace

To Althea, from Prison Poem

449

(4)

Connections to Today's World

from Light Shining in Buckinghamshire Drama

453

(9)

Caryl Churchill

Writing Process Workshop: Autobiographical Incident

455

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Agreement With Indefinite Pronouns; Appositive Phrases

457

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Recognizing Bias in Articles

458

(4)

Part 3 The Ties That Bind

from the Diary Nonfiction

462

(6)

Samuel Pepys

from A Journal of the Plague Year Fiction

468

(20)

Daniel Defoe

from Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

from A Voyage to Lilliput Fiction

476

(4)

from A Voyage to Brobdingnag Fiction

480

(8)

from The Rape of the Lock Poem

488

(4)

Alexander Pope

Beyond Literature---History Connection: Eighteenth-Century Fashions

492

(6)

from An Essay on Man Poem

498

(7)

from The Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language Nonfiction

505

(3)

Samuel Johnson

from A Dictionary of the English Language Nonfiction

508

(2)

from The Life of Samuel Johnson Nonfiction

510

(10)

James Boswell

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Poem

520

(6)

Thomas Gray

A Nocturnal Reverie Poem

526

(7)

Anne Finch

Connections to World Literature

from the Analects Philosophy

533

(2)

Confucius

from the Declaration of Independence Nonfiction

535

(11)

Thomas Jefferson

Writing Process Workshop: Multimedia Presentation

539

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Using Documentation; Incorporating Media

541

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Visual Information

542

(4)

Part 4 Focus on Literary Forms: The Essay

On Spring Nonfiction

546

(4)

Samuel Johnson

from the Aims of the Spectator Nonfiction

550

(5)

Joseph Addison

Connections to World Literature

Homeless Nonfiction

555

(24)

Anna Quindlen

Writing Process Workshop: Reflective Essay

558

(8)

Applying Language Skills: Using Troublesome Modifiers Correctly; Using Vivid Verbs

560

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading to Enrich Your Life

561

(1)

Speaking and Listening Workshop: An Oral Presentation With Visuals

562

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

563

(3)

Unit 4 Rebels and Dreamers (1798--1832)

Introduction

566

(12)

Timeline

568

(1)

The Story of the Times

568

(1)

A Graphic Look at the Period

568

(6)

The Changing English Language: The Romantic Age

574

(4)

Richard Lederer

Part 1 Fantasy and Reality

Reading for Success Interactive Reading Strategies

578

(1)

Model Selection

Introduction to Frankenstein Nonfiction

579

(9)

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

To a Mouse Poem

588

(2)

Robert Burns

To a Louse Poem

590

(2)

Woo'd and Married and A' Poem

592

(6)

Joanna Baillie

The Lamb Poem

598

(1)

William Blake

The Tyger Poem

599

(1)

The Chimney Sweeper Poem

600

(1)

Infant Sorrow Poem

601

(1)

Beyond Literature---History Connection: Blake and His Time

602

(3)

Connections to World Literature

The Oval Portrait Short Story

605

(11)

Edgar Allan Poe

Writing Process Workshop: Compare-and-Contrast Essay

609

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Forms of Comparison; Participial Phrases

611

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading to Find Specific Information

612

(4)

Part 2 Focus on Literary Forms: Lyric Poetry

Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey Poem

616

(5)

William Wordsworth

from The Prelude Poem

621

(3)

The World Is Too Much with Us Poem

624

(1)

London, 1802 Poem

625

(5)

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Poem

630

(22)

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Kubla Khan Poem

652

(6)

She Walks in Beauty Poem

658

(2)

George Gordon

Lord Byron

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

660

(3)

from Don Juan Poem

663

(7)

Ozymandias Poem

670

(2)

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ode to the West Wind Poem

672

(4)

To a Skylark Poem

676

(8)

On First Looking into Chapman's Homer Poem

684

(1)

John Keats

When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be Poem

685

(1)

Ode to a Nightingale Poem

686

(4)

Ode on a Grecian Urn Poem

690

(5)

Connections to World Literature

The Lorelei Poem

695

(1)

Heinrich Heine

Haiku Poem

696

(1)

Basho

Haiku Poem

696

(1)

Yosa Buson

Haiku Poem

697

(9)

Kobayashi Issa

Writing Process Workshop: Video Script

699

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Special Problems With Agreement; Formatting Scripts

701

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Using Visual Cues

702

(4)

Part 3 The Story of Britain: The Reaction to Society'S Ills

Speech to Parliament: In Defense of the Lower Classes Speech

706

(2)

George Gordon

Lord Byron

A Song: ``Men of England'' Poem

708

(2)

