Prentice Hall Literature the British Tradition

by Bowder

• ISBN13: 9780134340586
• ISBN10: 0134340582
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL SCHOOL GROUP

Table of Contents

Unit 1 From Legend to History (449 A.D.--1485)
Introduction
Timeline	2	(2)
The Story of the Times	4	(1)
A Graphic Look at the Period	4	(6)
The Changing English Language: The Beginnings of English	10	(4)
Richard Lederer
Part 1 Earthly Exile, Heavenly Home
Reading for Success Literal Comprehension Strategies
Model Selection	14	(1)
The Seafarer Poem	15	(4)
Burton Raffel
Beyond Literature-Science Connection: Early Navigation	19	(1)
The Wanderer Poem	20	(4)
Charles W. Kennedy
The Wife's Lament Poem	24	(5)
Ann Stanford
Connections to World Literature
from Tristia Poem	29	(2)
Ovid
Far Corners of Earth Poem	31	(47)
Tu Fu
Writing Process Workshop: Dramatic Monologue	33	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Using Verb Tenses; Punctuating Free Verse	35	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Placing Reading in Time Context	36	(4)
Part 2 Focus on Literary Forms: The EPIC
from Beowulf
Burton Raffel
The Wrath of Grendel Epic	40	(3)
The Coming of Beowulf Epic	43	(4)
The Battle with Grendel Epic	47	(3)
The Monsters' Lair Epic	50	(1)
The Battle with Grendel's Mother Epic	51	(3)
The Last Battle Epic	54	(5)
The Spoils Epic	59	(1)
The Farewell Epic	60	(5)
Connections to World Literature
from Gilgamesh
David Ferry
The Prologue Epic	65	(2)
from the Iliad
Homer
from Book XIX, The Battle of Hektor and Achilleus Epic	67	(4)
Writing Process Workshop: Research Paper	71	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Punctuating Quotations; Using Transitions to Show Importance	73	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Sources of Information	74	(4)
Part 3 The Story of Britain: A National Spirit
from A History of the English Church and People Nonfiction	78	(3)
Bede
from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Nonfiction	81	(61)
Anne Savage
from The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
The Prologue Poem	88	(24)
The Nun's Priest's Tale Poem	112	(19)
Connections to Today's World
The London Times Elizabeth II: A New Queen Nonfiction	131	(4)
Writing Process Workshop: College-Application Essay	135	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Using Transitions; Using Pronouns Correctly	137	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading an Application	138	(4)
Part 4 Perils and Adventures
from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Poem	142	(14)
Marie Borroff
from Morte d' Arthur Fiction	156	(10)
Sir Thomas Malory
Letters of Margaret Paston Nonfiction	166	(3)
Margaret Paston
Beyond Literature--History Connection: Tools of Battle	169	(1)
Lord Randall Poem	170	(2)
Anonymous
Get Up and Bar the Door Poem	172	(2)
Anonymous
The Twa Corbies Poem	174	(2)
Anonymous
Barbara Allan Poem	176	(5)
Anonymous
Connections to World Literature
from The Nibelungenlied How Siegfried Was Slain Epic	181	(28)
A. T. Hatto
Writing Process Workshop: Persuasive Speech	188	(8)
Applying Language Skills: Using Parallel Structure; Eliminating Unnecessary Words	190	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Advertisements	191	(1)
Speaking and Listening Workshop: Delivering a Persuasive Speech	192	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	193	(3)
Unit 2 Celebrating Humanity (1485--1625)
Introduction
Timeline	196	(2)
The Story of the Times	198	(1)
A Graphic Look at the Period	198	(6)
The Changing English Language: ``A Man of Fire-New Words''	204	(4)
Richard Lederer
Part 1 Lovers and Their Lines
Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Poetry	208	(1)
Model Selections
Sonnet 1 Poem	209	(1)
Edmund Spenser
Sonnet 35 Poem	210	(1)
Sonnet 75 Poem	211	(1)
Sonnet 31 Poem	212	(1)
Sir Philip Sidney
Sonnet 39 Poem	213	(4)
Pastoral Poetry
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love Poem	217	(1)
Christopher Marlowe
The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd Poem	217	(3)
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sonnet 29 Poem	220	(1)
William Shakespeare
Sonnet 106 Poem	221	(1)
Sonnet 116 Poem	222	(1)
