*Please note that all readings can be found in the Norton Anthology (NA), except the plays and an occasional handout.
Wed Jan. 20 Introduction: The Elizabethan Court (See handout of poems)
Mon Jan. 25 “Early Seventeenth Century” (NA 1341-58) and “Timeline” (NA, 1368)
Jonson, “On Something” (NA 1540)
Wed Jan. 27 John Donne, Satire 4 (WEB)
Quiz: 17th-Century History
Mon Feb. 1 John Donne, “Flea” (1373), “Song” (1374), “The Indifferent” (1377),
“Love’s Alchemy” (1382), “Apparition” (1385)
Wed Feb. 3 John Donne, “The Good Morrow” (1373), “The Undertaking” (1375),
“Sun Rising” (1376), “The Canonization” (1377)
Reading Assignment #1 Due
And please look at the first paper assignment.
Mon Feb. 8 Ben Jonson, “To Camden” (1540), “On Lucy” (1542), “Sir Thomas Roe” (1543),
“To the Noble Lady” (1550); John Donne, “To Lucy, Countess of Bedford” (WEB)
Wed Feb. 10 Ben Jonson:
Mon Feb. 15 President’s Day: No Class
Wed Feb. 17 Ben Jonson, “To the Immortal Memory” (1551), “Inviting a Friend” (1544)
“To Penshurst” (1546); Thomas Carew, “To Saxham” (1773)
Mon Feb. 22 “Gender Relations“ (NA 1648-1660);
Aemelia Lanyer, “Description of Cookham” (1436)
Wed Feb. 24 Lanyer, from Salve Deus (1431-36); Cary, Tragedy of Miriam, Act 1
Paper #1 Due
Mon Feb. 29 Tragedy of Miriam, Acts 2-3
Wed Mar. 2 Tragedy of Miriam, Acts 4-5
Quiz
Mon Mar. 7 “English Reformations” (WEB) and “39 Articles”:1-2, 9-15, 15-20,
22-25, 32, 34 (WEB)
George Herbert, “Pulley and “Flower,” NA 1721-23
Wed March 9 Herbert: Altar, Redemption, Affliction I, Jordan I, Church Monuments,
The Windows, Virtue (NA 1707-15)
Mon March 14 Herbert: Jordan II, Holdfast, Collar, Forerunners, Love III (NA 1716-26)
Wed March 16 Donne, Holy Sonnets and “Riding Westward” (NA 1410-16)
Mon March 21 and Wed, March 23: No Classes: Spring Break
Mon March 28 Rebels and Rebellion: NA 1358-67; “Book of Sports” (WEB); Herrick,
“Hock Cart” (1762-64)
Wed March 30 Herrick, NA 1757-62
Mon April 4 Herrick, 1764-68
Quiz
Wed April 6 Lovelace, NA 1779-83; Marvell, “Horatian Ode,” NA 1806-11
Mon April 11 Donne, Elegy 19 (1393-94); Carew, “Rapture” (1775-78);
Marvell, “Coy Mistress” (1796-97)
In-Class Group Project
Wed April 13 [No Class]
Mon April 18 Changeling, Act 1
Wed April 20 Changeling, Acts 2-3
Paper #2 Due
Mon April 25 Changeling, Acts 4-5
Wed April 27 Milton, Samson Agonistes (handout), lines 1-725
You might find the Intro and Summary at Shmoop useful.
Mon May 2 Milton, Samson Agonistes (handout), 726-end
Wed May 4 Roundtable Discussion: Redemption in 17th-C Lit
Final Exam: Wednesday, May 11, 11:00-1:00