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Welcome to the MERLOT English Portal, an educational resource for teachers and learners of English at any level. You are invited to join MERLOT – it’s free – and contribute to this growing community of English instructors. Feel free to submit your own modules and assignments for evaluation, build collections of content specific to your teaching, and participate in a wonderful community of scholars.
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The visitor will find a collection of links to Internet sites dealing especially with English and American literature. Users can search by single word or by several categories. A list of links to General Sources is also provided.
Literary Resources on the Net in MERLOT
New Materials
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Adulterous Nations
In Adulterous Nations, Tatiana Kuzmic enlarges our perspective on the nineteenth-century novel of adultery and how it...
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Adjective attribution
"This book is the first typological study of adjective attribution marking. Its focus lies on Northern Eurasia, although...
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Adjective Adverb Interfaces in Romance
Within the current discussion on grammatical interfaces, the word-classes of adjective and adverb are of particular...
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Adelaide: a literary city
From the tentative beginnings of European settlement to today’s flourishing writing scene, Adelaide has always been a...
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The Adaptive Value of Languages: Non-Linguistic Causes of Language Diversity
The goal of this Research Topic is to shed light on the non-linguistic causes of language diversity, and particularly, to...
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The Activist WPA: Changing Stories about Writing and Writers
One wonders if there is any academic field that doesn't suffer from the way it is portrayed by the media, by politicians,...
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Acoustics of the Vowel - Preliminaries
It seems as if the fundamentals of how we produce vowels and how they are acoustically represented have been clarified:...
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Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity
Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity attempts to make the study of literature more than simply another school subject...
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Literary Skills and the Archive
The following is the table of contents for this book: 1 Sugar Culture in the Hemispheric Americas 2 Personal Narratives...
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Workplace Writing: A Handbook for Common Workplace Genres and Professional Writing
This handbook is designed for a generalized business writing course that seeks to meet the needs of a variety of student...
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Linguistics for Teachers of English
The primary goals of this text are to acquaint prospective teachers of English with certain aspects of the history,...
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Technical and Report Writing
You're probably wondering what this "technical writing thing" is. Someone may even have told you, "It's this course where...
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Tennyson’s Poems: New Textual Parallels
In Tennyson’s Poems: New Textual Parallels, R. H. Winnick identifies more than a thousand previously unknown instances in...
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Redesigning Assignments for English 113B
As part of the eLearning project, I redesigned two of my course assignments to integrate technologies and apply inclusive...
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Writing Spaces Open Textbook Chapters
This link is to the main website which contains links to all of the material essays. Writing Spaces: Readings on...
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Fronts of Modernism
This book outlines 20th-century collections held at the University of Victoria. Fronts of Modernity was beautifully...
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Entering the Conversation
This collection of readings that emerged out of partnerships between OER enthusiasts, composition instructors at...
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Cengage OpenNow English Composition I
Students learn the writing process and prewriting, grammar for parts of speech, punctuation and sentences, preparing to...
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Cengage OpenNow Developmental English Reading & Writing
Students learn proficiency in the reading and writing connection, the writing process, writing effective paragraphs,...
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Grammar Essentials - Excelsior College OWL
The Grammar Essentials area of the Excelsior OWL will provide you with a thorough overview of punctuation, grammar and...
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English Grammar A2 Level for Slovene speakers
English Grammar: A2 Level is a practical guide for learning English. Fully translated for Slovene speakers, this book...
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English Grammar A1 Level for Slovene speakers
English Grammar: A1 Level is a practical guide for learning English. Fully translated for Slovene speakers, this book...
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English Grammar A2 Level for Spanish speakers
English Grammar: A2 Level is a practical guide for learning English. Fully translated for Spanish speakers, this book...
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English Grammar A1 Level for Spanish speakers
English Grammar: A1 Level is a practical guide for learning English. Fully translated for Spanish speakers, this book...
New Members
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Kenn BallHigh Point Academy -
Megan CamposLong Beach City College
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Frances DiSalvoCity University of New York System - Bronx Community/Technical College
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Julie BattenSalem State College
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Brandi BurnsFlorida State University
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Sylvia HayesMidlands Technical College
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Jack RyanNames
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Kathy AldenLanier Technical Institute
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Matthew Sterner-NeelyPueblo Community/Technical College
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Heather FergusonSault College of Applied Arts and Technology
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Abigail FordTexas State Technical College - Waco campus
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Matt BoswellMark Twain High School
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Victoria NewtonUniversity of Bristol
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Marci DawsonPrince George`s Community/Technical College
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Amanda MahoneyFramingham State College
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Jody WilsonCommunity/Technical College of Allegheny County
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Anna MillsCity College of San Francisco
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Lisa BartleCalifornia State University, San Bernardino
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Chuck BakerGreenville Technical College
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Christina RauNassau Community/Technical College
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Linda MyersSacramento City College
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Jessica HeffnerLong Beach City College
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Amy MinerviniLewis-Clark State College
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Andrea BorbuaESPE
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English on the Web
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Retired law enforcement officer turns to poetry
Jun 15, 2019 05:11 PM PDT
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For the love of poetry
Jun 15, 2019 03:18 PM PDT
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Louisiana Literature: Baton Rouge poet pens second book
Jun 15, 2019 02:56 PM PDT
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Uttar Pradesh: MLA booked, 26 held after Hardoi clash
Jun 15, 2019 02:11 PM PDT
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Eve Ewing Untangles Time in New Poetry collection 1919—Book Review/Event Report
Jun 15, 2019 12:41 PM PDT
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Mayor John Dailey reads favorite poem at Big Bend Poets meeting
Jun 15, 2019 12:28 PM PDT
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'Karnad brought repute to Kannada literature, Dharwad'
Jun 15, 2019 12:27 PM PDT
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California Police Find Nazi Literature, AR-15 in Home of Man Who Allegedly Plotted to Murder Jews
Jun 15, 2019 12:18 PM PDT
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Telangana Congress MLA may join BJP
Jun 15, 2019 11:11 AM PDT
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BJP only alternative to TRS: Congress MLA
Jun 15, 2019 10:48 AM PDT
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YSRCP MLA becomes target of pickpockets at Dwaraka Tirumala, lose Rs 30000
Jun 15, 2019 10:37 AM PDT
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JD(S) MLA Ramaswamy resigns as chairperson of legislature committee
Jun 15, 2019 09:41 AM PDT
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Karimnagar MLA flays officials for delay
Jun 15, 2019 08:56 AM PDT
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MLA claims SIT has been asked to probe allegations against Kamal Nath in 1984 anti-Sikh riots
Jun 15, 2019 08:33 AM PDT
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Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani booked for 'defaming' Valsad school on Twitter
Jun 15, 2019 06:07 AM PDT
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Poetry: Beloved Camp
Jun 15, 2019 06:07 AM PDT
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Faculty
Jun 15, 2019 05:59 AM PDT
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Victoria poet Eve Joseph recalls her journey to winning Griffin prize
Jun 15, 2019 05:47 AM PDT
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