Sonnet 130 Poem	223	(4)
Connections to World Literature
Sonnet 18 Poem	227	(1)
Francesco Petrarch
Sonnet 28 Poem	227	(1)
Sonnet 69 Poem	228	(1)
Pablo Neruda
Sonnet 89 Poem	229	(9)
Writing Process Workshop: Comparative Analysis	231	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Using Quotation Marks; Using Pronouns and Antecedents	233	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Contracts	234	(4)
Part 2 The Story of Britain: The Influence of the Monarchy
from Utopia Fiction	238	(2)
Sir Thomas More
from Speech Before Defeating the Spanish Armada Speech	240	(6)
Queen Elizabeth I
from The King James Bible Psalm 23 Scripture	246	(1)
King James
from the Sermon on the Mount Scripture	247	(1)
The Parable of the Prodigal Son Scripture	248	(5)
Connections to Today's World
from A Man for All Seasons Drama	253	(1)
Robert Bolt
Beyond Literature--Media Connection: The Monarchs and the Movies	254	(10)
Writing process Workshop: Persuasive Essay	259	(5)
Applying Language Skills: Using Active Voice; Using Persuasive Language	261	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Political Persuasion	262	(2)
Part 3 Focus on Literary Forms: Drama
Elizabethan Theater	264	(2)
Macbeth on Stage	266	(25)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Act I Drama	272	(19)
Beyond Literature---History Connection: The Real Macbeth	291	(74)
Act II Drama	294	(16)
Act III Drama	310	(18)
Act IV Drama	328	(20)
Act V Drama	348	(17)
Connections to World Literature
from Oedipus, the King Drama	365	(28)
Sophocles
Writing Process Workshop: Drama	372	(8)
Applying Language Skills: Informal English; Formatting Drama	374	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Following Test Directions	375	(1)
Speaking and Listening Workshop: Oral Retelling	376	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	377	(3)
Unit 3 A Turbulent Time (1625--1798)
Introduction
Timeline	380	(2)
The Story of the Times	382	(1)
A Graphic Look at the Period	382	(6)
The Changing English Language: No Harmless Drudge, He	388	(4)
Richard Lederer
Part 1 The War Against Time
Reading for Success Strategies for Constructing Meaning	392	(1)
Model Selections
Meditation 17 Nonfiction	393	(3)
John Donne
Song Poem	396	(2)
A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning Poem	398	(2)
Holy Sonnet 10 Poem	400	(6)
On My First Son Poem	406	(1)
Ben Jonson
Song: To Celia Poem	407	(1)
Still to Be Neat Poem	408	(1)
Beyond Literature--History Connection: Renaissance Warfare	409	(5)
To His Coy Mistress Poem	414	(2)
Andrew Marvell
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time Poem	416	(1)
Robert Herrick
Song Poem	417	(4)
Sir John Suckling
Connections to World Literature
Freeze Tag Song	421	(1)
Suzanne Vega
New Beginning Song	422	(10)
Tracy Chapman
Writing Process Workshop: Editorial	425	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Avoiding Logical Fallacies; Fixing Misplaced Modifiers	427	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Judging a Writer's Purpose	428	(4)
Part 2 The Story of Britain: A Nation Divided
Sonnet VII (``How soon hath Time'') Poem	432	(1)
John Milton
Sonnet XIX (``When I consider'') Poem	433	(1)
from Paradise Lost Epic	434	(12)
from Eve's Apology in Defense of Women Poem	446	(2)
Amelia Lanier
To Lucasta, on Going to the Wars Poem	448	(1)
Richard Lovelace
To Althea, from Prison Poem	449	(4)
Connections to Today's World
from Light Shining in Buckinghamshire Drama	453	(9)
Caryl Churchill
Writing Process Workshop: Autobiographical Incident	455	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Agreement With Indefinite Pronouns; Appositive Phrases	457	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Recognizing Bias in Articles	458	(4)
Part 3 The Ties That Bind
from the Diary Nonfiction	462	(6)
Samuel Pepys
from A Journal of the Plague Year Fiction	468	(20)
Daniel Defoe
from Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
from A Voyage to Lilliput Fiction	476	(4)
from A Voyage to Brobdingnag Fiction	480	(8)
from The Rape of the Lock Poem	488	(4)
Alexander Pope
Beyond Literature---History Connection: Eighteenth-Century Fashions	492	(6)
from An Essay on Man Poem	498	(7)