Percy Bysshe Shelley

On the Passing of the Reform Bill Nonfiction

710

(2)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Beyond Literature---Technology Connection: The Luddites

712

(4)

On Making an Agreeable Marriage Nonfiction

716

(4)

Jane Austen

from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Nonfiction

720

(5)

Mary Wollstonecraft

Connections to Today's World

from The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries Drama

725

(26)

Emma Thompson

Writing Process Workshop: Job Portfolio

730

(8)

Applying Language Skills: Using Positive Language; Using Concise Language

732

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Perspective in Historical Accounts

733

(1)

Speaking and Listening Workshop: Handling a Job Interview

734

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

735

(3)

Unit 5 Progress and Decline (1833--1901)

Introduction

Timeline

738

(2)

The Story of the Times

740

(1)

A Graphic Look at the Period

740

(6)

The Changing English Language: The Victorian Age

746

(4)

Richard Lederer

Part 1 Relationships

Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Critically

750

(1)

Model Selection

from In Memoriam, A. H. H. Poem

751

(3)

Alfred

Lord Tennyson

The Lady of Shalott Poem

754

(5)

Ulysses Poem

759

(3)

from The Princess: Tears, Idle Tears Poem

762

(6)

My Last Duchess Poem

768

(3)

Robert Browning

Life in a Love Poem

771

(1)

Love Among the Ruins Poem

772

(4)

Sonnet 43 Poem

776

(1)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Beyond Literature---Media Connection: The Barretts of Wimpole Street

777

(4)

Connections to World Literature

You Know the Place: Then Poem

781

(1)

Sappho

Invitation to the Voyage Poem

782

(10)

Charles Baudelaire

Writing Process Workshop: Cause-and-Effect Essay

785

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Revising Stringy Sentences; Using Precise Language

787

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Identifying Main Ideas in an Article

788

(4)

Part 2 The Story of Britain: The Empire and Its Discontents

Dover Beach Poem

792

(2)

Matthew Arnold

Recessional Poem

794

(2)

Rudyard Kipling

The Widow at Windsor Poem

796

(8)

Condition of Ireland Nonfiction

The Illustrated London News

802

(2)

Beyond Literature---History Connection: The Potato Famine

804

(1)

Progress in Personal Comfort Nonfiction

805

(6)

Sydney Smith

Connections to Today's World

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

811

(11)

Judge Catherine McGuinness

Writing Process Workshop: Statistical Report

815

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Introducing Statistical Information; Interpreting Statistics

817

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Consumer Reports

818

(4)

Part 3 Focus on Literary Forms: The Novel

from Hard Times Fiction

822

(6)

Charles Dickens

from Jane Eyre Fiction

828

(9)

Charlotte Bronte

Connections to World Literature

from War and Peace Fiction

837

(11)

Leo Tolstoy

Writing Process Workshop: Character Sketch

841

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Using Figurative Language; Dangling Modifiers

843

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Novels and Other Extended Works

844

(4)

Part 4 Gloom and Glory

Remembrance Poem

848

(2)

Emily Bronte

The Darkling Thrush Poem

850

(2)

Thomas Hardy

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

852

(6)

God's Grandeur Poem

858

(1)

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Spring and Fall: To a Young Child Poem

859

(1)

To an Athlete Dying Young Poem

860

(1)

A. E. Housman

When I Was One-and-Twenty Poem

861

(4)

Connections to World Literature

Eternity Poem

865

(24)

Arthur Rimbaud

Writing Process Workshop: Parody

868

(8)

Applying Language Skills: Imitate Sentence Types; Avoid Redundancy

870

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Adjusting Reading Rate

871

(1)

Speaking and Listening Workshop: Critically Evaluating a News Report

872

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

873

(3)

Unit 6 A Time of Rapid Change (1901--Present)

Introduction

Timeline

876

(2)

The Story of the Times

878

(1)

A Graphic Look at the Period

878

(6)

The Changing English Language: Britspeak, A to Zed

884

(4)

Richard Lederer

Part 1 Waking From the Dream

Reading for Success Strategies for Reading and Interpreting Fiction

888

(1)

Model Selection

The Demon Lover Short Story

889

(9)

Elizabeth Bowen

When You Are Old Poem

898

(1)

William Butler Yeats

The Lake Isle of Innisfree Poem

899

(1)

The Wild Swans at Coole Poem

900

(2)

The Second Coming Poem

902

(2)

Sailing to Byzantium Poem

904

(6)

Preludes Poem

910

(2)

T. S. Eliot

Journey of the Magi Poem

912

(2)

The Hollow Men Poem

914

(10)

In Memory of W. B. Yeats Poem

924

(4)

