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Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)
British writer. She was one of the first woman to be a professional writer;
that is, to earn her living by her pen, was Aphra Behn. Behn
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- Disappointment
- Dream, The
- Epitaph on the Tombstone of a Child
- Love Arm'd
- Oroonoko
- Rover, The
- Thousand Martyrs I Have Made, A
- To the Fair Clarinda
- Unfortunate Happy Lady, The
Beowulf
The most imposing piece of literature that has been handed down to us from the
Anglo-Saxons is the folk-epic Beowulf, dated at about 1000. Beowulf
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Bierce,
Ambrose (1842-1914)
American writer. Ambrose Bierce is well-known for his well-anthologized ghost
stories (among them is "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge"). He's also
remembered for his humorous Devil's Dictionary. Bierce
Links | Bierce Bio | Bierce
E-texts
- Damned Thing, The
- Devil's Dictionary
- Moxon's Master
- My Favorite Murder
- Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, An
Blackwood,
Algernon (1869-1951)
British writer. Algernon Blackwood created ghost stories and supernatural fiction.
Blackwood links
Bradstreet,
Anne (1612-1672)
American writer. Anne Bradstreet was one of the greatest poets of the 17th century.
Born in Northamptonshire, England to Thomas Dudley and Dorthy Yorke, Anne Bradstreet
was the first daughter and the second of five children. Bradstreet
Links | E-texts
- Author to Her Book, The
- Before the Birth of One of Her Children
- Contemplations
- Deliverance from a Fit of Fainting
- Here Follow Several Occasional Meditations
- In My Solitary Hours in My Dear Husband His Absence
- Prologue
- Upon the Burning of Our House
Brontë,
Anne (1820-1849)
British writer. One of the famous Brontë sisters who is best known for her novel Agnes Grey. Brontë Links
- Agnes Gray - Novel
- Captive Dove, The - Poem
- Fragment - Poem
- Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day - Poem
- Past Days - Poem
- Retirement - Poem
- Student's Serenade - Poem
- Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Novel
Brontë,
Charlotte (1818-1848)
British writer. One of the famous Brontë sisters who is best known for her novel Wuthering Heights. Brontë Links
- Jane Eyre - Novel
- Professor, The - Novel
Brontë,
Emily (1818-1848)
British writer. One of the famous Brontë sisters who is best known for her novel Wuthering Heights. Brontë Links
- Wuthering Heights - Novel
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861)
- Adequacy
- Apprehension, An
- Aurora Leigh
- Autumn, The
- Best Thing in the World, The
- Change Upon Change
- Cheerfulness Taught By Reason
- Child Asleep, A
- Comfort
- Consolation
- Cry of the Children, The
- Curse for a Nation, A
- De Profundis
- Dead Rose, A
- Deserted Garden, The
- Discontent
- Exaggeration
- Grief
- House of Clouds, The
- How Do I Love Thee?
- Insufficiency
- Irreparableness
- Lady's Yes, The
- Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, The
- Look, The
- Lord Walter's Wife
- Man's Requirements
- Meaning of the Look, The
- Minstrelsy
- Musical Instrument, A
- My Heart and I
- On a Portrait of Wordsworth by B.R. Haydon
- Pain in Pleasure
- Poet and the Bird, The
- Prisoner, The
- Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point, The
- Sea-Side Walk, A
- Seraph and the Poet, The
- Sonnets
from the Portuguese
- I - I thought once how Theocritus had sung
- II - But only three in all God's universe
- III - Unlike are we, unlike, O princely Heart!
- IV - Thou hast thy calling to some palace-floor
- V - I lift my heavy heart up solemnly
- VI - Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand
- VII - The face of all the world is changed, I think
- VIII - What can I give thee back, O liberal
- IX - Can it be right to give what I can give?
- X - Yet, love, mere love, is beautiful indeed
- XI - And therefore if to love can be desert
- XII - Indeed this very love which is my boast
- XIII - And wilt thou have me fashion into speech
- XIV - If thou must love me, let it be for nought
- XV - Accuse me not, beseech thee, that I wear
- XVI - And yet, because thou overcomest so
- XVII - My poet thou canst touch on all the notes
- XVIII - I never gave a lock of hair away
- XIX - The soul's Rialto hath its merchandize
- XX - Beloved, my beloved, when I think
- XXI - Say over again, and yet once over again
- XXII - When our two souls stand up erect and strong
- XXIII - Is it indeed so? If I lay here dead
- XXIV - Let the world's sharpness like a clasping knife
- XXV - A heavy heart, Beloved, have I borne
- XXVI - I lived with visions for my company
- XXVII - My own Beloved, who hast lifted me
- XXVIII - My letters! all dead paper, mute and white!