from The Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language Nonfiction	505	(3)
Samuel Johnson
from A Dictionary of the English Language Nonfiction	508	(2)
from The Life of Samuel Johnson Nonfiction	510	(10)
James Boswell
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Poem	520	(6)
Thomas Gray
A Nocturnal Reverie Poem	526	(7)
Anne Finch
Connections to World Literature
from the Analects Philosophy	533	(2)
Confucius
from the Declaration of Independence Nonfiction	535	(11)
Thomas Jefferson
Writing Process Workshop: Multimedia Presentation	539	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Using Documentation; Incorporating Media	541	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Visual Information	542	(4)
Part 4 Focus on Literary Forms: The Essay
On Spring Nonfiction	546	(4)
Samuel Johnson
from the Aims of the Spectator Nonfiction	550	(5)
Joseph Addison
Connections to World Literature
Homeless Nonfiction	555	(24)
Anna Quindlen
Writing Process Workshop: Reflective Essay	558	(8)
Applying Language Skills: Using Troublesome Modifiers Correctly; Using Vivid Verbs	560	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading to Enrich Your Life	561	(1)
Speaking and Listening Workshop: An Oral Presentation With Visuals	562	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	563	(3)
Unit 4 Rebels and Dreamers (1798--1832)
Introduction	566	(12)
Timeline	568	(1)
The Story of the Times	568	(1)
A Graphic Look at the Period	568	(6)
The Changing English Language: The Romantic Age	574	(4)
Richard Lederer
Part 1 Fantasy and Reality
Reading for Success Interactive Reading Strategies	578	(1)
Model Selection
Introduction to Frankenstein Nonfiction	579	(9)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
To a Mouse Poem	588	(2)
Robert Burns
To a Louse Poem	590	(2)
Woo'd and Married and A' Poem	592	(6)
Joanna Baillie
The Lamb Poem	598	(1)
William Blake
The Tyger Poem	599	(1)
The Chimney Sweeper Poem	600	(1)
Infant Sorrow Poem	601	(1)
Beyond Literature---History Connection: Blake and His Time	602	(3)
Connections to World Literature
The Oval Portrait Short Story	605	(11)
Edgar Allan Poe
Writing Process Workshop: Compare-and-Contrast Essay	609	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Forms of Comparison; Participial Phrases	611	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading to Find Specific Information	612	(4)
Part 2 Focus on Literary Forms: Lyric Poetry
Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey Poem	616	(5)
William Wordsworth
from The Prelude Poem	621	(3)
The World Is Too Much with Us Poem	624	(1)
London, 1802 Poem	625	(5)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Poem	630	(22)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan Poem	652	(6)
She Walks in Beauty Poem	658	(2)
George Gordon
Lord Byron
from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Apostrophe to the Ocean Poem	660	(3)
from Don Juan Poem	663	(7)
Ozymandias Poem	670	(2)
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ode to the West Wind Poem	672	(4)
To a Skylark Poem	676	(8)
On First Looking into Chapman's Homer Poem	684	(1)
John Keats
When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be Poem	685	(1)
Ode to a Nightingale Poem	686	(4)
Ode on a Grecian Urn Poem	690	(5)
Connections to World Literature
The Lorelei Poem	695	(1)
Heinrich Heine
Haiku Poem	696	(1)
Basho
Haiku Poem	696	(1)
Yosa Buson
Haiku Poem	697	(9)
Kobayashi Issa
Writing Process Workshop: Video Script	699	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Special Problems With Agreement; Formatting Scripts	701	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Using Visual Cues	702	(4)
Part 3 The Story of Britain: The Reaction to Society'S Ills
Speech to Parliament: In Defense of the Lower Classes Speech	706	(2)
George Gordon
Lord Byron
A Song: ``Men of England'' Poem	708	(2)
Percy Bysshe Shelley
On the Passing of the Reform Bill Nonfiction	710	(2)
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Beyond Literature---Technology Connection: The Luddites	712	(4)
On Making an Agreeable Marriage Nonfiction	716	(4)
Jane Austen
from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Nonfiction	720	(5)
