mcdougal littell literature contents in brief Exploring British Literature Introductory Unit 1 literary essentials workshop writing essentials workshop 1 The Origins of a Nation the anglo-saxon and medieval periods 2 A Celebration of Human Achievement the english renaissance unit 3 Tradition and Reason the restoration and the 18th century 4 Emotion and Experimentation the flowering of romanticism unit unit unit viii 14 449–1485 The Anglo-Saxon Epic Reflections of Common Life The Age of Chaucer Medieval Romance 282 1485–1660 Pastoral Poems and Sonnets Shakespearean Drama The Rise of Humanism Spiritual and Devotional Writings The Metaphysical and Cavalier Poets 546 1660–1798 Social Observers Satirical Voices The Age of Johnson The Rise of Women Writers 1798–1832 Revolt Against Neoclassicism The Lake Poets The Late Romantics 734 5 An Era of Rapid Change the victorians 6 New Ideas, New Voices modern and contemporary literature 7 Investigation and Discovery the power of research unit unit unit 890 1832–1901 The Influence of Romanticism Realism in Fiction Victorian Viewpoints 1072 1901–present The Challenge of Modernism The Irish Literary Renaissance Responses to War and Colonialism Postwar Writers Legacy of Empire 1372 l i t e r at u r e classzone.com literature and reading center • • • • Author Biographies Additional Selection Background Literary Analysis Frames Power Thinking Activities writing and grammar center • Writing Templates and Graphic Organizers • Publishing Options • Grammar Arcade media center • Production Templates • Analysis Guides vocabulary center • Vocabulary Strategies and Practice • Vocabulary Flip Cards • Multi-Language Glossary of Academic Vocabulary research center • Web Research Guide • Citation Guide assessment center • Assessment Practice and Test-Taking Tips • SAT/ACT Practice and Tips more technology eEdition • Interactive Selections • Audio Summaries WriteSmart • • • • • Writing Prompts and Templates Interactive Student Models Interactive Graphic Organizers Interactive Revision Lessons Rubric Generator MediaSmart • Media Lessons • Interactive Media Studies EssaySmart • Online Essay Analyzer ix unit 1 The Origins of a Nation the anglo-saxon and medieval periods 449–1485 unit 1 introduction 14 • questions of the times • historical essay • a changing language • timeline • the legacy of the era Skills and Standards Characteristics of an Epic The Anglo-Saxon Epic literary analysis workshop: the epic 34 epic poem Epic, Reading Old English Poetry from Beowulf Grendel Beowulf The Battle with Grendel Grendel’s Mother The Battle with Grendel’s Mother Beowulf’s Last Battle The Death of Beowulf Mourning Beowulf Reading For Information A Collaboration Across 1,200 Years x The Beowulf Poet translated by Burton Raffel performance review 36 38 42 46 51 53 58 62 66 70 Skills and Standards Simile and Epic Simile, Classify Characters themes across cultures: ancient greece from the Iliad epic poem Homer 72 wrap-up: writing to compare The Epic in Translation 91 translated by Robert Fitzgerald Reflections of Common Life historical writing Historical Writing, Analyze Author’s Purpose from A History of the English Church and People The Venerable Bede 92 poetry Imagery, Monitor Understanding of Older Works from the Exeter Book The Seafarer The Wanderer The Wife’s Lament Anonymous translated by Burton Raffel translated by Ann Stanford 98 100 104 108 autobiography Autobiography, Draw Conclusions from The Book of Margery Kempe Margery Kempe 112 british masterpiece from Piers Plowman allegory William Langland 120 The Paston Family 122 letters Primary Sources, Recognize Writer’s Motives from The Paston Letters wrap-up: writing to compare Literature and the Common Life 135 The Age of Chaucer Medieval Narrative Forms, Chaucer’s Style literary analysis workshop: medieval narratives 136 poetry from The Canterbury Tales Characterization, Paraphrase Exemplum, Predict Narrator, Analyze Structure Synthesize, Draw Conclusions The Prologue from The Pardoner’s