Language Arts
Last update:  April 28, 2009, C. Borri
Novels, English Literature, Greek Civilization, Theatre and Literature,
Motion Pictures, Movies and Film, Poetry, Web Quests


General resources
A Literary Index.  Internet resources for Literature, Chris Flack Vanderbilt.
Barnes and Noble
Bible Gateway. (Research scripture online.) Gospel Communications
International, 2003.

Bibliomania.  (Novels, reference, poetry, non-fiction, French Dictionary.)

Biography. A&E.
CartoonStock.   (This is a searchable database of over 40,000 quality
gag cartoons, political cartoons, cartoon pictures and illustrations by over
240 of the world's best cartoonists.)

Classic Literature: The Internet Classics Archive. Daniel Stevenson,
MIT, 2000.

Classics Technology Center.  AbleMedia, 2004.
CountryReports.org.  (World countries, weather, flags. National
anthems, cost 1.50)  CountryReports.org, 2004.


 

 

 

 

 

 

Dictionaries
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Bartleby,com, 2004.
The American Heritage Book of English Usage. Bartleby.com, 2004.
Cliche Finder. S. Morgan Friedman, 2000.
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Barleby.com, 2004.
Dictionary of Symbolism. Allison Protas, Fantast and Science Fiction,
University of Michigan, 2001.
Double-tongued word wrester. (This focuses upon slang, jargon, and other niche categories which include new, foreign, hybrid, archaic, obsolete, and rare words) Grant Barrett, 2004.
A
Glossary of Literary Terms.  Robert Harris, 2002.
Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, 2001.


English Literature on the Web:  Hyper-concordance.
Mitsuharu Matsuoka, Graduate School of Languages and Cultures,
Nagoya University, Japan, 2005.

Grammar Web Page

Internet Public Library: Online Literacy Criticism Collection. School
of Information, University of Michigan, 2004.

Library of Southern Literature.  Documenting the American South,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004.

Literary Calendar.  LitCal, 2004.
Literary Resources on the Net. Jack Lynch, Rutgers, 2004.
MarcoPolo:  Internet content for the classroom. 
(This
is a collection of standards-based, discipline-specific educational
database for K-12 teachers.
)  MCI Foundation, 2004.
Michigan Teacher Network. Merit Network, Inc.
Perspectives in American Literature.  Paul. Reuben, 2003.
Project Gutenberg. eBooks, free copies of classic novels. Project Gutenberg
Literary Archive Foundation, 2006.

Quoteland. Quoteland.com, Inc., 2001.
Research links for Research Paper, Mrs. Henkel.
The Power of One.  Caring Strangers.com
The Victorian Literary Studies Archive:  Hyper-concordance.

Mitsuharu Matsuoka
, Graduate School of Languages and Cultures,
Nagoya University, Japan, 2003

Oprah.com.  Oprah's books. Harpo, Inc., 2004.
Halton Hills Public Library.  Oprah's books. Halton Hills Public Library, 2004.

Library Spot. Oprah's Selections. StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc, 2004.



 

Novels

 

 




1984
by George Orwell
Pizza Palace

A Separate Peace
by John Knowles

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Mental Illness websites
American Psychiatric Association. APA, 2004.
Info Trac.  (Search:  The Health Reference Center Academic, and the Health
and Wellness Resource Center.
) MLC AccessMichigan, Gale Group, 2004.
Malignant self love- Narcissism Revisited.  HealthyPlace.com, Inc., 2000.
National Allliance for the Mentallly Ill. NAMI, 2004.
Overview of Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia.com, 2004.
Phobias. Psychiatric Institute of Washington, 2001.
Paranoia.  Wikipedia, 2004.

