The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to KnowDiane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616) -- Scarborough Fair -- Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) -- Christopher Marlowe (1564 - 1593) -- Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) -- Greensleeves -- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) -- John Donne (1572 - 1631) -- Ben Jonson (1573 - 1637) -- Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) -- King James Bible (1611) -- Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674) -- George Herbert (1593 - 1633) -- Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) -- Barbara Allen -- John Milton (1608 - 1674) -- Jeremy Taylor (1613 - 1667) -- The two brothers -- Richard Lovelace (1618-1657) -- Andrew Marvell (1621 - 1678) -- John Bunyan (1628-1688) -- Lord Randal -- John Dryden (1631 - 1700) -- John Locke (1632 - 1704) -- The girl i left behind me -- Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727) -- Our God, our help in ages past -- Joy to the world -- Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) -- Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) -- Rule, Brittania -- John Wesley (1703 - 1791) -- Jesus, lover of my soul -- William Pitt (1708 - 1778) -- Heart of Oak -- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) -- Thomas Gray (1716 - 1771) -- Adam Smith (1723 - 1790) -- God save the queen -- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797) -- Oliver Goldsmith (1730 - 1774) -- William Cowper (1731 - 1800) -- William Blake (1757 - 1827) -- Mary Wollstonecraft (1859 - 1897) -- Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) -- Auld lang syne -- William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833) -- Amazing Grace -- William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850) -- Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834) -- Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1824) -- William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830) -- Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) -- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822) -- John Clare (1793 - 1864) -- Felicia Hemans (1793 - 1835) -- John Keats (1795 - 1821) -- Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) -- Thomas Hood (1799-1845) -- John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890) -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861) -- John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) -- Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883) -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) -- Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) -- Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) -- Robert Browning (1812 - 1889) -- Emily Bronte (1818 - 1848) -- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) -- Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888) -- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 - 1895) -- I know where I'm going -- Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877) -- Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894) -- Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898) -- William Morris (1834 - 1896) -- Walter Pater (1839 - 1894) -- Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928) -- Algernon Charles Swinburne (1843 - 1909) -- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844 - 1889) -- W. E. Henley (1849 - 1903) -- The Major General's song -- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) -- Emmeline Pankhurst (1858 - 1928) -- A. E. Houseman (1859 - 1936) -- David Lloyd George (1863 - 1945) -- There'll always be an England -- Roger Casement (1864 - 1916) -- Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) -- William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) -- G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) -- Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917) -- E. M. Forster (1879 - 1970) -- Virginia Woolf (1881 - 1941) -- D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930) -- Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915) -- Keep the home fires burning -- T.S Eliot (1888 - 1965) -- Wilfred Owen (1893 - 1918) -- George Orwell (1903 - 1950) -- W.H. Auden (1907-1973) -- Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) -- Phillip Larkin (1922- 1985) -- Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965). |
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Contents
Queen Elizabeth I 15331603 | 1 |
William Shakespeare 15641616 | 3 |
Scarborough Fair | 13 |
Edmund Spenser 15521599 | 14 |
Christopher Marlowe 15641593 | 17 |
Sir Walter Raleigh 15521618 | 19 |
Greensleeves | 22 |
Francis Bacon 15611626 | 23 |
Percy Bysshe Shelley 17921822 | 215 |
John Clare 17931864 | 221 |
Felicia Hemans 17931835 | 224 |
John Keats 17951821 | 226 |
Thomas Carlyle 17951881 | 233 |
Thomas Hood 17991845 | 237 |
John Henry Newman 18011890 | 241 |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 18061861 | 244 |
John Donne 15721631 | 26 |
Ben Jonson 15731637 | 33 |
Thomas Hobbes 15881679 | 35 |
King James Bible 1611 | 38 |
Robert Herrick 15911674 | 48 |
George Herbert 15931633 | 50 |
Sir Thomas Browne 16051682 | 53 |
Barbara Allen | 55 |
John Milton 16081674 | 57 |
Jeremy Taylor 16131667 | 60 |
The Two Brothers | 61 |
Richard Lovelace 16181657 | 63 |
Andrew Marvell 16211678 | 65 |
John Bunyan 16281688 | 68 |
Lord Randal | 72 |
John Dryden 16311700 | 73 |
John Locke 16321704 | 75 |
The Girl I Left Behind Me | 79 |
Isaac Newton 16421727 | 81 |
O God Our Help in Ages Past | 83 |
Joy to the World | 85 |
Jonathan Swift 16671745 | 86 |
Alexander Pope 16881744 | 92 |
Rule Britannia | 96 |
John Wesley 17031791 | 97 |
Jesus Lover of My Soul | 101 |
William Pitt 17081778 | 102 |
Heart of Oak | 105 |
Samuel Johnson 17091784 | 107 |
Thomas Gray 17161771 | 110 |
Adam Smith 17231790 | 114 |
God Save the King | 116 |
Edmund Burke 1729?1797 | 117 |
Oliver Goldsmith 1730?1774 | 122 |
William Cowper 17311800 | 133 |
William Blake 17571827 | 136 |
Mary Wollstonecraft 17591797 | 146 |
Robert Burns 17591796 | 150 |
Auld Lang Syne | 153 |
William Wilberforce 17591833 | 154 |
Thomas Robert Malthus 17661834 | 159 |
Amazing Grace | 162 |
William Wordsworth 17701850 | 164 |
Sir Walter Scott 17711832 | 179 |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 17721834 | 180 |
Walter Savage Landor 17751864 | 205 |
William Hazlitt 17781830 | 206 |
Lord Byron 17881824 | 211 |
John Stuart Mill 18061873 | 245 |
Edward Fitzgerald 18091883 | 250 |
Alfred Lord Tennyson 18091892 | 254 |
Charles Darwin 18091882 | 266 |
Edward Lear 18121888 | 269 |
Robert Browning 18121889 | 273 |
Emily Brontë 18181848 | 283 |
John Ruskin 18191900 | 285 |
Matthew Arnold 18221888 | 290 |
Thomas Henry Huxley 18251895 | 299 |
I Know Where Im Going | 302 |
Walter Bagehot 18261877 | 303 |
Christina Rossetti 18301894 | 306 |
Lewis Carroll 18321898 | 323 |
William Morris 18341896 | 331 |
Walter Pater 18391894 | 337 |
Thomas Hardy 18401928 | 341 |
Algernon Charles Swinburne 18371909 | 343 |
Gerard Manley Hopkins 18441889 | 348 |
W E Henley 18491903 | 351 |
The Major Generals Song | 353 |
Robert Louis Stevenson 18501894 | 355 |
Oscar Wilde 18541900 | 360 |
Emmeline Pankhurst 18581928 | 387 |
A E Housman 18591936 | 392 |
David Lloyd George 18631945 | 395 |
Therell Always Be An England | 399 |
Roger Casement 18641916 | 400 |
Rudyard Kipling 18651936 | 404 |
William Butler Yeats 18651939 | 410 |
G K Chesterton 18741936 | 415 |
Edward Thomas 18781917 | 421 |
E M Forster 18791970 | 424 |
Virginia Woolf 18821941 | 428 |
D H Lawrence 18851930 | 434 |
Rupert Brooke 18871915 | 437 |
Keep the Home Fires Burning | 438 |
Wilfred Owen 18931918 | 445 |
George Orwell 19031950 | 448 |
W H Auden 19071973 | 456 |
Dylan Thomas 19141953 | 462 |
Phillip Larkin 19221985 | 464 |
Winston Churchill 18741965 | 466 |
Copyrights | 475 |
Illustration Credits | 477 |
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