Web Resources

Introduction to Composition
Serrano Scholars Bridge Program
Dr. John Matteson, Instructor

General Resources

Anthology of Modern American Poetry Edited by Cary Nelson - Oxford University Press 2000 http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/index.htm

Study skills (Augustine student organization - Columbia University) http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/study/

Grammar Resources

Guide to Grammar and Writing - Capital Community College; Hartford, Connecticut http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm

Bedford/St. Martin's - English Composition Resources http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/composition/ (Includes many gateways to digital resources for Internet research and composition. It also includes reference guides, tutorials, and composition models for different genres)

Online English Grammar
http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm

Writing guides -- University of St. Thomas
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/wrtstr.htm

Merriam Webster Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/

Reading Material Resources

I. Introduction

1) Brad Lewis "The Big Fight."

2) Robert Frost

A page dedicated to the work of Robert Frost ("Out, Out" - "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" " "Birches".)
Contains biographical notes, interviews, and recordings.
http://www.robertfrost.org/indexgood.html

Introducing Robert Frost to a new generation - Austin State University
http://www.libarts.sfasu.edu/Frost/Index.html

Modern American Poetry - Prepared and Compiled by Cary Nelson and Edward Brunner University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/frost/frost.htm

3) Abraham Lincoln, "Second Inaugural Address."

The Library of Congress page of Presidential Inaugurations Documents. Includes the manuscript, transcriptions and images of the document.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pi022.html

II. Life in America

1) Arthur Ashe, "The Burden of Race," from Days of Grace.

"The Burden of race" PDF text
http://www.mslaw.edu/longterm24.htm

Ashe's Biography
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/features/1997/arthurashe/biography.html

2) Shelby Steele, "The Content of Our Character."

Steele's Homepage
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/bios/steele.html

Steele interviewed on "The content of our character"
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/selections/962/steele.html

3) Alice Walker, "Everyday Use."

A comprehensive page on Alice Walker. Includes many resources and related links to her work. http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/alicew/

4) Cherylene Lee, "Safe."

5) Alberto Alvaro Ríos, "Author's Note," "Pig Cookies."

Rios' Homepage at Arizona State University
http://www.public.asu.edu/%7eaarios/index.html

6) Don DeLillo, Chapters 6 and 9 from White Noise.

A comprehensive page with information and resources on DeLillo work.
http://perival.com/delillo/delillo.html

7) Thomas Pyncheon, Chapters 1 and 2 from Vineland.

Links and resources on Vineland
http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_vineland.html

III. The Art of Narration

1) Edwin Arlington Robinson, "Mr. Flood's Party."

E. A. Robinson page on Modern American Poetry site
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/robinson/robinson.htm

Selected Poems - University of Toronto Library
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/authors/robnea.html

2) Robert Browning, "My Last Duchess."

Selected Poems - University of Toronto Library
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/authors/browning.html

The Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=185

3) Amy Lowell, "Patterns."

Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/amylowell/lowell.htm

"Patterns" text
http://alt.venus.co.uk/weed/writings/poems/alp.htm

4) Frank O'Hara, "The Day Lady Died."

Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/ohara/ohara.htm

O'Hara Page with link and resources
http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/ohara/

5)Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper."

Biography and resources related to"The Yellow Wallpaper"
http://www.scribblingwomen.org/cgbio.htm

6) Gustave Flaubert, "A Simple Heart."

Biographical information
http://www.classicallibrary.org/flaubert/

IV. Rhythm and Meter

1) Rupert Brooke, "The Soldier"
http://info.ox.ac.uk/jtap/tutorials/intro/brooke/vsoldier.html#the_soldier

This page contains the sonnet, a literary criticism and a link to Brooke's biography
http://info.ox.ac.uk/jtap/tutorials/intro/brooke/)

http://www.bibliomania.com/0/2/82/frameset.html
Biography, other works and links.

http://www.poets.org/poems/poems.cfm?prmID=1591
The poem, biography, and related links.

2) Wilfred Owen, "Dulce et Decorum Est."

http://osf1.gmu.edu/~lsmithg/dulce.html#Gas
This page from the George Mason University has an annotated version of the text with remarks on the rhythm and some read phrases. It also includes a biography of the author.

http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/132.html
This page contains the poem and brief context and biography.

http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/authors/owen.html#notes
This page from the University of Toronto contains the poem and links to other of the author's works.

3) Emily Dickinson, "I'm Nobody! Who are you?" "The Brain is wider than the Sky --."

http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=156
Poems, biography, selected bibliography and related links.

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/dickinson/
Dickinson Electronic Archives

http://www.cwru.edu/affil/edis/links.html
The Emily Dickinson International Society site contains many links to the biography and history of Emily Dickinson and family.

4) Langston Hughes, "Dream Boogie."

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic/episode5/topic2/e5_t2_s3-lh.html
This site contains the poem as well as relevant and friendly told information about Langston Hughes' life and work.

http://129.71.199.86/mberdine/Hughes.htm
This site belongs to a course in West Virginia University - Parkersburg it contains Hughes' biography and a context for his work, as well as a close analytical reading of "Dream Boogie".

http://www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/harlem_intro.html
This site introduces the artists and writers of the Harlem Renaissance( belongs to Jill Diesman from Northern Kentucky University)

V. Tone and Attitude

1) Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Canto 7 from In Memoriam, A.H.H.

http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/tennyson/im/imov.html
This site has many different resources for the analysis of Lord Tennyson works. It includes his biography, context information, works, and an analysis of plot and structure of In Memoriam.

http://charon.sfsu.edu/TENNYSON/tennyson.html
This site features several works, a biography and different multimedia resources to approach Tennyson's work.

2) Thomas Hardy, "The Going"

http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/authors/hardy/hardyov.html
This site has many different resources for the analysis of Hardy's works. It includes his biography, context information, and works.

3) Hart Crane, "Praise for an Urn."

http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/advanced/modernist.htm
This site about poetry contains a biography and work examples.

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/crane/bio.htm
Hart Carne's biography

4) E.E. Cummings, "Buffalo Bill's."

http://www.wmich.edu/english/tchg/lit/pms/cummings.bill.html
poem and interpretation questions

Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/cummings/cummings.htm
biography and reviews on "Buffalo Bill's" and other works.

5) Edwin Arlington Robinson, "How Annandale Went Out."

Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/robinson/robinson.htm
This sites has a detailed biography and interesting reviews about Robinson's poetry.

6) Robinson Jeffers, "The Old Man's Cream After He Died."

http://www.jeffers.org/
Information about the author and about the association activities - Jeffers Studies.

VI. Making Connections Across Disciplines

1) Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson.

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~rudloff/e314-s98/projects/twain3/frames.html
This page contains an annotated excerpt done by a group of students at University of Texas.

http://ucribm.ucr.edu/bookmgrcgi/bookmgr.cmd/BOOKS/PUDDN10/TITLE?SHELF=gutnbrg3
The digital text with annotation tools - IBM Book Manager

2) Brook Thomas, Plessy v. Ferguson, A Brief History with Documents.

http://www.smith.edu/libraries/plessy.htm
Plessy v. Ferguson - Smith College

http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/post-civilwar/plessy.htm
Plessy vs. Ferguson- African American History by Lisa Cozzens l

VII. Summing Up

1) Tom Stoppard, from The Real Thing.

http://physics.weber.edu/carroll/honors/stoppard.htm
Tom Stoppard's biography.