The Crucible by Arthur Miller and The Scarlet Letter 
by Nathaniel Hawthorne


Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

The Great Gatsby by F. S. Fitzgerald

 

 

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė   
L
iterary criticism on Jane Eyre.
AllSands - Jane Eyre: A Literary Analysis 
Answers.com - Jane Eyre (Criticism)
IPL - Online Literary Criticism Collection:  Sites about Jane Eyre
Literary History.com - Charlotte Brontė (1816 - 1855) Literary Criticism
Mel - Academic OneFile
Subject search Jane Eyre and choose the Academic journals for full text  articles.
Shmoop – Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontė  

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
A Research Guide for Students, Understanding "Lord of the Flies"
A Novel by William Golding.  I. Lee, 2004.
Lord of the Flies: Information and analysis. Scott Gerenser, 2003.
Lord of the Flies webquest.  L. Masterjohn, 2000, Longwood High School.

Night by Elie Wiesel
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust. Florida Center for Instructional
Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida, 2002.
Remember.org. Remember.org. Joseph Korn, 2004.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, 2004.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner

 

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Droeshout Engraving GIF Image
Malory, Sir Thomas - Le Morte Darthur, (King Arthur)
The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester:  Arthurian texts,
images, bibliographies and informationThe Camelot Project, Alan Lupack,
Barbara Lupack, University of Rochester, 2004.

King Arthur.  (Descriptions of England, characters, battles, geography,
and history.) "King Arthur", Webmaster, Merrie L. Haskell, 2003.

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. (Legends:  Information
and pictures of England, castles, and knights; maps and character descriptions.) 
"King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table", Webmaster, Nathan Currin,
2001.

King Arthur and the Matter of Britain.  (Arthurian legends information
and resources.)  "King Arthur and the Matter of Britain", Marmor, Paula
Katherine, ed., Legends, 2004.

What was it really like to live in the Middle Ages? Annenberg Media, 2006.

English Literature
English Literature on the Web:  Hyper-concordance.
Mitsuharu Matsuoka, Graduate School of Languages and Cultures,
Nagoya University, Japan, 2005.

English Renaissance.  (Full text of Bacon, Faust, Hakluyt, James I,
Marlowe, Plutarch and Shakespeare.) The Perseus Digital Library, Gregory
Crane, Tufts University.

The Victorian Literary Studies Archive:  Hyper-concordance.
Mitsuharu Matsuoka
, Graduate School of Languages and Cultures,
Nagoya University, Japan, 2003.

Chaucer, Geoffrey - Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1380.
Litrix Reading Room, 2001.

The Canterbury Tales. The Geoffrey Chaucer Page, L.D. Benson,
The President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2000.
Canterbury Tales lesson plans and quizzes.eNotes.com,. 2005.
(See Cathy for complete access to this.)

Canterbury Tales lesson plans. Georgia Department of Education, 2003.
Canterbury Tales teaching resources. Edsitement, Marcopolo.
Chaucer's Wife of Bath lesson.  Edsitement, Marcopolo.
Geoffrey Chaucer. Harvard University.
Geoffrey Chaucer:  Lesson Plans for the Canterbury Tales. 
Web English Teacher, 2005.


Shakespeare, William
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Jeremy Hylton,
MIT, 1993.

English Renaissance.  (Full text of  Shakespeare's plays with
several dictionaries, glossaries and background resources on
Shakespeare.) The Perseus Digital Library, Gregory Crane, Tufts University.
Literature Resource Center: U.S. Gale Group, 2004.
History Resource Center: U.S. Gale Group, 2004.
Internet Public Library:  Shakespeare Bookshelf.
School of Information, University of Michigan, 2004.

Internet Shakespeare Editions.
The Internet Shakespeare Editions, 2003.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet. Terry A. Gray, 2004.
Shakespeare:  A magazine for teachers and enthusiasts.
Shakespeare magazine, 2004.

Shakespeare's Globe Online.
Shakespeare and the early modern English theatre. Leigh T. Denault, 2002.
Shakespeare's Insults. Chris Seidel, 1996.
Shakespeare on the Net Teacher Resource Tour. Tramline, Inc., 2001.
Shakespeare Oxford Society Home Page. Shakespeare Oxford Society, 2004.
Shakespeare Resource Center. The Shakespeare Resource Center, 2004.
Stratford-upon-Avon. VIS Ltd, 2004.
Why young writers need to enjoy Shakespeare. Writers Write, Inc., 2003.

