Literature in Context

"The Rape of the Lock" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "The Rape of the Lock" (London: B. Lintott, 1714)

Headnote: Headnote for Alexander Pope by O'Brien, John

"Windsor-Forest" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "Windsor-Forest" (London: Bernard Lintott, 1713)

"An Essay on Criticism" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "An Essay on Criticism" (London: W. Lewis, 1711)

"To His Coy Mistress" by Marvell, AndrewSource: Miscellaneous Poems (London: Printed for Robert Boulter, 1681)

"To the Nightingale" by Finch, AnneSource: Poems on Several Occasions... (: Written by the Right Honourable Anne, countess of Winchelsea., )

Headnote: Headnote for Anne Finch by West, James and TonyaHowe

The Woman of Colour by AnonymousSource: The Woman of Colour, A Tale. (London: Black, Parry, and Kingsbury, Booksellers to the Honourable East India Company, 1808)

Beowulf by AnonymousSource: Beowulf (Np: Manuscript, c.1100)

The Rover, or, The Banished Cavaliers by Behn, AphraSource: The Rover: or, the Banish't Cavaliers (London: Printed for John Amery, 1677)

Headnote: Headnote for Aphra Behn by O'Brien, John

Oroonoko, or, The Royal Slave: A True History by Behn, AphraSource: Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave; a True History (London: Printed for William Canning, 1688)

Headnote: Headnote for Aphra Behn by O'Brien, John

"To the fair Clarinda, who made Love to me, imagin'd more than Woman" by Behn, AphraSource: Lysidus, or, The lover in Fashion (London: Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, 1688)

"The Adventure of The Speckled Band" by Doyle, Arthur ConanSource: The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly (London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892)

Headnote: Headnote for Arthur Conan Doyle by Howe, Tonya

"The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Doyle, Arthur ConanSource: The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly (London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892)

Headnote: Headnote for Arthur Conan Doyle by Howe, Tonya

Articles of Peace Between the Most Serene and Mighty Prince Charles II and Several Indian Kings and Queens ["The Treaty of Middle Plantation"] by Stuart, CharlesSource: ARTICLES OF PEACE Between The Most Serene and Mighty PRINCE CHARLES II. By the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. And Several Indian Kings and Queens, etc. Concluded the 29th day of May, 1677. Published by his Majesties Command (London: Printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty., 1677)

A Christmas Carol by Dickens, CharlesSource: A Christmas Carol (London: Chapman & Hall, 1843)

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Bronte, CharlotteSource: Jane Eyre:An Autobiography (London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1847)

The Tragicall History of Doctor Faustus by Marlowe, ChristopherSource: The Tragicall history of Doctor Faustus (London: Printed by V. S[immes] for Thomas Bushell, 1604.)

"The Passionate Shepherd to his Love" by Marlowe, ChristopherSource: England's Helicon (London: John Flasket, 1600)

Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, DanielSource: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (London: William Taylor, 1719)

Headnote: Headnote for Daniel Defoe by O'Brien, John

A Journal of the Plague Year by Defoe, DanielSource: A Journal of the Plague Year (London: Printed for E. Nutt at the Royal-Exchange; J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane; A. Dodd without Temple Bar; and J. Graves in St. James's-Street, 1722)

Headnote: Headnote for Daniel Defoe by O'Brien, John

"The Masque of the Red Death" by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe (New York: J. S. Redfield, 1850)

Headnote: Headnote for Edgar Allan Poe by Howe, Tonya

The Philosophy of Composition by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: The Philosophy of Composition (Philadelphia: George Rex Graham, in Graham's Magazine., 1846)

"The Lady’s Maid’s Bell" by Wharton, EdithSource: Scribner’s Magazine (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1902)

Reflections on the Revolution in France by Burke, EdmundSource: Reflections on the Revolution in France. And on the Proceedings of Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. (London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1790)

Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze by Haywood, ElizaSource: Secret Histories, Novels, and Poems (London: Printed for Dan Browne, jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar, 1725)

Love in Excess by Haywood, ElizaSource: Love in Excess; or, The Fatal Enquiry, a Novel (London: Printed for D. Browne, jun. at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar, 1722)

Wuthering Heights by Bronte, EmilySource: Wuthering Heights (London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847)

The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway, ErnestSource: The Sun Also Rises (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926)

The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, F. ScottSource: The Great Gatsby (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925)

[Letter to Esther Burney, Dated 22 March 1812] by Burney, FrancesSource: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library (Online: The New York Public Library Digital Collections, 1803-1812)

[Journal Entry to Nobody, Dated 27 March 1768] by Burney, FrancesSource: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library (Online: The New York Public Library Digital Collections, 1812)

The Belle's Stratagem by Cowley, HannahSource: The Belle's Stratagem (London: T. Cadell, in the Strand., 1782)

The Coquette; Or, The History of Eliza Wharton by Foster, Hannah WebsterSource: The Coquette; Or, The History of Eliza Wharton (Boston: , 1797)

The Turn of the Screw by James, HenrySource: The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw, Covering End (New York: Macmillan, 1898)

"Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Melville, HermanSource: Putnam's Monthly (New York: G. P. Putnams's Sons, November 1853)

The Castle of Otranto by Walpole, HoraceSource: The Castle of Otranto: A Story. Translated by William Marshal, Gent. from the original Italian of Onuphrio Muralto (London: Printed for Tho. Lownds, 1765 [1764])

Headnote: Headnote for Horace Walpole by O'Brien, John

"An Ode [Rule, Britannia]" by Thomson, James and Thomas ArneSource: Alfred: A Masque (London: A. Millar, 1740)

"The Dead" by Joyce, JamesSource: Dubliners (London: Grant Richards, Ltd., 1914)

"Araby" by Joyce, JamesSource: Dubliners (London: Grant Richards, Ltd., 1914)

Northanger Abbey by Austen, JaneSource: Northanger Abbey (London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1817)

Headnote: Headnote for Jane Austen by O'Brien, John

Lady Susan by Austen, JaneSource: A Memoir of Jane Austen (London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1871)

Headnote: Headnote for Jane Austen by O'Brien, John

Pride and Prejudice by Austen, JaneSource: Pride and Prejudice (London: Thomas Edgerton, Whitehall, 1813)

Headnote: Headnote for Jane Austen by O'Brien, John

Cane by Toomer, JeanSource: Cane (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1923)

"Satyr [Against Reason and Mankind]" by Wilmot, John, Earl of RochesterSource: Poems on Several Occasions By the Right Honourable, THE E. of R--- (Antwerpen [London]: [John Redmayne], 1680)

Headnote: Headnote for John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester by O'Brien, John

"La Belle Dame Sans Mercy" by Keats, JohnSource: The Indicator (London: Leigh Hunt, 1820)

"Ode to a Nightingale" by Keats, JohnSource: Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems (London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820)

"Ode on a Grecian Urn" by Keats, JohnSource: Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems (London: Taylor and Cressey, 1820)

"The Flea" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)

The Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan, JohnSource: The Pilgrim's Progress (London: Nathaniel Ponder, 1678)

The Beggar's Opera by Gay, JohnSource: The Beggar's Opera (London: Printed for John Watts, at the Printing Office in Wild-Court, near Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1728)

"Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward." by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)

"The Sunne Rising" by Donne, JohnSource: Poems, by J. D., With Elegies on the Authors Death (London: M. F. for John Marriot, 1633)