Literary Texts
- MCMXIV (Philip Larkin)
- The Soldier (Rupert Brooke)
- Does It Matter? (Siegfried Sassoon)
- Shooting an Elephant (George Orwell)
- I Don't Know How She Does It (Allison Pearson)
Literature is an important resource for understanding social studies. Though social and historical articles can provide context and analysis, it is stories – both real and fictional – that can best convey personal insight and experience. We have provided several such stories as well as a number of poems throughout the book. They act as windows into the worlds we are describing.
Articles and Resources
Web resources
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Rupert Brooke (BBC Historic fugures)
(bbc.co. uk) -
Rupert Brooke: Biography
(oucs.ox. ac. uk) -
Siegfried Sassoon
(bbc.co. uk) -
Audio: BBC Radio programme about Siegfried Sassoon
(bbc.co. uk) -
Poetry slideshow: Wilfred Owen: Dulce Et Decorum Est
(bbc.co. uk) -
Wilfred Owen: Poems
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George Orwell
(bbc.co. uk) -
Video: Understanding Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"
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Allison Pearson
(en.wikipedia. org) -
Allison Pearson talks about "I Don't Know How She Does It"
(readersread.com)