http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/intro.htm
Shakespeare’s works, life & times, theatre and links to other web sites.
http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
Welcome to the Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. All the plays, poems and sonnets are here!
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/default.asp
Details of the various sources used in Shakespeare’s plays. Reliable links to other sites. Section about the theatre in Shakespeare’s time. “How to study Shakespeare.” Analysis of some works. All you ever needed to know!
Shakespeare's Life and Times
http://web.uvic.ca/shakespeare/Library/SLTnoframes/intro/introsubj.html
This site is divided into the ten "books" listed here, each of which in turn is divided into "chapters."
Shakespeare’s life
The stage
Society
History and politics
The background of ideas
The drama
Literature, art and Music
Some plays explored
References and indexes
The
by
Geoffrey Chaucer (1342 - 1400)
http://www.librarius.com/cantales.htm
All the tales, plus glossary of some terms. Chronology of Chaucer’s life and times. Some of the tales have side-by-side translations.