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From Legend to HistoryThe Old English and Medieval Periods (a.d. 449 to 1485)Multiple Perspectives on the Era

Snapshot of the Period instructional essay and graphics 2

Historical Background instructional essay 4

Essential Questions Across Time: The Old English and Medieval Periods instructional essay 6

Recent ScholaRShip Burton Raffel England’s Green, Fertile Land essay 14

Integrate and Evaluate Information 16

Part One: Earthly ExilE, hEavEnly homEComparing Literary Works: Elegy

Burton Raffel, Translator The Seafarer ANCHOR TEXT poem 20The Literature of Exile world literature connection 22

Charles W. Kennedy, Translator The Wanderer poem 26

Ann Stanford, Translator The Wife’s Lament poem 30

Part twO: thE EpicExtended Study: The Epic

Defining Epics 34

from Gilgamesh epic 35

theMeS acRoSS centURieS: translator’s insights

Burton Raffel Introduces Beowulf essay 36

Burton Raffel, Translator from Beowulf ANCHOR TEXT epic 40

Battling Demons in the Ramayana world literature connection 52

Anglo-Saxon Metalwork science connection 54

theMeS acRoSS centURieS: translator’s insights

Seamus Heaney Discusses Beowulf essay 68

Reading for Information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Texts

Online Encyclopedia Article English Literature expository text 71

Wikipedia Article Davy Crockett expository text 73

Contemporary Connection: Beowulf: From Ancient Epic to Graphic Novel

Gareth Hinds from Beowulf graphic novel 77

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Part three: A NAtioNAl SpiritBede from A History of the English Church and People history 84

Atlas Page: The British Isles literature in context 87

Extended Study: Geoffrey Chaucer

Literary History: Chaucer’s World instructional essay 90

Meet the Author: Geoffrey Chaucer biography 92

Geoffrey Chaucer from The Canterbury Tales

The Prologue poem 96The Literature of Social Observation the british tradition 116

from The Pardoner’s Tale poem 124

The Wife of Bath’s Tale ANCHOR TEXT poem 138Selfsame Sovereignty literature in context 146

Comparing Frame Stories Across Cultures

Gallery of Frame Stories illustrated literary history 155

Giovanni Boccaccio from The Decameron: Federigo’s Falcon tale 158

Part four: perilS ANd AdveNtureSMarie Borroff, Translator from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poem 170Sir Thomas Malory from Morte d’Arthur ANCHOR TEXT romance 185

Research Project: Primary Sources

Margaret Paston Letters of Margaret Paston letters 201Four Folk Ballads cultural connection 205

Writing Workshop: Autobiographical Narrative 214Speaking and Listening: Evaluate Persuasive Speech 222Language Study: Using Dictionaries and Other Resources 224text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 226a

Common Core Assessment Workshop: Test-Taking Practice 226

Common Core Assessment Workshop: Performance Tasks 230

independent Reading 232

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Celebrating HumanityThe English Renaissance Period (1485 to 1625)

Multiple Perspectives on the Era



Essential Questions Across Time: The English Renaissance Period instructional essay 240

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP Sir Frank Kermode Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean England essay 248


Part One: Lovers and Their LinesComparing Literary Works: Sonnet Sequences

Edmund Spenser Sonnet 1 ANCHOR TEXTS poem 254

Sonnet 35 poem 254Petrarch, Father of the Sonnet world literature in context 254

Sonnet 75 poem 256

Sir Philip Sidney Sonnet 31 poem 259 Sonnet 39 poem 260

Comparing Literary Works: Universal Themes

Christopher Marlowe The Passionate Shepherd to His Love poem 266

Sir Walter Raleigh The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd poem 268

William Shakespeare Sonnet 29 poem 275

Sonnet 106 poem 275

Sonnet 116 poem 276The Mystery of the Sonnets world literature in context 277

Sonnet 130 poem 278

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Part two: The Influence of The MonarchyResearch Project: Primary Sources

Queen Elizabeth I Speech Before Her Troops ANCHOR TEXT speech 285

Don Luis de Córdoba Examination of Don Luis de Córdoba eyewitness account 288

Contemporary Connection: Connecting Elizabeth I, Past and Present

John Lahr from Disappearing Act, Interview with Cate Blanchett interview 293

Comparing Literary Works: Metaphors, Analogies, and Narratives

Commissioned by King James from The King James Bible Psalm 23 scripture 298

Psalm 137 scripture 300

from The Sermon on the Mount scripture 301

from The Parable of the Prodigal Son scripture 302Parables Around the World world literature connection 302