Mary Wollstonecraft
Connections to Today's World
from The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries Drama	725	(26)
Emma Thompson
Writing Process Workshop: Job Portfolio	730	(8)
Applying Language Skills: Using Positive Language; Using Concise Language	732	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Perspective in Historical Accounts	733	(1)
Speaking and Listening Workshop: Handling a Job Interview	734	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	735	(3)
Unit 5 Progress and Decline (1833--1901)
Introduction
Timeline	738	(2)
The Story of the Times	740	(1)
A Graphic Look at the Period	740	(6)
The Changing English Language: The Victorian Age	746	(4)
Richard Lederer
Part 1 Relationships
Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Critically	750	(1)
Model Selection
from In Memoriam, A. H. H. Poem	751	(3)
Alfred
Lord Tennyson
The Lady of Shalott Poem	754	(5)
Ulysses Poem	759	(3)
from The Princess: Tears, Idle Tears Poem	762	(6)
My Last Duchess Poem	768	(3)
Robert Browning
Life in a Love Poem	771	(1)
Love Among the Ruins Poem	772	(4)
Sonnet 43 Poem	776	(1)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Beyond Literature---Media Connection: The Barretts of Wimpole Street	777	(4)
Connections to World Literature
You Know the Place: Then Poem	781	(1)
Sappho
Invitation to the Voyage Poem	782	(10)
Charles Baudelaire
Writing Process Workshop: Cause-and-Effect Essay	785	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Revising Stringy Sentences; Using Precise Language	787	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Identifying Main Ideas in an Article	788	(4)
Part 2 The Story of Britain: The Empire and Its Discontents
Dover Beach Poem	792	(2)
Matthew Arnold
Recessional Poem	794	(2)
Rudyard Kipling
The Widow at Windsor Poem	796	(8)
Condition of Ireland Nonfiction
The Illustrated London News	802	(2)
Beyond Literature---History Connection: The Potato Famine	804	(1)
Progress in Personal Comfort Nonfiction	805	(6)
Sydney Smith
Connections to Today's World
Opening Statement for the Inaugural Session of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation Speech	811	(11)
Judge Catherine McGuinness
Writing Process Workshop: Statistical Report	815	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Introducing Statistical Information; Interpreting Statistics	817	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Consumer Reports	818	(4)
Part 3 Focus on Literary Forms: The Novel
from Hard Times Fiction	822	(6)
Charles Dickens
from Jane Eyre Fiction	828	(9)
Charlotte Bronte
Connections to World Literature
from War and Peace Fiction	837	(11)
Leo Tolstoy
Writing Process Workshop: Character Sketch	841	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Using Figurative Language; Dangling Modifiers	843	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Novels and Other Extended Works	844	(4)
Part 4 Gloom and Glory
Remembrance Poem	848	(2)
Emily Bronte
The Darkling Thrush Poem	850	(2)
Thomas Hardy
``Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?'' Poem	852	(6)
God's Grandeur Poem	858	(1)
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Spring and Fall: To a Young Child Poem	859	(1)
To an Athlete Dying Young Poem	860	(1)
A. E. Housman
When I Was One-and-Twenty Poem	861	(4)
Connections to World Literature
Eternity Poem	865	(24)
Arthur Rimbaud
Writing Process Workshop: Parody	868	(8)
Applying Language Skills: Imitate Sentence Types; Avoid Redundancy	870	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Adjusting Reading Rate	871	(1)
Speaking and Listening Workshop: Critically Evaluating a News Report	872	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	873	(3)
Unit 6 A Time of Rapid Change (1901--Present)
Introduction
Timeline	876	(2)
The Story of the Times	878	(1)
A Graphic Look at the Period	878	(6)
The Changing English Language: Britspeak, A to Zed	884	(4)
Richard Lederer
Part 1 Waking From the Dream
Reading for Success Strategies for Reading and Interpreting Fiction	888	(1)
Model Selection
The Demon Lover Short Story	889	(9)
Elizabeth Bowen
When You Are Old Poem	898	(1)
William Butler Yeats
The Lake Isle of Innisfree Poem	899	(1)