- XXIX - I think of thee!--my thoughts do twine and bud
- XXX - I see thine image through my tears to-night
- XXXI - Thou comest! all is said without a word
- XXXII - The first time that the sun rose on thine oath
- XXXIII - Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear
- XXXIV - With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee
- XXXV - - If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange
- XXXVI - When we met first and loved, I did not build
- XXXVII - Pardon, oh, pardon, that my soul should make
- XXXVIII - First time he kissed me, he but only kissed
- XXXIX - Because thou hast the power and own'st the grace
- XL - Oh, yes! they love through all this world of ours!
- XLI - I thank all who have loved me in their hearts
- XLII - My future will not copy fair my past
- XLIII - How do I love thee? Let me count the ways
- XLIV - Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers
- Soul's Expression, The
- Substitution
- Thought For a Lonely Death-Bed, A
- To
- To Flush, My Dog
- To George Sand: A Desire
- To George Sand: A Recognition
- Two Sayings, The
- Valediction, A
- Weakest Thing, The
- Work
- Work and Contemplation
Browning,
Robert (1812-1883)
British writer. He is especially noted for perfecting the dramatic monologue (literary composition in which the speaker reveals his or her character), and
for being Elizabeth Barrett Browning's better half. R.
Browning Links
- Ah, Love, But a Day
- Andrea del Sarto
- Another Way of Love
- Any Wife to Any Husband
- Before
- Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church, Rome, The
- Boy and the Angel, The
- By the Fire-Side
- Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came
- Cleon
- Confessions
- Flight of the Duchess, The
- Fra Lippo Lippi
- Grammarian's Funeral, A
- Heretic's Tragedy, The
- Home Thoughts, From Abroad
- How They Brought the Good News From Ghent to Aix
- In a Gondola
- In a Year
- Incident of the French Camp
- Laboratory, The
- Last Ride Together, The
- Life in Love
- Light Woman, A
- Lost Leader, The
- Lost Mistress, The
- Love Among the Ruins
- Love in Life
- Lovers' Quarrel, A
- Meeting at Night
- Misconceptions
- My Last Duchess
- My Star
- Never the Time and the Place
- Now
- Parting at Morning
- Pied Piper of Hamelin, The
- Popularity
- Porphyria's Lover
- Pretty Woman, A
- Prospice
- Rabbi Ben Ezra
- Saul
- Serenade at the Villa, A
- Soliliquy of the Spanish Cloister
- Song from 'Paracelsus'
- Summum Bonum
- Twins, The
- Two in the Campagna
- Waring
- Woman's Last Word, A
- Women and Roses
- Youth and Art
Robert
Burns (1759-1796)
Scotish writer. Robert Burns is recognized at the "National Bard" of Scotland. His works had a Scottish flare, as he depicted the land and culture...
- Quotes
- Man Was Made to Mourn
- Address of Beelzebub
- Address to the Deil
- Address to Edinburgh
- Address to the Toothache
- Address to the Unco Guid
- Ae Fond Kiss, and then We Sever
- Auld Lang Syne
- Banks O'Doon, The
- Battle of Sherramuir, The
- Bonie Jean
- Bonnie Lesley
- Bottle and a Friend, A
- Coming Through the Rye
- Dedication, A
- Duncan Gray
- Fareweel To A' Our Scottish Fame
- Farewell, A
- Fiddler in the North, A
- Grace Before Dinner, A
- Green Grow the Rashes
- Halloween
- Handsome Nell
- Henpecked Husband
- Highland Mary
- Holy Willie's Prayer
- John Barleycorn
- John Anderson
- Lament for Culloden
- Lines on War
- Love in the Guidse of Friendship
- Man Was Made to Mourn
- Mary Morison
- Mother's Lament for the Death of her Son, A
- My Heart's in the Highlands
- No Churchman Am I...
- Oh Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast
- On Marriage
- Prayer: Under the Pressure of Violent Anguish
- Prayer: In the Prospect of Death, A
- Red, Red Rose, A
- Scotch Drink
Byron, Lord (1788-1824)
British writer. Lord Byron is one of the famous Romantic poets, famous for works like "She Walks in Beauty."
- And Thou Art Dead, as Young and Fair
- By the Rivers of Babylon We Sat Down and Wept
- Darkness
- Dear Doctor, I Have Read Your Play
- Destruction of Sennacherib, The
- Fragment of a Novel
- I Would I Were a Careless Child
- John Keats
- Prometheus
- Remember Thee! Remember Thee!
- She Walks in Beauty
- So We'll Go No More A-Roving
- Sonnet to Lake Leman
- Stanzas for Music
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