E 131: Society & Literature

Schedule

We meet MW 4:40 pm - 5:30 pm in Thompson 104

WEEK 5 Wordsworth

M 1 Oct. Read Poems

• Read "Introduction" to Lyrical Ballads, pp. 15–37; "We Are Seven"; "The Idiot Boy"; "Expostulation and Reply"; "Tintern Abbey" (p. 142 ff.); Reviews of the 1798 edition; and especially the Preface to the 1800 edition.

 

W 3 Oct. Make your own

• Prepare characteritics of a poem by Wordsworth.
• Worksheet for discussion is here.
• MIDTERM (take-home) will be handed out today. Online copy here. Due Friday, 12 October, 4:00 pm in the English Department. No electronic copies.

 

Supplemental Reading:

• Read further in the book

 

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