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Shakespeare, Hamlet
* Milton, Paradise Lost (Book I )
* Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and the Beautiful (selection)
* Blake, “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell”
Lewis, The Monk
* Coleridge, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
* Byron, Lara (selections), "Fare Thee Well", and "Prometheus"
Bronte, Wuthering Heights

* Starred reading is available to download here.

Course Schedule

Jan. 14 Organization
Jan. 16 Hamlet intro

Jan. 21 MLK Day – no class
Jan. 23 Hamlet - H Act I

Jan 28 Hamlet - H Act 2
Jan. 30 Hamlet - H Act 3 - Riley: Shakespeare as the Ghost

Feb. 4 Hamlet - H Act 4 - Thomas: Hamlet's sources
Feb. 6 Hamlet - H Act 5 - Chris: The history of Hamlet

Feb. 11 Paradise Lost - PL 1 lines 1-375 - Derek: What's an epic?
Feb. 13 Paradise Lost - PL 1 lines 506-795 - Rachel: Milton the rebel

Feb. 18 Winter Vacation – no class
Feb. 20 Winter Vacation – no class

Feb. 25 The Marriage of Heaven & Hell - MHH plates 1-14 - Jon: Blake's politics
Feb. 27 The Marriage of Heaven & Hell - MHH plates 15-25 - Amanda: textual history of MHH

Mar. 4 Enquiry…Sublime & Beautiful - Selection - Sharon: Who was Edmund Burke?
Mar. 6 The Monk - M p. 7-91 - Cameron: Ingredients of the Gothic

Mar. 11 The Monk - M pp. 91-191 - Ben: Who was Matthew "Monk" Lewis?
Mar. 13 The Monk - M pp. 192-255 - Essay 1 due - Justin: The textual history of The Monk

Mar. 18 The Monk - M pp. 256-343 - Matti: The gay subtext of The Monk
Mar. 20 The Monk - M pp. 343-420 - Jared: The Monk and religion

Mar. 25 Spring Vacation – no class
Mar. 27 Spring Vacation – no class

Apr. 1 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - RAM 1-4 - Sarah: Who was S.T. Coleridge?
Apr. 3 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - RAM 5-7 - Jennifer: Textual history of RAM

Apr. 8 Byron: Lara - Selection - Court: The Byron legend
Apr. 10 Byron: "Fare Thee Well" and "Prometheus" - Marshall: Byron's influence

Apr. 15 Wuthering Heights - WH ch. 1-10 - Jeanine: Who was Emily Bronte?
Apr. 17 Wuthering Heights - WH ch. 11-17 - Mike: Textual history of WH

Apr. 22 Wuthering Heights - WH ch. 18-30 - Hilary: Sources of Heathcliff
Apr. 24 Wuthering Heights - WH ch. 31-34 - Brianna: WH and feminism

Apr. 29 Wuthering Heights - Will: WH in film
May 1 Adios Essay 2 due