A Journey Through British Literature: Anglo-Saxon to 20th Century

Anglo-Saxon Times

Beowulf

The Middle Ages (1066-1500)

Poetry

Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales)

The Elizabethan Age (1558-1603)

William Shakespeare

The 17th Century

Poetry

John Milton (Paradise Lost)

The 18th Century

The Age of Reason

Prose

Jonathan Swift (Gulliver’s Travels)
Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe)
Samuel Richardson (Pamela)
Henry Fielding (Tom Jones)
Horace Walpole (Castle of Otranto)

The Romantic Movement (1789-1832)

Jane Austen

Sir Walter Scott (Ivanhoe)

Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)

Poetry

William Blake
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Beowulf and Old English Poetry: Themes and Analysis

Beowulf: The Oldest English Epic

Beowulf, written between the 8th and 11th centuries, is the earliest known English epic. Composed in Old English, it lays the foundation for English poetic tradition and offers insight into early Germanic culture.

Anglo-Saxon Society Reflected in Beowulf

The poem reflects Anglo-Saxon values like loyalty, honor, and reputation. It highlights warrior culture, kinship, and the importance of gift-giving and feudal bonds.

Linguistic and Stylistic Impact of Beowulf

Beowulf

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Definitions: Words Derived from Places and Cultures

This table provides definitions for words that originate from specific places or cultures.

WordDefinitionOrigin
AcademyA secondary preparatory school, especially a private one.
Acapulco GoldMexican-grown marijuana that is considered very strong.
Afro-AmericanAn American of African and especially of black African descent.
AlpinismMountain climbing in the Alps or other high mountains.
AngelenoA native or inhabitant of Los Angeles.[angeleño, “de Los Angeles”]
Arabic NumeralAny of the number symbols 0,
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Bécquer’s Rimas and Leyendas: Themes and Characters

Bécquer’s Poetic and Narrative Style

Key Poetic Devices in Bécquer’s Work

  • Parallelism: Repetition of the same syntactic structure in verses.
  • Anaphora: Repetition of a word at the beginning of several verses.
  • Correlation: Reciprocal correspondence between two or more series of concepts or words.
  • Epiphonema: Exclamatory sentence or reflection summarizing the preceding idea, often at the end.
  • Symbolist Poetry: Uses images, metaphors, or symbols to embody the poet’s sentiments.

Analysis of Bécquer’s Rimas

Rimas

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Mastering English Vowel Sounds: Pronunciation and Spelling

English Vowel Sounds: Pronunciation and Spelling

Description and spelling of the English vowels:

1 – /iː/

Description: Front of the tongue raised to a height slightly below and behind the close front position. Lips spread, tongue tense, side rims making firm contact with the upper molars.

  • Does not normally occur in a syllable closed by a long ‘n’.

Spelling:

  • ee (green)
  • ea (mean)
  • i (machine)

**Also occurs in plurals of nouns: analyses, bases, theses

2 – /ɪ/

Description: Part of the tongue nearer to the center

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Daisy Miller: Chapter 3 Analysis – Character Relationships

Chapter 3

Analysis

Chapter 3 begins with a literary joke. In a letter to Winterbourne asking him to come and visit her in Rome, Mrs. Costello passes on some gossip about Daisy and, in the same paragraph, asks Winterbourne to bring her a copy of Victor Cherbuliez’s Paule Méré, a novel that bears a striking resemblance to Daisy Miller in several ways. Like James’s novel, Paule Méré takes its title from the name of its heroine and concerns a spirited, independent-minded young woman whose unchaperoned

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