Beatrix Potter For the CSET

Are you busy studying hard for the CSET English or the CSET Multiple Subjects exam? Good. Add to your studies Beatrix Potter. Helen Beatrix Potter was the author and illustrator of a popular series of children’s books that includes The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), The Tailor of Gloucester (1903) and The Tale of the [...]

Edgar Allan Poe For the CSET

If you are studying for the CSET English or the CSET Multiple Subjects then you need to know about Edgar Allan Poe. Best known for his poems and short fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Jan. 19, 1809, died Oct. 7, 1849 in Baltimore, deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation [...]

Eliot For the CSET

You need to know about T.S. Eliot if you are studying for the CSET English or the CSET Multiple Subject exam. Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was an American (naturalized British) poet, dramatist and literary critic, whose works, such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land, [...]

Something You Probably Didn’t Know About World Literature — The Ramayana

Knowing about the Ramayana is important in your continuing education of World Literature for the CSET English and CSET Multiple Subjects exams. The Ramayana (ram-EYE-ya-na) and the Mahabharata (ma-ha-BA-ra-ta), the great Indian epics, are among the most important works of literature in South Asia. Both contain important lessons on wisdom, behavior and morality, and have [...]

Discover Tanka Poetry For The CSET

You need to know about Tanka poetry if you are studying for the CSET English or CSET Multiple Subjects exams. Specifically, this will count towards your knowledge of World Literature. Tanka is the modern name of a form of Japanese verse or poetry that dates back over twelve centuries. Older than haiku, tanka differs from [...]

Davy Crockett and Tall Tales

What does Davy Crockett have to do with the CSET? If you are going to take the CSET English or the CSET Multiple Subjects exam, then you need to know about Davy Crockett and what the tall tale is. David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) is a 19th-century American folk hero usually [...]

Gwendolyn Brooks For the CSET

Are you studying for the CSET English or CSET Multiple Subjects exams? If you are, then you need to know about the poet Gwendolyn Brooks. In this lesson we will look at Gwendolyn Brooks, read a Wikipedia article about her, watch several videos about her life and influence, and close the lesson with several of [...]

Charlotte Bronte For the CSET

If you are studying for the CSET English or the CSET Multiple Subjects, you should know about Charlotte Bronte. Charlotte Bronte (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist. She is most famous for her book Jane Eyre (1847). Jane Eyre is a classic romance novel. When Charlotte Bronte set out to [...]

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