Romeo and Juliet online scavenger hunt.

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Elizabethan England/British History
Castles of Britain. Castles Unlimited, 2004.
Castles On the Web. Castles on the Web, 2004.
Exhibitions and Treasures from the National Archives. 
The National Archives, 2004.
Life and times of Queen Elizabeth 1(1533-1603). Heather Thomas, 2004.
Life in Elizabethan England: A compendium of common knowledge,
1558-1603.
  Maggi Ros, 2002.
Medieval England. David Ross and Britain Express, 2001.
Superstitions of the Elizabethan Era.  Richard Foss,
St. Ives Historical Society, 2001.
The official web site of the British monarchy.
 

Julius Caesar
A Brief Overview of the Roman "Constitution" in the Republic. Prof. Shaw, University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
Caesar by Plutarch. MIT, 2000.

Literature Resource Center. Gale Group, 2007.
History Resource Center: World. Gale Group, 2007.

The Fall of the Roman Republic.  Mary Beard, BBC, 2007.
The Julius Caesar Site. Perseus Project, Tufts University.


 


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Greek Literature
Ancient Greece. Hellas On Line. 1996.
The Ancient Gods. Hellas On Line. 1996.
Bulfinch's Mythology.  (Full text of classic mythology.) Bob Fisher, Thomas Bulfinch:  An introduction to Mythology, 2004.
Greek Gods and Goddesses. deTraci Requla, About, Inc., 2005.
Greek Gods and Semi-Gods. Hellas On Line. 1996.
Greek Mythology and Pre-history. William Harris, Prof. Em. Middlebury college, 1996.
Greek Mythology:  From the Iliad to the fall of the last tyrant.   XAVR, 2002.
The Internet Classics Archive.   Daniel C. Stevenson, MIT 2000.
Literature Resource Center.  Gale Group, 2004
Mythweb. (This site is devoted to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology.)  Joel Skidmore, Mythweb, Fleet Gazelle, 2003.
Perseus Digital Library.  (Very nice classic literature site.) Gregory Crane, Tufts University.
Table of Greek Gods and AssociatesUntangle Incorporated, 2002.
Theio Project:  A guide to Greek gods, spirits & monsters. Aaron Atsma, 2005.

Online dictionaries for the etymology of classic mythology
Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology. 2002.
Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper, 2001.
Roman mythology.  Encyclopedia Mythica, 2004.
World Wide Words. Turn of PhraseMichael Quinion, 2004.
Your Dictionary.com. 2004.

Greek Civilization, Theatre and Literature


Greek Civilization

ABC-CLIO - World History, Ancient and Medieval Eras
(Lots of great info on ancient Greece here.) ABC-CLIO, 2004.

Aristotle. School of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 1999.
Aristotle (384-322 BCE.):  General Introduction
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2001.
The Olympic Games. Hellas On-Line, 1995.
Offiicial website of the Olympic Movement.
International Olympics Committee, 2004.
Symbols Explained. The Horological Foundation.

Greek Architecture

Greek Architecture. Alex Lee, James Arndt, Shane
Goldmacher, Think Quest.

Greek Architecture. A Digital Archive of Architecture,
Prof. Jeffery Howe, Boston College, 1997.


Greek Theatre

ABC-CLIO - World History, Ancient and Medieval Eras
(Lots of great info on Sophocles here.) ABC-CLIO, 2004.
Drama:  The Greek Theatre and Three Anthenian Tragedians: 
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
The Glory that was Greece:
History and Culture in Ancient Athens, Leigh T. Denault, 2003.