Tale The Wife of Bath’s Tale Geoffrey Chaucer translated by Nevill Coghill Reading for Information from A Distant Mirror book excerpt Barbara Tuchman In the Footsteps of the Faithful magazine article Pilgrimage Sites map and illustrations 138 140 165 179 197 198 200 xi Skills and Standards Plot Elements, Analyze Cause and Effect themes across cultures: italy from The Decameron Federigo’s Falcon: Fifth Day, Ninth Story tale Giovanni Boccaccio 202 Anonymous 212 216 220 ballads Ballad, Reading Ballads Barbara Allan Robin Hood and the Three Squires Get Up and Bar the Door wrap-up: writing to analyze Medieval Life and Times 223 Medieval Romance romance Medieval Romance, Make Inferences from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Gawain Poet translated by John Gardner 224 Sir Thomas Malory retold by Keith Baines 242 William Caxton 258 romance Conflict, Summarize from Le Morte d’Arthur Reading for Information from Preface to the First Edition of Le Morte d’Arthur essay wrap-up: writing to persuade The Legacy of Medieval Romance Images in Mass Media Compare-and-Contrast Organization, Responding to Literature Epic, Old English Poetry, Characterization, Character Traits, Irony media study Legends in Film: King Arthur 261 media smart dvd 262 writing workshop: comparison-contrast essay 266 speaking and listening: oral report 273 assessment practice from Beowulf epic poem from The Canterbury Tales 274 film clips poem The Beowulf Poet Geoffrey Chaucer great reads: ideas for independent reading vocabulary strategies The Anglo-Saxon suffix -some, p. 68 Spanish-English cognates, p. 90 The prefix mal-, p. 164 Words from French, p. 178 xii The Latin root temp, p. 194 The Latin root pel, p. 211 Multiple-meaning words, p. 260 280 unit 2 A Celebration of Human Achievement the english renaissance 1485–1660 unit 2 introduction 282 • questions of the times • historical essay • a changing language • timeline • the legacy of the era Skills and Standards Sonnet Structures Pastoral Poems and Sonnets literary analysis workshop: the sonnet form 302 poetry Pastoral, Compare Speakers The Passionate Shepherd to His Love The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd Christopher Marlowe Sir Walter Raleigh 304 308 Edmund Spenser 310 313 William Shakespeare 316 320 321 322 Francesco Petrarch 326 329 poetry Spenserian Sonnet, Summarize Major Ideas in Poetry Sonnet 30 Sonnet 75 poetry Shakespearean Sonnet, Analyze Imagery Petrarchan Sonnet, Analyze Metaphor Sonnet 18 Sonnet 29 Sonnet 116 Sonnet 130 themes across cultures: italy Sonnet 90 poem Sonnet 292 poem xiii unit 2 continued Skills and Standards wrap-up: writing to compare Universal Themes in Love Poetry 331 Shakespearean Drama History and Conventions of Shakespearean Tragedy Macbeth and Shakespeare’s Theater 332 literary analysis workshop: shakespearean tragedy 334 drama Shakespearean Tragedy, Reading Shakespearean Drama Take Notes, Synthesize Mood in Film The Tragedy of Macbeth William Shakespeare Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4 Act 5 Reading for Information from Holinshed’s Chronicles historical account Raphael Holinshed Out, Damn Slander, Out newspaper article media study from Macbeth film clips Reading for Information “Bloody, Bold, and Resolute” media smart dvd 338 342 360 374 392 410 427 429 432 434 film review wrap-up: writing to analyze The Influence of Lady Macbeth 435 The Rise of Humanism fiction Rhetorical Devices, Draw Conclusions Argument, Analyze Author’s Perspective xiv from Utopia Sir Thomas More 436 Speech Before the Spanish Armada Invasion Queen Elizabeth I 440 themes across cultures: italy from The Prince treatise Niccolò Machiavelli 444 speech Skills and Standards The Rise of Women Writers poetry Speaker, Analyze Poetic Structure On Her Loving Two Equally Written at the Close of Spring Aphra Behn Charlotte Smith 688 692 diary Characterization in Nonfiction, Draw Conclusions from The Journal and Letters of Fanny Burney An Encounter with King George III Fanny Burney