Auden, W. H.
"Musée Des Beaux Arts" & "In Memory of W. B. Yeats" - An analysis of the theme, structure and style of "Musée" and "Yeats."
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Behn, Aphra
Oroonoko - A lengthy analysis of the genre, structure, themes, and characters of Oroonoko.
Beowulf author
Beowulf - An analysis of the structure of "Beowulf," the poem as an epic, Beowulf as a hero, and the Christian elements in "Beowulf."
Blake, William
"The Tiger" - A brief analysis of the theme and poetic devices of "Tiger."
Boswell, James
See Johnson, Samuel for a discussion of Boswell's Life of Johnson.
Browning, Robert
"My Last Duchess" - A brief analysis of the theme, structure, and characters of Browning's "Duchess."
"Meeting at Night" - A brief analysis of the theme, structure, imagery, and diction of Browning's "Meeting."
Burns, Robert
"My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" - A brief analysis of the theme, conflict, and literary devices of Burns' "Red, Red Rose."
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Chaucer, Geoffrey
The Canterbury Tales 1 - An analysis of the themes, the structure, and the pilgrims of Canterbury.
The Canterbury Tales 2 - Detailed notes on Chaucer and Canterbury.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Biographia Literaria *- An analysis of Coleridge's major ideas about literary criticism in Biographia.
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Donne, John
John Donne's Poetry
- An analysis of the metaphysical aspects of Donne's poetry and the
following works: "Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star," "A Valediction:
Forbidding Mourning," "Death, Be Not Proud," and "Meditation 17."
Dryden, John
Dryden: Introduction - An overview of Dryden's life, poetic themes, and stylistic characteristics.
"Absalom and Achitophel" - An analysis of the background, themes, structure, characters, and literary characteristics of Dryden's "Absalom."
"Alexander's Feast" * - An analysis of the theme and structure of "Alexander's Feast."
An Essay on Dramatic Poesy *- An analysis of Dryden's major ideas about dramatic criticism in Dramatic Poesy: Ancients vs. Moderns, dramatic unity, and Shakespeare and Jonson.
"Mac Flecknoe" *- An analysis of the themes, the structure, and the imagery of "Mac Flecknoe."
"A Song for St. Cecilia's Day" * - An analysis of the theme and structure of "St. Cecilia's Day."
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Eliot, T. S.
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" & The Waste Land - Analysis of the themes and stylistic characteristics of "Prufrock" and Waste Land.
"Tradition and Individual Talent"- An analysis of Eliot's major ideas about literary criticism.
Elizabethan Literature: Introduction to Marlowe and Shakespeare
Elizabethan Literature * - An overview of Elizabethan England and breif analysis of Marlowe and Shakespeare's Sonnets.
Everyman author
Everyman - A brief introduction to Medieval drama and an analysis of the themes, the theological issues, and the structure of Everyman.
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Gray, Thomas
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" *- An analysis of the themes and the structure of "Elegy."
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Hardy, Thomas
"The Darkling Thrush" - A brief analysis of the theme and structure of "Thrush."
Heaney, Seamus
"Digging" - An analysis of the theme and structure of "Digging."
Hopkins, Gerard Manley
"God's Grandeur" & "Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord" - An analysis of the stylistic characteristics of Hopkins' poetry and of "God's Grandeur" and "Thou Art Indeed."
Housman, A. E.
"Loveliest of Trees," "When I Was One-and-Twenty," & "Eight O'Clock"- An analysis of the themes and structure of "Loveliest," "One-and-Twenty," and "Eight O'Clock."
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Johnson, Samuel
The Dictionary of the English Language - An analysis of Johnson's "Preface" to his Dictionary, of Boswell's Life of Johnson, and Johnson's "Letter to Chesterfield."
"Preface to Shakespeare" *- An analysis of Johnson's major ideas about dramatic criticism in "Preface to Shakespeare."
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Keats, John
"Letters on Poetry" * - An analysis of Keats's critical ideas about poetry as gleaned from his letters.
"Ode on a Grecian Urn"- Keats's "Ode" analyzed in Cleanth Brooks's essay "Keats's Sylvan Historian."
"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" - A brief analysis of the structure, theme, and poetic devices of "Chapman's Homer."
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Larkin, Philip
"Church Going" - An analysis of the theme, structure, and stylistic aspects of "Church Going."
Lawrence, D. H.
"The Rocking-Horse Winner" * - An analysis of the theme, structure, and characters of "Rocking-Horse."
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Marvell, Andrew
"To His Coy Mistress" - An analysis of the theme, structure, and poetic devices of "Coy Mistress."
Middle English Period
Middle English Period *- Handout on the Middle England Period, which include Anglo-Norman England(1066-1307), the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century."
Middle English Poets
Middle English Lyrics and Ballads -
An analysis of the themes and structure of "The Cuckoo Song," "Western
Wind," "I Am of Ireland," "Lord Randall," "Bonny Barbara Allan," and
"Sir Patrick Spens."
