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SHAKESPEARE

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet. 
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet. Annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on Internet, plus new Shakespeare material such as: Shakespeare biography which gives the key events of Shakespeare's life and work along with related documentary evidence, a Shakespeare genealogy, a timeline showing the events of Shakespeare's life in outline along with important contemporary events and publications & Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare.  

Shakespeare: a magazine for teachers & enthusiasts 

Recent productions & films, teaching resources, background materials.

Shakespeare in Education 

Links to sites designed to teach Shakespeare over the Internet and in the classroom, and sites which contain mostly non-print educational materials.

Shakespeare On-Line
Shakespeare Online has comprehensive information about Shakespeare. Includes the plays, sonnets, poems, timelines, sources, essays, plots, analysis and key dates.  

Shakespeare Theme Page 
"This "Theme Page" has links to two types of resources related to the study of Shakespeare. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic.  

Shakespeare Web 

Everything you always wanted to know about Shakespeare but were afraid to ask, including a new section of reviews of contemporary productions of Shakespeare.  

Shakespeare's Globe 
Comprehensive site on Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, with an online guide to the reconstructed theatre as well as the history of the original.   

DRAMATISTS & PLAYS

IPL Online Literary Criticism 

The IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection contains 1576 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by literary period. 

Beckett, Samuel - FringeWare Inc. Bio Samuel Beckett
This page provides biographical information about Samuel Beckett and provides a number of related links. 

Beckett, Samuel  - Samuel Beckett Endpage
This site from the University of California is devoted to the life and work of Samuel Beckett. It has a timeline, biography, photographs, bulletin board, The Samuel Beckett Society and links to other sites. 

Arthur Miller introduction
In this brief excerpt from the preface of Leonard Moss' Arthur Miller, an attempt is made to analyse the significance of Miller's work. 

Arthur Miller's The Crucible Fact and Fiction
A review of the historical facts behind the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 and Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. 

Arthur Miller - The Crucible Teacher's Guide
A unit of work for students based on Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. 

GENERAL SITES

Study Guides Online
This site features study guides prepared by English Professor Paul Brians of Washington State University for his classes, but available free of charge to Web users, provided they credit the author. The site offers study guides to an extensive library of works, including texts in the fields of science fiction, world history, eighteenth and nineteenth century European classics, Renaissance and World Literature, and the Bible. The study guides not only provide detailed summaries and analyses of the texts, but helpful glossaries of vocabulary and allusions, related Web links, and explanations of key cultural concepts. All together, there are study guides for about 75 texts.

SparkNotes
SparkNotes Online study guides to around 100 literature classics created by Harvard University students and alumni. Each SparkNote contains sections on context, characters, overall summary, chapter-by-chapter summary and commentary, study questions, and a message board for collaborative learning.