Reading for Information Madness of King George Tied to Arsenic newspaper article 694 705 essay Counterarguments, Use Historical Context Persuasive Techniques Author’s Purpose, Proposition and Support, Counterargument from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft 706 wrap-up: writing to compare Differing Roles for Women 717 writing workshop: persuasive essay 718 speaking and listening: persuasive speech 725 assessment practice from The Poor and Their Betters 726 essay Henry Fielding great reads: ideas for independent reading 732 vocabulary strategies The suffix -ance/-ence, p. 621 Analogies, p. 644 Synonyms as context clues, p. 656 Using a dictionary, p. 666 Specialized vocabulary, p. 677 Analogies, p. 716 xix Skills and Standards Essay, Evaluate Opinions essays from Essays Sir Francis Bacon 454 456 459 Margaret Cavendish 462 Amelia Lanier 468 Of Studies Of Marriage and Single Life debate Historical Context, Reading a Debate Female Orations Connect from Eve’s Apology in Defense of Women poem wrap-up: writing to evaluate Persuasive Techniques in Humanist Literature 471 Spiritual and Devotional Writings scripture Scriptural Writing, Make Inferences from Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3 King James Bible 472 476 477 John Milton 480 483 Psalm 23 The Parable of the Prodigal Son poetry Figurative Language, Clarify Sentence Meaning How Soon Hath Time When I Consider How My Light Is Spent epic poem Allusion, Reading Difficult Texts from Paradise Lost 485 allegory Allegory, Understand Author’s Purpose from The Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan wrap-up: writing to synthesize Spiritual and Moral Beliefs 496 505 The Metaphysical and Cavalier Poets Characteristics of Metaphysical Poetry literary analysis workshop: metaphysical poetry 506 poetry Metaphysical Conceit, Interpret Ideas A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Holy Sonnet 10 John Donne 508 513 nonfiction from Meditation 17 514 xv Skills and Standards Epitaph, Rhyme, Compare Speakers poetry On My First Son Song: To Celia Ben Jonson 516 520 Andrew Marvell Robert Herrick Richard Lovelace 522 526 527 poetry Theme, Interpret Figurative Meaning Cause-and-Effect Organization, Use Transitions Sonnet Form, Rhyme Scheme, Imagery, Metaphysical Conceit To His Coy Mistress To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time To Althea, from Prison wrap-up: writing to evaluate Metaphysical Conceits 529 writing workshop: cause-and-effect essay 530 publishing with technology: power presentation 537 assessment practice Sonnet 97 poem A Valediction: Of Weeping 538 poem William Shakespeare John Donne great reads: ideas for independent reading vocabulary strategies Connotation and denotation, p. 442 Contrasts as context clues, p. 452 Word origins, p. 504 xvi 544 unit 3 Tradition and Reason the restoration and the 18th century 1660–1798 unit 3 introduction 546 • questions of the times • historical essay • a changing language • timeline • the legacy of the era Skills and Standards Forms of Nonfiction Social Observers literary analysis workshop: nonfiction in the 18th century 564 diary Diary, Connect to History from The Diary of Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys 566 british masterpiece from Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 578 Daniel Defoe 580 Joseph Addison 588 novel fiction Verisimilitude, Draw Conclusions from A Journal of the Plague Year essays Neoclassicism, Analyze Author’s Purpose from The Spectator wrap-up: writing to analyze An Eye for Social Behavior 595 xvii unit 3 continued Skills and Standards Characteristics of Satire Satirical Voices literary analysis workshop: satire 596 poem Mock Epic, Heroic Couplet, Understand Elevated Language from The Rape of the Lock Alexander Pope 598 Jonathan Swift 608 Jonathan Swift 623 624 635 Jonathan Swift 642 media smart dvd 646 essay Satire, Identify Proposition and Support A Modest Proposal fiction Fantasy, Understand Satire in Historical Context Fantasy in