Milton, John
Life and Poetic Characteristics - An analysis of the three periods of Milton's life and of the major characteristics of his literary works.
"Lycidas"- An analysis of its background, the poem as elegy, its themes, its structure, and its stylistic characteristics.
Paradise Lost- An analysis of the themes, the epic conventions, the theology, the structure, the characters, and the style of Paradise Lost, particularly of Satan's five speeches in Book One.
"When I Consider How My Light Is Spent"- An analysis of the themes, structure, and stylistic characteristics of Milton's most famous sonnet.
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Neoclassical Period
Neoclassicism In British Literature:Restoration and First Half of 18th Century *- Analysis of the political, intellectual, and literary background of Neoclassical period in British Literature."
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Old English Period
Old English Period *- Analysis of the major historical, social, linguistic, and literary aspects of Old English British Literature."
Owens, Wilfred
"Dulce et Decorum Est" - An analysis of the theme, structure, and imagery of "Dulce et Decorum Est."
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Pope, Alexander
Life and Poetic Style - An analysis of Pope's life and stylistic aspects of his poetry.
The Dunciad - Analysis of Book 4 of The Dunciad.
"Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot"- An analysis of Pope's "Arbuthnot" epistle.
An Essay on Criticism *- An analysis of Pope's major ideas about literary criticism in Essay on Criticism.
An Essay of Man - An explication of Epistle 2, Lines 1-18 of Pope's An Essay of Man.
"The Rape of the Lock" - An analysis of the historical background, structure, theme, genre, and style of Pope's "Rape of the Lock."
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Restoration and Neoclassicism Writers
Overview - An overview of the political and social background of Restoration and Neoclassicism writers and their literary principles.
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Seventeenth Century
17TH Century *- A brief analysis of the major political, scientific, and literary aspects of 17th century British Literature.
Shakespeare, William
Shakespeare's Life - An analysis of the major events of Shakespeare's life and of his theatrical and literary career.
Hamlet - Analysis of the themes, structure, Hamlet's madness, his procrastination, his idealism, and his soliloquies.
Julius Caesar - Analysis of the structure, themes, characters, and imagery of "Julius Caesar."
King Lear - Analysis of the structure, themes, characters, and imagery of "King Lear."
Macbeth - Analysis of the structure, themes, and characters of "Macbeth."
Othello - Analysis of the structure, themes, and imagery of "Othello."
Romeo and Juliet - Analysis of the structure, themes, characters, and imagery of "Romeo and Juliet."
Shakespeare's Sonnets - Analysis of the themes and structure of Shakespeare's sonnets.
Shakespearean Tragedy - Major characteristics of Shakespearean tragedy.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
A Defence of Poetry * - An analysis of Shelley's major ideas about poetry in his Defence.
Sidney, Philip
An Apology for Poetry *- An analysis of the major critical ideas about literature in Sidney's Apology.
Sixteenth Century
16TH Century *- Handout on 16th Century England, the Renaissance, the Reformation and nationalism under Elizabeth I.
Smith, Stevie
"Not Waving But Drowning" - An analysis of the theme, structure, and stylistic devices of "Not Waving."
Soyinka, Wole
"Telephone Conversation" - An analysis of the theme, structure, and imagery of the Nigerian writer's "Telephone."
Swift, Jonathan
Gulliver's Travels - An analysis of the themes, satire, characters, and a chapter-by-chapter analysis of the four books of Gulliver's Travels.
Life, Philosophy, and Literary Style - An analysis of Swift's life, philosophy, literary style, "Battle of the Books," Tale of a Tub, and "Patridge" pamphlets.
"A Modest Proposal" 1 - A handout on Swift's "Proposal."
"A Modest Proposal" 2 - The answers to handout on Swift's "Proposal."
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Tennyson, Alfred Lord
"The Eagle" - A brief analysis of the theme and poetic devices of Tennyson's "Eagle."
Thomas, Dylan
"The Force That through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower," "Fern Hill," & "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" - An analysis of the theme, structure, and imagery of "The Force," "Fern Hill," and "Do Not Go Gentle."
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Woolf, Virginia
"Shakespeare's Sister" - An analysis of the major critical ideas in "Shakespeare's Sister."
Wordsworth, William
"Preface to Lyrical Ballads" *- An analysis of the major critical ideas about poetry in Wordsworth's "Preface."
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Yeats, William Butler
Yeats 1 "Easter
1916," "The Wild Swans at Coole," "The Second Coming," "Leda and the
Swans," "Sailing to Byzantium," & "Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop"
- An analysis of the theme, structure, philosophical background, and
stylistic devices in "Easter," "Wild Swans," "Second Coming," "Leda,"
"Sailing," & "Crazy Jane Talks."
Yeat 2 "The Lake Isle of Innisfree," "When You Are Old," & "Among School Children"-
Lengthier comments on the Yeats 1 handout and analyses of three other
poems, "Innisfree," "When You Are Old," and "Among School Children."
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