The Wild Swans at Coole Poem	900	(2)
The Second Coming Poem	902	(2)
Sailing to Byzantium Poem	904	(6)
Preludes Poem	910	(2)
T. S. Eliot
Journey of the Magi Poem	912	(2)
The Hollow Men Poem	914	(10)
In Memory of W. B. Yeats Poem	924	(4)
W. H. Auden
Musee des Beaux Arts Poem	928	(2)
Carrick Revisited Poem	930	(2)
Louis MacNeice
Not Palaces Poem	932	(6)
Stephen Spender
Shooting an Elephant Nonfiction	938	(4)
George Orwell
Beyond Literature---Science Connection: Protecting Elephants	942	(7)
Connections to World Literature
The Diameter of the Bomb Poem	949	(1)
Yehuda Amichai
Everything Is Plundered Poem	950	(1)
Anna Akhmatova
Testament Poem	951	(9)
Bei Dao
Writing Process Workshop: Research Paper	953	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Citing Sources; Creating a Bibliography	955	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Information on the Internet	956	(4)
Part 2 The Story of Britain: Conflicts Abroad and at Home
The Soldier Poem	960	(1)
Rupert Brooke
Beyond Literature---Community Connection: Showing Appreciation to War Veterans	960	(2)
Wirers Poem	962	(1)
Siegfried Sassoon
Anthem for Doomed Youth Poem	963	(1)
Wilfred Owen
Birds on the Western Front Nonfiction	964	(8)
Saki
Wartime Speech Speech	972	(3)
Winston Churchill
Defending Nonviolent Resistance Speech	975	(9)
Mohandas K. Gandhi
The Fiddle Short Story	984	(10)
Alan Sillitoe
The Distant Past Short Story	994	(10)
William Trevor
Follower Poem	1004	(2)
Seamus Heaney
Two Lorries Poem	1006	(2)
Outside History Poem	1008	(6)
Eavan Boland
No Witchcraft for Sale Short Story	1014	(9)
Doris Lessing
Connections to Today's World
The Rights We Enjoy, the Duties We Owe Nonfiction	1023	(11)
Tony Blair
Writing Process Workshop: How-to Essay	1027	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Avoiding Run-on Sentences; Formating Instructions	1029	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Following Directions	1030	(4)
Part 3 Focus on Literary Forms: The Short Story
The Lagoon Short Story	1034	(10)
Joseph Conrad
Araby Short Story	1044	(10)
James Joyce
The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection Short Story	1054	(4)
Virginia Woolf
The First Year of My Life Short Story	1058	(10)
Muriel Spark
The Rocking-Horse Winner Short Story	1068	(10)
D. H. Lawrence
A Shocking Accident Short Story	1078	(7)
Graham Greene
Connections to World Literature
The Book of Sand Short Story	1085	(11)
Jorge Luis Borges
Writing Process Workshop: Short Story	1089	(7)
Applying Language Skills: Writing Dialogue; Using Active Voice	1091	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Manuals	1092	(4)
Part 4 From the National to the Global
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Poem	1096	(2)
Dylan Thomas
Fern Hill Poem	1098	(2)
The Horses Poem	1100	(2)
Ted Hughes
The Rain Horse Short Story	1102	(10)
An Arundel Tomb Poem	1112	(1)
Philip Larkin
The Explosion Poem	1113	(1)
On the Patio Poem	1114	(1)
Peter Redgrove
Not Waving but Drowning Poem	1115	(5)
Stevie Smith
B. Wordsworth Short Story	1120	(10)
V. S. Naipaul
The Train from Rhodesia Short Story	1130	(8)
Nadine Gordimer
from Midsummer XXIII Poem	1138	(2)
Derek Walcott
from Omeros from Chapter XXVIII Poem	1140	(2)
From Lucy: Englan' Lady Poem	1142	(6)
James Berry
A Devoted Son Short Story	1148	(12)
Anita Desai
We'll Never Conquer Space Nonfiction	1160	(4)
Arthur C. Clarke
Beyound Literature---Technology Connection: Clarke and Comsat	1164	(10)
Writing Process Workshop: Critical Evaluation	1168	(6)
Applying Language Skills: Avoding Incomplete and Illogical Comparisons; Avoiding Cliches	1170	(1)
Real-Worlds Reading Skills Workshop: Using Heads and Text Structure	1171	(1)
Speaking and Listening Workshop: Conflict Resolution	1172	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	1173	(1)
Access Guide to Vocabulary	1174	(3)
Literary Terms Handbook	1177	(12)
Writing Process Handbook	1189	(5)
Grammar Handbook	1194	(6)
Speaking and Listening Handbook	1200	(2)
Research Handbook	1202	(2)
Collage and Career Handbook	1204	(3)
Index of Authors and Titles	1207	(2)
Index of Skills	1209	(6)
Index of Fine Art	1215	(4)
Acknowledgments and Credits	1219