Literature Resource Center.  (Great info on Sophocles
here.)
Gale Group, 2004.
Sophocles. Moonstruck Drama Bookstore.
Works of Sophocles. The Internet Classics Archive,
Daniel C. Stevenson, MIT 2000.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.  Phaedra, Frag. 842. Sophocles (c. 496 B.C.–406 B.C.)

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Motion Pictures, Movies, and Films
General and History

70's Movies Rewind. FastRewind Websites, 2004.
80's Movies Rewind  FastRewind Websites, 2004.
American Museum of the Moving Image.

Black Film Research Online. University of Chicago.
Digital History. Digital History, 2003.
Films.  Bedfordshire Libraries, 2004.
Filmsite.org.  Tim Dirks, 2004.
Film History.  The Media History Project, 1996.
Film & History:  An interdisciplinary Journal of Film and
Television studies. Film & History:  An interdisciplinary
Journal of Film and Television studies, 2003.

Film History by Decade. Tim Dirks, 2004.
Film research centre.  University of Western Ontario.
Film Research web page. University of Rochester Libraries, 2004.
Film Resources. San Diego State University,
Library and Information Access, 2001.

Great Directors.  Senses of Cinema, 2004.

History in Film. John Woggon.
History in Film theme page. CLN Community Learning Network.
History Resource Center. U.S.
Gale Group, 2004.
Hollywood Reporter.  VNU eMedia, Inc. 2004
Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com, 2004.
Madonna village.  Madonnavillage.com.
Modern times:  Classi Film Pages. Michael Mills, 2002.
Movie Remakes.  Ohio University, 2001.
Movie Remakes.  RateItAll.com, 2003.
The Movie Times. UGO.
Museum of the moving image - Where film came to life. 
Stephen Herbert.

New York Film Academy.
Ocean's Eleven. (This site does not provide bibliographic information.)
Ocean’s Eleven Are you in or out? Warner Bros., 2001
Reel Classics - Classic directors.  Reel Classics, 2003.
The Bill Douglas Centre for the history of cinema and
popular culture. The Bill Douglas Centre, 2004.
The Motion Picture Association of America.
Top ten movie remakes.  Neil Smith, Virgin.net.
Zeroland - Film on the Web.

Comedy Films
AFI's 100 years...100 laughs. American Film Institute, 2004.
Best Film:  2003 comedian vote. Comedy2.
Comedy. The FreeDictionary.com, Farlex, Inc., 2004.
Comedy Films.
Tim Dirks, 2004.
Screwball comedy:  An overlooked genre from the great
classic period. The Palace, Michael Mills, 1996.
Screwball comedy film.
BrainyEncyclopedia, BrainyMedia.com, 2004.
Writing the comedy film by Stuart Voytilla and Scott Petri.
Movie-making.net, Michael Wiese, 2004.


Sound Production for Movies
Compare Film soundtracks. Review Centre, Resource Team, 2004.
Danny Elfman. Eric Louis Neuman, Rochester Institute of
Technology, 2002.

Film crew. Wikipedia, 2004.
Filmtracks:  Modern soundtrack reviews. Christian
Clemmensen, 2004.

Film Sound History. Film Sound Design.
Filmsound.org. Film Sound Design.
James Bond Movie Music. Kimberly Last, 2004.
Musical CompositionThe Motion Picture Industry: 
Behind the Scenes, 1997 ThinkQuest.

Rule 16:  Special rules for the Music Awards.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Rule 21: Special rules for the Sound Editing Award.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Sound Dubbing The Motion Picture Industry: 
Behind the Scenes, 1997 ThinkQuest.
Studiokraft. Studiokraft, 2002.
Ten Great Film Soundtracks. Eoghan O'Neill, Cluas.com, 2004.
What does a production sound mixer do? Film Sound Design.

 

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Poetry
Alliteration.  Harris Middle School, TN.
Haiku. Harris Middle School, TN.
Hotel Boheme: Beat Poetry.

