| Lectures |
Library |
| Introduction to the Homeric Epic |
Hayden Library Catalog |
| Introduction to Medieval Literature, Culture, and Dante's Comedy |
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| Introduction to Formal Poetry and the Renaissance |
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| Introduction to Renaissance Drama: Othello |
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| Introduction to John Milton's Paradise Lost |
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| Introduction to Romantic Literature |
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Introduction to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus - The Novel Genre |
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| Introduction to the Short Story Genre: Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" |
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| Online Readings |
Audio |
| Homer, The Iliad | Summary of entire epic |
Homer | Patroclos Pleads with Achilles | Hector and Achilles' Combat to Death | Hector's Death | Lecture on Homer and Summary of the Iliad (MP3) |
| Dante, The Inferno, Canto V and XXXIII |
Lecture on Dante's Inferno (37 min)(MP3) |
| Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I | Contextualizing summary of PL in its entirety |
Milton | Background to Milton's Paradise Lost (MP3) |
| P.B. Shelley, "Preface to Prometheus Unbound" |
Coleridge, "Kubla Khan" |
| Wordsworth, "Intimations of Immortality" |
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| Assignments |
Related Links |
Writing Assignment I
Honors Section Assignment Sheet | Section #70879 Assignment Sheet |
The Florence Summer Program |
Writing Assignment II: Research Paper
Honors Section Assignment Sheet | Section #70879 Assignment Sheet |
Instructor website |
| Sample Research Paper |
The Ultimate List of Necessary Literary Works |
| Resources |
Optional Readings |
Bulfinch's Mythology
Hayden Library Catalog |
Newsweek: "Dante and the Cannibal Count " |
| English Department Guide to Style (by Profs. Gregory Castle and Anita Obermeyer) (PDF) |
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