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)

"Davids Lamentation for Saul, and Jonathan, 2 Sam. 1.19" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

Headnote: Headnote for Anne Bradstreet by O'Brien, John

"Old Age" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

Headnote: Headnote for Anne Bradstreet by O'Brien, John

"Youth" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

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"The Vanity of All Worldly Things" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

Headnote: Headnote for Anne Bradstreet by O'Brien, John

Davids Lamentation for Saul, and Jonathan, 2 Sam. 1.19 by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Davids Lamentation for Saul, and Jonathan, 2 Sam. 1.19 (American Colonies: original publisher, 1678)

Headnote: Headnote for Anne Bradstreet by O'Brien, John

"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

"Childhood" by Bradstreet, AnneSource: Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning (Boston: John Foster, 1678)

Headnote: Headnote for Anne Bradstreet by O'Brien, John

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 Sign of the Four by Doyle, Arthur ConanSource: Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1889)

Headnote: Headnote for Arthur Conan Doyle by Howe, Tonya

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

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"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

Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America by Franklin, BenjaminSource: Remarks Concerning the Savages of North-America (Passy: Passy Press, 1784)

The Silence Dogood Essays by Franklin, BenjaminSource: Silence Dogood (Boston: James Franklin, 1722)

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Franklin, BenjaminSource: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (np np: manuscript, 1790)

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)

"The Yellow Wall-Paper" by Gilman, Charlotte PerkinsSource: New England Magazine (Boston: J. N. McClinctock and Company, 1892)

Goblin Market by Rossetti, ChristinaSource: Goblin Market and Other Poems (Cambridge: MacMillan and Co., 1862)

"Old England" by McKay, ClaudeSource: Songs of Jamaica (Kingston, Jamaica [and London, England]: Aston W. Gardner & Co., 1912)

Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, DanielSource: Robinson CrusoeThe life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe: of York, mariner: who lived eight and twenty years, all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river of Oroonoque; ... Written by himself. (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)

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"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: The Pioneer (Boston: J. R. Lowell and R. Carter, 1843)

Headnote: Headnote for Edgar Allan Poe by Howe, Tonya

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

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"The Murders In the Rue Morgue" by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine (Philadelphia, PA: George R Graham, 1841)

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"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: Burton's Gentleman's Magazine (Philadelphia: W.E. Burton, 1839)

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"The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe, Edgar AllanSource: Godey's Lady's Book (Philadelphia: Open Court Publishing Co, 1846)

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)

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)