Part three: DraMaExtended Study: Shakespearean Drama

Defining Drama 308

William Shakespeare from The Tragedy of Hamlet drama excerpt 309

Literary History: Shakespeare’s World instructional essay 310

Themes Across cenTuries: Author’s insights Sir Frank Kermode Introduces Macbeth essay 314

Meet the Author: William Shakespeare biography 316

William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Macbeth drama

Act I ANCHOR TEXT 322

Act II 343

Act III 361

Act IV 379

Act V 401

Comparing tragedy Past and Present

the Changing tragic Hero illustrated literary history 420

Sophocles from Oedipus the King drama 423

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe from Faust drama 430

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Designing a Globe Theatre for the 21st Century functional text 437 The Scottish Play, Told With Sound and Fury and Puppets expository text 439

Writing Workshop: Argumentative Essay 442

Speaking and Listening: Deliver a Persuasive Speech 450

Language Study: Words from Mythology 452

Text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 454a



Independent Reading 460

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Rebels and DreamersThe Romantic Period (1798 to 1832)




Essential Questions Across Time: The Romantic Period instructional essay 720

Recent ScholaRShip Elizabeth McCracken Creating a Legend essay 728


Part One: Fantasy and RealityComparing Literary Works: Mood

Robert Burns To a Mouse poem 734

To a Louse poem 737The Literature of Scotland the british tradition 738

Joanna Baillie Woo’d and Married and A’ poem 741

Comparing Literary Works: Archetypes

William Blake The Lamb poem 748

The Tyger poem 749

The Chimney Sweeper poem 751

Infant Sorrow poem 752

theMeS acRoSS centURieS: author’s insights Elizabeth McCracken Introduces Frankenstein essay 756

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Introduction to Frankenstein ANCHOR TEXT introduction 760

Contemporary Connection: Frankenstein Past and Present

Saturday Night Live The Curse of Frankenstein transcript 769

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Part two: Lyric PoetryExtended Study: William Wordsworth and Lyric Poetry

Elements of Lyric Poetry 774

Pablo Neruda Ode to My Suit poem 775

William Wordsworth biography 776

William Wordsworth Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey poem 780

The Evolution of the Self the british tradition 783

from The Prelude poem 786

The World Is Too Much With Us poem 790

London, 1802 poem 791

Comparing Lyric Poetry From Around the World

The Muse’s Children illustrated literary history 796

Alexander Pushkin I Have Visited Again poem 799

Charles Baudelaire Invitation to the Voyage poem 802

Arthur Waley, Translator Thick Grow the Rush Leaves poem 805

Tu Fu Jade Flower Palace poem 806

Priest Jakuren, Ki Tsurayuki, Ono Komachi Three Tanka poems 807

Reading for information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Texts

Traffic Management, Lake District expository text 811

Exploring Lancashire and the Lakes functional text 814

Comparing Literary Works: Sound Devices

Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner poem 820

Kubla Khan poem 846

Comparing Literary Works: Figurative Language

George Gordon, Lord Byron She Walks in Beauty ANCHOR TEXTS poem 854

from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage poem 856

from Don Juan poem 860Byron’s Influence on World Literature world literature connection 862

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Comparing Literary Works: Imagery

Percy Bysshe Shelley Ozymandias poem 868 Ode to the West Wind poem 870 To a Skylark poem 873

Shelley and Science literature in context 877

Comparing Literary Works: Conflict

John Keats On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer poem 882 When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be poem 885 Ode to a Nightingale poem 886

Pablo Neruda’s Odes world literature connection 888 Ode on a Grecian Urn poem 890

Part three: The ReacTion To SocieTy’S illSResearch Project: Primary Sources

Lord John Russell Speech in Favor of Reform parliamentary debate 899Sir Robert Peel Speech Against Reform parliamentary debate 902Thomas Babington Macaulay On the Passing of the Reform Bill letter 904

Government Terms vocabulary connection 906

Comparing Literary Works: Persuasive Techniques

Jane Austen On Making an Agreeable Marriage ANCHOR TEXT letter 912Mary Wollstonecraft from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman ANCHOR TEXT social commentary 916

