Schedule (Subject to change)

January
19 Introduction

24 Edmund Spenser: Muiopotmos (546); Recommended reading: Helgerson, “The New Poet Presents Himself” (675)

26 Colin Clout Comes Home Againe (560); Shepheardes Calender, “To His Booke,” Dedicatory Epistle (500-05), Aprill (517-23)

31 Faerie Queene (FQ), “Letter” and Book I, Cantos 1-3 (1-42). *Summary and questions* ; Sample images of Queen Elizabeth: Scrots, part of family portrait, Clopton, Sudeley Castle sketch, Darnley, Pelican, Phoenix, Peace, Sieve, Ermine, and the infamous Armada portrait. You can find commentary on these and more images at Marilee Cody's site and much more information on Elizabeth at this English history site.

February
2 FQ, Cantos 4-6 (43-81) *Summary and questions*

7 FQ, Cantos 7-9 (81-119); Images of St. George; link to the Book of Revelations; - Summary

9 FQ, Cantos 10-12 (120-160); - Summary

14 Isabella Whitney (RWP, 1-42); George Whitney's Book of Emblems

16 Whitney, con’t; Spenser: FQ Proems (opening poems) to Books II and III (162, 231)

21 Mary Sidney: “Even now that care” & “To the Angel Spirit” (RWP, 47-53)

23 Spenser: Amoretti (587-623)

28 Aemelia Lanyer: dedicatory verses (RWP, 206-227)

March
2 Midterm

7 – 9 Break

14 Christopher Marlowe: Faust (A Text only; Introduction recommended)

16 Faust con’t

21 Marlowe: “Passionate Shepherd to his Love,” Hero & Leander (71-92); get poems online from Helpful Links

23 Lanyer: Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum (RWP, 228-74

28 Easter Break

30 ) Lanyer, con’t

April
4 Paper #1 Due; George Herbert: "The Altar" (23), "Agony" (35), "Sepulchre" (36), "Easter Wings" (38), "Sin" (40), "Prayer I" (45), "Love" (48), "Temper" 1 & 2 (49, 50), "Jordan" (50)

6 Herbert: "The Holy Scriptures" 1 & 2 (52), "Whitsunday" (53), "Sin" (57), "Church Monuments" (58), "Church-Floor" (60), "Windows" (61), "Avarice" (70), "Denial" (73)

11 Herbert: The Collar; The Pulley

13 Lanyer

18 John Milton: “L’Allegro,” & “Il Penseroso” (22-30), “On Shakespeare” (20), Sonnets 1 & 7 (30, 34)

20 Milton: “Lycidas” (39), “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity” (3), “On Time” (15)

25 Milton: Paradise Lost, Book I

27 Milton: Paradise Lost, Book II

May
2 Paper #3 Due; Milton: Paradise Lost, Books 9 & 10

Study Period

Final Exam - TBA