Film Humor, Draw Conclusions About Characters Gulliver’s Travels from Part 1. A Voyage to Lilliput from Part 2. A Voyage to Brobdingnag Reading for Information Letter to Alexander Pope letter media study from Gulliver’s Travels film clip themes across cultures: france from Candide fiction Voltaire wrap-up: writing to evaluate The Golden Age of Satire 648 657 The Age of Johnson dictionary Voice, Analyze Author’s Purpose A Dictionary of the English Language from The Preface Selected Entries Samuel Johnson 658 660 664 James Boswell 668 Thomas Gray 678 biography Biography, Analyze Author’s Perspective from The Life of Samuel Johnson poem Elegy, Make Inferences Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard wrap-up: writing to analyze A Man of Letters xviii 687 unit 4 Emotion and Experimentation the flowering of romanticism 1798–1832 unit 4 introduction 734 • questions of the times • historical essay • a changing language • timeline • the legacy of the era Skills and Standards Revolt Against Neoclassicism poetry Symbol, Compare and Contrast Poems Art Elements in Illustration from Songs of Innocence William Blake The Lamb The Chimney Sweeper The Little Boy Lost The Little Boy Found from Songs of Experience The Tyger The Chimney Sweeper The Sick Rose media study The Art of William Blake image collection media smart dvd 752 754 756 757 757 758 758 760 760 762 poetry Dialect, Clarify Meaning xx To a Mouse To a Louse Robert Burns 766 771 Skills and Standards Lyric Poetry, Visualize themes across cultures: germany The Lorelei poem Heinrich Heine wrap-up: writing to evaluate Romantic Mavericks 774 779 The Lake Poets Characteristics of Romanticism literary analysis workshop: romanticism 780 poetry Romantic Poetry, Analyze Stylistic Elements Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 The World Is Too Much with Us I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud Reading for Information from the Grasmere Journals journal William Wordsworth 782 790 791 792 Dorothy Wordsworth 793 poem Literary Ballad, Reading Narrative Poetry Analyze Literary Criticism, Compare Your Reactions The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge Reading for Information from Coleridge’s Dreamscape: “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” literary criticism 796 821 poem Sound Devices, Visualize Images Kubla Khan Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrap-up: writing to analyze Two Faces of Romanticism 824 829 The Late Romantics Form and Meaning, Traditional and Organic Forms, Stanzas literary analysis workshop: form and meaning in poetry 830 poetry Figurative Language, Understand Stanza Structure She Walks in Beauty When We Two Parted from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage George Gordon, Lord Byron 832 836 838 xxi Skills and Standards british masterpieces from Pride and Prejudice from Frankenstein novel novel Jane Austen Mary Shelley 842 844 Percy Bysshe Shelley 846 850 853 Percy Bysshe Shelley 857 poetry Rhythmic Patterns, Understand Historical Context Ozymandias Ode to the West Wind To a Skylark Reading for Information from A Defense of Poetry essay poetry Ode, Imagery, Paraphrase Narrative Techniques Figurative Language, Sound Devices, Imagery, Romanticism When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be John Keats To Autumn Ode on a Grecian Urn Ode to a Nightingale Reading for Information Letter to Fanny Brawne letter John Keats 871 wrap-up: writing to synthesize Romantic Ideals 873 writing workshop: reflective essay 874 speaking and listening: conducting an interview 881 assessment practice from The Prelude, Book VI poem from Hymn to Intellectual Beauty 882 poem William Wordsworth Percy Bysshe Shelley great reads: ideas for independent reading xxii 860 864 866 868 888 unit 5 An Era of Rapid Change the victorians 1832–1901 unit 5 introduction 890 • questions of the times • historical essay • a changing language • timeline • the legacy of the era Skills and Standards The Influence of