The Literature of Protest the british tradition 917

Writing Workshop: Multimedia Presentation of an Argument 920

Speaking and Listening: Analyze a Non-Print Political Advertisement 928

Language Study: Etymology of Scientific, Medical, and Mathematical Terms 930

Text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 932a



Independent Reading 938

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Progress and DeclineThe Victorian Period (1833 to 1901)




Essential Questions Across Time: The Victorian Period instructional essay 946

Recent ScholaRShip James Berry Growing Up in Colonial Jamaica essay 954

integrate and Evaluate information 956

Part One: RelationshipsComparing Literary Works: Speaker

Alfred, Lord Tennyson from In Memoriam, A. H. H. poem 960

The Lady of Shalott poem 963A Crisis of Faith the british tradition 966

from The Princess: Tears, Idle Tears poem 969

Ulysses poem 970

Comparing Literary Works: Types of Poetic Lines

Robert Browning My Last Duchess ANCHOR TEXTS poem 979

Life in a Love poem 981

Porphyria’s Lover poem 982

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonnet 43 ANCHOR TEXT poem 986

Part twO: the novelExtended Study: Charles Dickens and the Novel

Defining the novel 990

Fyodor Dostoyevsky from Crime and Punishment novel excerpt 991

Literary History: Dickens’s World instructional essay 992

Meet the Author: Charles Dickens biography 994

Charles Dickens from Hard Times novel excerpt 998The Nineteenth-Century Novel world literature connection 1000

Comparing Social Criticism in Fiction

The Novelist as Social Critic illustrated literary history 1010

Anton Chekhov An Upheaval short story 1013

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Charles Dickens Museum expository text 1023

Andalusia: Home of Flannery O’Connor functional text 1025

Charlotte Brontë from Jane Eyre ANCHOR TEXT novel excerpt 1030

Part three: The empire and iTs disconTenTsComparing Literary Works: Mood

Matthew Arnold Dover Beach ANCHOR TEXT poem 1042

Rudyard Kipling Recessional ANCHOR TEXTS poem 1045

The Widow at Windsor poem 1048

THEMES ACROSS CULTURES: Author’s Insights James Berry Introduces Three Poems essay 1052

From Lucy: Englan’ Lady poem 1055

Freedom poem 1057

Time Removed poem 1058

Contemporary Connection: Connecting Victorian Themes

Colin Meloy Eli, the Barrow Boy song 1061


Sydney Smith Progress in Personal Comfort newspaper article 1065Technological Advances

in the 19th Century literature in context 1067

Thomas Cook Cook’s Railroad Advertisement advertisement 1068

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it5Part four: Gloom and GloryComparing Literary Works: Theme

Emily Brontë Remembrance poem 1075

Thomas Hardy The Darkling Thrush poem 1078

“Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?” poem 1081The Greek Anthology world literature connection 1082

Comparing Literary Works: Theme

Gerald Manley Hopkins God’s Grandeur ANCHOR TEXTS poem 1088

Spring and Fall: To a Young Child poem 1090

A. E. Housman To an Athlete Dying Young ANCHOR TEXTS poem 1092

When I Was One-and-Twenty poem 1093

Writing Workshop: Historical Investigation Report 1096

Speaking and Listening: Analyze and Evaluate Entertainment Media 1108

Language Study: Idioms 1110

text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 1112a




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A Time of Rapid ChangeThe Modern and Postmodern Periods (1901 to Present)Multiple Perspectives on the EraSnapshot of the Period instructional essay and graphics 1122


Essential Questions Across Time: The Modern and Postmodern Periods instructional essay 1126

Recent ScholaRShip Anita Desai The English Language Takes Root in India essay 1134Integrate and Evaluate Information 1136

Part One: Forging ModernisMWilliam Butler Yeats When You Are Old poem 1140 The Lake Isle of Innisfree poem 1141 The Wild Swans at Coole poem 1142 The Second Coming poem 1145 Sailing to Byzantium ANCHOR TEXT poem 1147

Extended Study: T. S. Eliot

Literary History: T. S. Eliot’s World 1152

Meet the Author: T. S. Eliot biography 1155T. S. Eliot Preludes poem 1156 Journey of the Magi poem 1158 Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” literary history 1160 The Hollow Men poem 1163

