Description

Available Student Resources

Tutorial on using OED online

List of recommended websites, readings, blogs, and videos

Self-test exercises with answers

13 audio recordings of Old, Middle, and Early Modern English literary texts

Explore Resources:

Oxford English Dictionary Online Tutorial

A brief tutorial to help you navigate the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Additional Reading

A line-by-line comparison of Louise Bennett’s original poem "Bans a Killin" to a literal Standard English translation.

Recommended Resources

Additional books and articles to help you dig deeper.

Websites for Further Investigation

A list of online resources to help you dig deeper.

Self-Testing Exercises

These additional exercises correspond to the “Exercise” boxes in the textbook.

Self-Testing Exercises: Answers

Answers to the Self-Testing Excercises.

Readings to Accompany Audioclips

Transcripts of the spoken performances available on this companion site.

The Wanderer (audio)

Morte Authur (audio)

Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde (audio)

Shakespeare, Sonnett 18

Shakespeare, Sonnet 29 (audio)

Shakespeare, Richard II, 3.2 (audio)

Shakespeare, Henry V, 4.1 (audio)

Donne, Song ('Go and catch a falling star') (audio)

Donne, Holy Sonnet 10 ('Death be not proud') (audio)

Donne, Hymn to God the Father (audio)

Jonson, On My First Son (audio)

Jonson, Epitaph on Elizabeth, L.H. (audio)

Jonson, The Silent Woman, 1.1 (audio)