Romanticism poetry Mood, Analyze Speaker The Lady of Shalott Ulysses from In Memoriam Crossing the Bar Alfred, Lord Tennyson 908 916 918 921 Robert Browning 924 929 Elizabeth Barrett Browning Emily Brontë 932 936 Robert Browning 938 poetry Dramatic Monologue, Make Inferences About Speakers My Last Duchess Porphyria’s Lover poetry Figurative Language, Compare Themes Sonnet 43 Remembrance Reading for Information Letter to Elizabeth Barrett letter xxiii unit 5 continued Skills and Standards british masterpiece from Jane Eyre novel Charlotte Brontë 940 Gerard Manley Hopkins 942 945 poetry Sprung Rhythm, Recognize Coined Words Pied Beauty Spring and Fall: To a Young Child wrap-up: writing to compare Victorian Romantic Poetry 947 Realism in Fiction The Novel, Realism literary analysis workshop: the growth and development of fiction 948 short story Realism, Predict Malachi’s Cove Anthony Trollope 950 Christmas Storms and Sunshine Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 974 british masterpieces The Novels of Charles Dickens from Great Expectations novel The Novels of George Eliot from Middlemarch novel Charles Dickens 990 George Eliot 992 Anton Chekhov 994 short story Omniscient Point of View, Identify Mood Naturalism, Analyze Story Structure themes across cultures: russia The Darling short story wrap-up: writing to reflect Fiction as Social Teaching 1009 Victorian Viewpoints critical commentary Persuasion, Recognize Ideas Distinguish Fact and Opinion, Synthesize and Compare xxiv Evidence of Progress The Condition of England Reading for Information Good News About Poverty editorial The White-Collar Blues editorial Thomas Babington Macaulay 1010 Thomas Carlyle 1016 David Brooks Bob Herbert 1025 1027 Skills and Standards wrap-up: writing to evaluate The Diversity of Postwar Writing 1307 Legacy of Empire poem Tone in Satire, Understand Author’s Background Telephone Conversation Wole Soyinka 1308 legacy masterpiece from Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 1314 novel short story Cultural Conflict, Predict Identify Perspectives, Clarify and React to an Opinion Six Feet of the Country Nadine Gordimer Reading for Information from No More Strangers Now: Young Voices from a New South Africa interviews 1316 1333 short story Irony, Evaluate Characters’ Actions A Devoted Son Anita Desai wrap-up: writing to reflect Writing in the Wake of Colonialism Historical Perspectives in the News Responding to Literature Theme, Setting, Point of View media study Perceptions Shaped by the News 1338 1351 news features media smart dvd 1352 writing workshop: literary analysis 1356 speaking and listening: oral interpretation 1363 assessment practice British World War I Poster visual media from Testament of Youth memoir from The Ghost Road novel 1364 Vera Brittain Pat Barker great reads: ideas for independent reading 1370 vocabulary strategies Figurative language, p. 1126 Connotation and denotation, p. 1146 Using a thesaurus, p. 1184 The prefix circum-, p. 1214 Historical terms, p. 1237 Words about words, p. 1254 Idioms, p. 1272 The Greek root chron, p. 1306 The Latin root terr, p. 1330 xxix Skills and Standards Documentary Techniques media study from A History of Britain media smart dvd documentary 1030 poetry Theme, Analyze Speaker Dover Beach To Marguerite—Continued Matthew Arnold 1034 1038 A. E. Housman 1040 1044 Oscar Wilde 1046 Thomas Hardy 1048 1052 poetry Rhyme Scheme, Make Inferences To an Athlete Dying Young When I Was One-and-Twenty british masterpiece from The Importance of Being Earnest drama poetry Tone, Draw Conclusions About Social Context Narrative Techniques, Expository Techniques Realism, Tone, Speaker The Darkling Thrush Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave? wrap-up: writing to synthesize Changing Times, Changing Views 1055 writing workshop: biographical narrative 1056 publishing with technology: video presentation 1063 assessment practice Neutral Tones poem from Adam Bede novel 1064 Thomas Hardy George Eliot great reads: ideas for independent reading 1070 vocabulary strategies Related words, p. 972 Homophones, p. 988 Examples as context clues, p. 1008 The Latin prefix retro-, p. 1022 xxv unit 6 New Ideas, New Voices modern and contemporary literature 1901–present unit 6 introduction 1072 • questions of the times • historical essay • a changing language • timeline • the legacy of the era Skills and Standards Characteristics of Modernism, Irony The Challenge of Modernism literary analysis workshop: modernism 1090 poetry Style, Reading Modern Verse Preludes The Hollow Men The Naming of Cats T. S. Eliot 1092 1096 1099 short story Third-Person Limited Point of View, Make Inferences A Cup of Tea Katherine Mansfield 1102 Virginia Woolf 1114 E. M. Forster 1124 D. H. Lawrence 1128 short story Psychological Fiction, Analyze Diction The Duchess and the Jeweller Reading for Information from Virginia Woolf essay short story Theme, Draw Conclusions xxvi The Rocking-Horse Winner Skills and Standards british masterpiece from Heart of Darkness novel Joseph Conrad 1148 W. H. Auden 1150 1154 Dylan Thomas 1158 1162 poetry Irony, Interpret Ideas Musée des Beaux Arts The Unknown Citizen poetry Villanelle, Consonance and Assonance, Analyze Imagery Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Fern Hill wrap-up: writing to analyze Modernist Detachment 1165 The Irish Literary Renaissance poetry Symbol, Clarify Meaning in Poetry Sailing to Byzantium The Second Coming When You Are Old William Butler Yeats 1166 1171 1172 Araby James Joyce 1174 irish masterpiece from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man novel James Joyce 1186 J. M. Synge 1188 short story First-Person Point of View, Analyze Descriptive Details drama Dialogue, Understand Cultural Context Riders to the Sea Reading for Information For Men of Seaside Village, Lonely and Unfamiliar Roles newspaper article irish masterpiece from Pygmalion drama 1201 George Bernard Shaw 1202 Elizabeth Bowen 1204 short story Foreshadowing and Flashback, Analyze Ambiguity The Demon Lover wrap-up: writing to compare The Flowering of Irish Letters 1215 xxvii unit 6 continued Skills and Standards Theme and Social Criticism Responses to War and Colonialism literary analysis workshop: literature as social criticism 1216 poetry Tone, Make Inferences in Poetry An Irish Airman Foresees His Death The Soldier Dreamers William Butler Yeats Rupert Brooke Siegfried Sassoon 1218 1222 1223 Shooting an Elephant George Orwell 1226 british masterpiece from 1984 novel George Orwell 1238 Words and Behavior Aldous Huxley 1240 themes across cultures: romania from Night memoir Elie Wiesel 1256 Winston Churchill 1264 essay Reflective Essay, Analyze Cause-and-Effect Relationships essay Deductive Reasoning, Analyze an Argument Tone, Reading a Memoir speech Speech, Identify Main Ideas from The Speeches, May 19, 1940 wrap-up: writing to persuade Wartime Perspectives media study Wartime Propaganda image collection 1273 media smart dvd 1274 Postwar Writers poetry Free Verse, Imagery, Analyze Word Choice Digging The Horses Seamus Heaney Ted Hughes 1278 1283 Stevie Smith 1286 1290 Samuel Beckett 1292 William Trevor 1294 poetry Voice, Interpret Ideas in Poetry The Frog Prince Not Waving but Drowning irish masterpiece from Waiting for Godot drama short story Setting, Analyze Character Relationships xxviii The Distant Past unit 7 Skills and Standards Use Reference Materials and Technology, Evaluate Sources Research, Synthesis xxx Investigation and Discovery the power of research research strategies workshop 1372 Developing Your Research Focus Using Multiple Sources Evaluating and Choosing Sources Note Taking and Plagiarism Becoming a Critical Researcher 1376 1378 1382 1386 1389 writing workshop: research paper 1392 Finding and Evaluating Sources Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Sharing Your Own Insights Creating a Works Cited List Reviewing MLA Citation Guidelines 1400 1401 1403 1404 1407 publishing with technology: creating a web site 1410