W. H. Auden

Musee des Beaux Arts Poem

928

(2)

Carrick Revisited Poem

930

(2)

Louis MacNeice

Not Palaces Poem

932

(6)

Stephen Spender

Shooting an Elephant Nonfiction

938

(4)

George Orwell

Beyond Literature---Science Connection: Protecting Elephants

942

(7)

Connections to World Literature

The Diameter of the Bomb Poem

949

(1)

Yehuda Amichai

Everything Is Plundered Poem

950

(1)

Anna Akhmatova

Testament Poem

951

(9)

Bei Dao

Writing Process Workshop: Research Paper

953

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Citing Sources; Creating a Bibliography

955

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Information on the Internet

956

(4)

Part 2 The Story of Britain: Conflicts Abroad and at Home

The Soldier Poem

960

(1)

Rupert Brooke

Beyond Literature---Community Connection: Showing Appreciation to War Veterans

960

(2)

Wirers Poem

962

(1)

Siegfried Sassoon

Anthem for Doomed Youth Poem

963

(1)

Wilfred Owen

Birds on the Western Front Nonfiction

964

(8)

Saki

Wartime Speech Speech

972

(3)

Winston Churchill

Defending Nonviolent Resistance Speech

975

(9)

Mohandas K. Gandhi

The Fiddle Short Story

984

(10)

Alan Sillitoe

The Distant Past Short Story

994

(10)

William Trevor

Follower Poem

1004

(2)

Seamus Heaney

Two Lorries Poem

1006

(2)

Outside History Poem

1008

(6)

Eavan Boland

No Witchcraft for Sale Short Story

1014

(9)

Doris Lessing

Connections to Today's World

The Rights We Enjoy, the Duties We Owe Nonfiction

1023

(11)

Tony Blair

Writing Process Workshop: How-to Essay

1027

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Avoiding Run-on Sentences; Formating Instructions

1029

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Following Directions

1030

(4)

Part 3 Focus on Literary Forms: The Short Story

The Lagoon Short Story

1034

(10)

Joseph Conrad

Araby Short Story

1044

(10)

James Joyce

The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection Short Story

1054

(4)

Virginia Woolf

The First Year of My Life Short Story

1058

(10)

Muriel Spark

The Rocking-Horse Winner Short Story

1068

(10)

D. H. Lawrence

A Shocking Accident Short Story

1078

(7)

Graham Greene

Connections to World Literature

The Book of Sand Short Story

1085

(11)

Jorge Luis Borges

Writing Process Workshop: Short Story

1089

(7)

Applying Language Skills: Writing Dialogue; Using Active Voice

1091

(1)

Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Manuals

1092

(4)

Part 4 From the National to the Global

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Poem

1096

(2)

Dylan Thomas

Fern Hill Poem

1098

(2)

The Horses Poem

1100

(2)

Ted Hughes

The Rain Horse Short Story

1102

(10)

An Arundel Tomb Poem

1112

(1)

Philip Larkin

The Explosion Poem

1113

(1)

On the Patio Poem

1114

(1)

Peter Redgrove

Not Waving but Drowning Poem

1115

(5)

Stevie Smith

B. Wordsworth Short Story

1120

(10)

V. S. Naipaul

The Train from Rhodesia Short Story

1130

(8)

Nadine Gordimer

from Midsummer XXIII Poem

1138

(2)

Derek Walcott

from Omeros from Chapter XXVIII Poem

1140

(2)

From Lucy: Englan' Lady Poem

1142

(6)

James Berry

A Devoted Son Short Story

1148

(12)

Anita Desai

We'll Never Conquer Space Nonfiction

1160

(4)

Arthur C. Clarke

Beyound Literature---Technology Connection: Clarke and Comsat

1164

(10)

Writing Process Workshop: Critical Evaluation

1168

(6)

Applying Language Skills: Avoding Incomplete and Illogical Comparisons; Avoiding Cliches

1170

(1)

Real-Worlds Reading Skills Workshop: Using Heads and Text Structure

1171

(1)

Speaking and Listening Workshop: Conflict Resolution

1172

(1)

Extended Reading Opportunities

1173

(1)

Access Guide to Vocabulary

1174

(3)

Literary Terms Handbook

1177

(12)

Writing Process Handbook

1189

(5)

Grammar Handbook

1194

(6)

Speaking and Listening Handbook

1200

(2)

Research Handbook

1202

(2)

Collage and Career Handbook

1204

(3)

Index of Authors and Titles

1207

(2)

Index of Skills

1209

(6)

Index of Fine Art

1215

(4)

Acknowledgments and Credits

1219

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