The Literary Magazine the british tradition 1165

Comparing Literary Works: Allegory and Pastoral

W. H. Auden In Memory of W. B. Yeats poem 1172 Musée des Beaux Arts poem 1177Louis MacNeice Carrick Revisited poem 1180Stephen Spender Not Palaces poem 1183

Part twO: ModernisM in FictionExtended Study: Virginia Woolf

Meet the Author: Virginia Woolf biography 1188Virginia Woolf The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection short story 1192 from Mrs. Dalloway novel excerpt 1198 Shakespeare’s Sister essay 1202

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it6Comparing Stream-of-Consciousness narratives Stream of Consciousness illustrated literary history 1208Juan Rulfo from Pedro Páramo novel excerpt 1211Rosario Castellanos from The Nine Guardians novel excerpt 1213

Extended Study: Short Story Defining the Short Story 1216

Anton Chekhov from Home short story 1217

Joseph Conrad The Lagoon short story 1220Joseph Conrad, International Author world literature connection 1229

James Joyce Araby short story 1236The Irish Tradition the british tradition 1240

D. H. Lawrence The Rocking-Horse Winner ANCHOR TEXT short story 1246

Graham Greene A Shocking Accident short story 1263

Part three: ConfliCts at Home and abroadComparing Literary Works: World War I Poetry

Rupert Brooke The Soldier poem 1274

Siegfried Sassoon Wirers poem 1276

Wilfred Owen Anthem for Doomed Youth poem 1277

Contemporary Connection: Baghdad Burning

Riverbend Iraqi War Blog blog 1281


Winston Churchill Wartime Speech speech 1287

English Government Evacuation Scheme memorandum 1291

Elizabeth Bowen The Demon Lover short story 1298War and Literature the british tradition 1300

Comparing Literary Works: World War II Poetry

Keith Douglas Vergissmeinnicht (Forget Me Not) poem 1310

Alun Lewis Postscript: For Gweno poem 1312

Henry Reed Naming of Parts poem 1313

George Orwell Shooting an Elephant essay 1318Vocabulary of Empire literature in context 1321

Doris Lessing No Witchcraft for Sale short story 1328Colonial Rhodesia literature in context 1333

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Nadine Gordimer The Train from Rhodesia ANCHOR TEXT short story 1342Apartheid history connection 1344

V. S. Naipaul B. Wordsworth short story 1349

Politics and Fiction world literature connection 1354

Derek Walcott from Midsummer, XXIII poem 1360

from Omeros, from Chapter xxviii epic 1362

Seamus Heaney Follower poem 1368

Two Lorries poem 1370

Eavan Boland Outside History poem 1374

Part four: The PosTmodern and BeyondSamuel Beckett Come and Go drama 1380

Harold Pinter That’s All drama 1384

Dylan Thomas Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night poem 1390

Dylan Thomas and Poetry in Performance literature in context 1391

Fern Hill poem 1392

Ted Hughes The Horses poem 1396

Comparing Literary Works: Meter and Free Verse

Philip Larkin An Arundel Tomb poem 1402

The Explosion poem 1404

Peter Redgrove On the Patio poem 1407

Stevie Smith Not Waving but Drowning poem 1408

Comparing Literary Works: Elegies

Carol Ann Duffy Prayer poem 1412

Penelope Shuttle In the Kitchen poem 1414

THEMES ACROSS CULTURES: Author’s Insights Anita Desai Introduces A Devoted Son essay 1416

A Devoted Son ANCHOR TEXT short story 1420

Contemporary British Fiction literary history 1432

Penelope Lively Next Term, We’ll Mash You short story 1436

Arthur C. Clarke from We’ll Never Conquer Space essay 1446

Finding a Place in the World the british tradition 1450

Where Is Our Island Home? literature in context 1452

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it6Reading for information: Analyzing Functional and Expository Texts

Extra-Terrestrial Relays: Can Rocket Stations Give World-wide Radio Coverage? technical article 1455

Weather in the Palm of Your Hand press release 1457

New British Nonfiction literary history 1460

Nick Hornby from Songbook: I’m Like a Bird essay 1464

Writing Workshop: Short Story 1468

Speaking and Listening: Compare Media Coverage of Same Event 1476

Language Study: Cognates and Borrowed Words 1478

text Set Workshop: From Text to Understanding 1480a




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