Limericks. Harris Middle School, TN.
Poetry Archives.  eMule.com, 2003.
Poetry.com.  International Library of Poetry featuring top 100 poets
and poems,  and a search engine for authors.
Poets.org. The Academy of American Poets, 2004.
Poetseers.  Ed. Abichal Watkins, Sri Chinmoy Centre.
Twentieth-century Poetry in English. Professor Eiichi Hishikawa,
Kobe University, 2004.
Poetry Series. Online NewsHour.PBS.


Canadian Poetry
Canadian Poetry Archive. Library and Archives, Canada.
Canadian Poetry. Canadian Poetry Press, UWO
Department of English
.

Edgar Allan Poe
Incomplete Online Works of Edgar Allan Poe.
The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore. 2004.
(Fabulous Poe
site with complete works, literary criticism, and biography.)


Webquests
Mrs. Gregory's Library Scavenger Hunt.
Mrs. Gregory's Odyssey WebQuest

Webquests  Bernie Dodge.
WebQuests:  Kathy Schrock's guide for educators
Webquest:  History, Fact and The Crucible.
John Traverse, Houston High School.
WebQuest:  King Arthur & Arthurian Legends.
Ms. Forster, Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School.
WebQuest:  The Truth...and nothing but the truth. 
Evaluating persuasive reading.
Webquest:  To Kill a Mockingbird: "Growing up in the
hungry 30's"  Foothill technology high school, Ventura,
California, 2003.

The Power Of Persuasion. Harris Middle School, Shelbyville, 1998.

Cornell Notes Instructions
Cornell Notes: Directions for Students. The Learning Toolbox Home, James Madison University Special Education Program.
Cornell Notetaking System. Cornell University, 2007.
Cornell Notes PowerPoint. Syracuse City School District.

Cornell Notes Templates

Cornell Notes Ruled Template.  Jim Burke, Webzoom, 2000.
Cornell Notes Ruled Template.  Jim Burke, Englishcompanion. (suitable for SS)
Cornell Notetaking Method Generator.  Eleven21.
Notemaking. Englishcompanion.com (lots of notemaking formats here

Debate Web page

WebQuests: The Odyssey

Tony Arkwright, 1998.
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
Tony Arkwright, 1998.

Odysseus.
James Hunter, Encyclopedia Mythica, 1997.
The Odyssey.  Andres Wilson, Classic Pages.
The Odyssey.  James Bloom, College of Teacher Education & Leadership, 2004.

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Walt Disney
Biography. A&E.
Disney, Walt:  U.S. Animator/Producer/Media Executive.
The Museum of Broadcast Communications, 2004.

History Resource Center. U.S. Gale Group, 2004.
Walt Disney and Fairytales:  Disney the innovator vs. Disney the conservative. (This site does not provide bibliographic information.)
Walt Disney, Biography. JustDisney.com, 2002.
Walt Disney. Wikipedia, 2004.
Walt Disney. WDWmagic.com, 2004.
Walt Disney, 1901-1965.  The Los Angeles Grim Society, The Grim Mausoleum.
Walt Disney Quotes. Ron & Marie's Web page and trivia.
Walt Disney Quotes. BrainyQuote, BrainyMedia.com, 2004.
Walt Disney Pictures. Disney, 2004.
Walt Disney Studios. Pathea.com, 2003.

Mel Gibson
Biography. A&E.
Biography for Mel Gibson (I). Internet Movie Database, Inc., Amazon.com, 2004.
Mel Gibson Biography.  Dominic Wells, Tiscali, 2004.
Mel Gibson. StarLink.
Mel Gibson. Starpulse.com, 2004.
Mel Gibson Special Site. (This site does not provide bibliographic information.)
The Passion of the Christ. Icon Distribution, 2004.

