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Texts
Blake, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" (1790)
Bronte, Wuthering Heights (1847)
Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and the Beautiful (1757)
Byron, Lara (1814), Cain (1821)
Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (1798), "Christabel" (1816)
De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1822)
Keats, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," "Lamia" (1820)
Milton, Paradise Lost (Book I ) (1667)
Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1840)
Radcliffe, The Italian (1797)
Shakespeare, Hamlet (1600)
Schedule of Reading and Papers
Tues 1/19 -
Thur 1/21 - Hamlet Act I
Tues 1/26 - Hamlet Acts II, III
Thur 1/28 - Hamlet Acts IV, V
Tues 2/2 - Paradise Lost Book I
Thur 2/4 - Paradise Lost Book I
Tues 2/9 - Sublime & Beautiful pt. 1, 2
Thur 2/11 - Sublime & Beautiful pt. 4, 5
Tues 2/16 - "Marriage of Heaven & Hell"
Thur 2/18 - The Italian
Tues 2/23 - The Italian
Thur 2/25 - The Italian
Tues 3/2 - The Italian
Thur 3/4 - The Italian
Tues 3/9 - Lara Canto I
Thur 3/11 - Lara Canto II
Tues 3/16 - "Ancient Mariner" pts. 1-4 ***ESSAY DUE IN CLASS***
Thur 3/18 - "Ancient Mariner" pts. 5-7
Tues 3/23 - Spring Break
Thur 3/25 - Spring Break
Tues 3/30 - "Christabel"
Thur 4/1 - "Christabel," "La Belle Dame Sans Merci"
Tues 4/6 - "Lamia"
Thur 4/8 - Cain Act I
Tues 4/13 - Cain Act II
Thur 4/15 - Cain Act III
Tues 4/20 - "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Thur 4/22 - Wuthering Heights pp. 3-28
Tues 4/27 - Wuthering Heights pp. 28-84
Thur 4/29 - Wuthering Heights pp. 84-145
Tues 5/4 - Wuthering Heights pp. 145-226
Thur 5/6 - Wuthering Heights pp. 226-256
Mon 5/10 - *** ESSAY TWO DUE IN MAILBOX, 322 WHEELER, 3 PM ***
Basis of Grading
WRITTEN WORK: 75%
Three essays (6-8 pp.): due 3/16, 5/10, and one week after class presentation
Numerous one-pagers
PARTICIPATION: 25%
Steady attendance, contributions to class discussion
One class presentation
Late Policy
Papers are due as indicated above. Extensions may be arranged up to a week before the due date. Late papers sink grade for every class that occurs after they're due.