Alfred Hitchcock
Biography. A&E.
Alfred HitchcockBrainyEncyclopedia, BrainyMedia, Xplore, Inc. 2004.
Alfred Hitchcock Biography. BritMovie.co.uk, 2004.
Alfred Hitchcock:  Biography.  PageWise, Inc, 2002.
Alfred Hitchcock:  The Master of Suspense.  Patricio Lopez-Guzman, 1995.
American Masters:  Alfred HitchcockPBS.
Classic Movies:  Welcome to the golden years, Tributes Alfred Hitchcock.  Luciana, 2002.
Hitchcock Online.  Egar.
'The MacGuffin' Web PageKen Mogg.

Harmony Korine
Biography. A&E.
Harmony Korine. Pavement Magazine, Inc.
Harmony Korine. Fergus Grealy, Senses of Cinema, 2003.
Harmony Korine. (This site does not provide bibliographic information.)
Harmony Korine. (This site does not provide bibliographic information.)
Harmony Korine:  The Anti Dreamer.  Kuriko Sato, Projecta.

Steven King Films
Films of Stephen King. E-splatter.com.
Movies Based on King's Works A-D.  Horrorking.com, 2004.
"Rose Red." Internet Movie Database, Inc., Amazon.com, 2004.
Stephen King. FunTrivia.com, 2002.
Stephen King Unofficial. Krafty's World Network, 2004.
Stephen King's ItInfinite Coolness.com.
Stephen King Movies. The Phineas T. Manbottle Library of Arcane Knowledge and Questionable Humor.
Top Ten Stephen King Movies. Pop Arena, 2004.
The World of Stephen King. Lilja's Library, 2004.

Multicultural resources
Resources, essays, fiction and poetry from international authors.
2003 winning Short Stories. ABC Radio Regional Production Fund Short Story Project, 2005.
2004 winning Short Stories. ABC Radio Regional Production Fund Short Story Project, 2005.
Internet Public Library: Online Literacy Criticism Collection. School of Information, University of Michigan, 2004.
Internet Public Library: Newspaper Collection. School of Information,
University of Michigan, 2004.
Librarie. Another Form of Intervention, Studio Cleo III,
The Literature Page.  Michael Moncur, The LiteraturePage.com, 2004.
Literature Resource Center.  Gale Group, 2004. (Search by theme under the "Authors by Type" search.)
News and Newspapers Online.Walter Clinton Jackson Library,
University of North Carolina.

Onlinenewspapers.com. Web Wombat Pty ltd, 2004.
Words Without Borders:  The Online Magazine for International Literature. 2003.
World Writers. John Gregory Brown, Sweet Briar College, 2000.

Multicultural Book Awards
Americas Award Given by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Stuides (CLASP) to U.S. work published in the previous year in English or Spanish which authentically or engagingly presents the experiences of individuals in Latin America or the Caribbean or Latinos in the U.S.
Carter G. Woodson Award
Established by the National Council for the Social Studies in 1974 for the most distinguished social science books appropriate for young readers which depict ethnicity in the United States.
Coretta Scott King Award
Presented annually by the American Library Association to a black author and a black illustrator whose works "encourage and promote" world unity and peace and serve as an inspiration to young people.
John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Given to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstanding book; designed to bring visibility to a writer/artist at the beginning of his/her career. ALA
National Jewish Book Awards
Includes awards for children's books and chldren's picture books (Louis Posner Memorial Award).
Pura Belpre Award
Established in 1996. Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience...for children and youth.
Sydney Taylor Book Awards 2001
From the Association of Jewish Liraries. to outstanding books of Jewish content for children
Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Established by Ralph Taylor, her husband, to hnor outstanding books of positive Jewish content for children.
Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award


Ireland PowerPoint presentation
Song Lyrics
Lyrics Freaks.Com.
Lyrics.com - Music For Your Head.
Lyrics Search Engine.  Astraweb.com.
Lyrics Online - A to Z Lyrics Archive.


Walt Whitman
Poet at Work:  Recovered Notebooks from the Thomas
Biggs Harned Walt Whitman Collection. Library of Congress, 1988.
"When I Heard the Learned Astronomer" by Walt Whitman.
University of Southern California.