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Victorian Fiction
Professor Florence S. Boos
Syllabus
January 23rd, 2008 Wednesday
introduction, course content, Victorian publication
January 25th, 2008 Friday
discussion of Moran handout, Elizabeth Gaskell, "The Old Nurse's Tale"
February 3rd, 2008 Monday
Elizabeth Gaskell, "Lois the Witch"
February 5th, 2008 Wednesday
"Lois the Witch"
February 5th, 2008 Friday
two stories: Thomas Cooper, "Merrie England" and Ernest Jones, "The Working-Man's Wife"
February 10th, 2008 Monday
Moran, pages 78-95; Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
February 12th, 2008 Wednesday
Our Mutual Friend
February 16th, 2008 Friday
Our Mutual Friend
February 17th, 2008 Monday
Our Mutual Friend
February 19th Wednesday
Our Mutual Friend
February 21st, 2008 Friday
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend
February 26th, 2008 Wednesday
Moran, 117-34; George Eliot, Middlemarch
February 28th, 2008 Friday
Middlemarch
March 3rd, 2008 Monday
George Eliot, Middlemarch
title for paper due; short bibliography
March 5th, 2008 Wednesday
Middlemarch
March 7th, 2008 Friday
Middlemarch
outline or first draft for paper due
March 10th, 2008 Monday
Middlemarch
March 12th, 2008 Wednesday
Middlemarch
March 14th, 2008 Friday
Middlemarch
paper due
March 24th, 2008 Monday
Rudyard Kipling, Kim
March 26th, 2008 Wednesday
Kim
March 28th, 2008 Friday
Kim
March 31st, 2008 Monday
George Gissing, The Odd Women
April 2nd, 2008 Wednesday
The Odd Women
April 4th, 2008 Friday
The Odd Women
April 7th, 2008 Monday
Margaret Oliphant, "The Open Door"
April 9th, 2008 Wednesday
Margaret Oliphant, "The Portrait"
April 11th, 2008 Friday
Ella Dixon, The Story of a Modern Woman
April 14th, 2008 Monday
The Story of a Modern Woman
April 16th, 2008, Wednesday
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April 18th, 2008, Friday
William Morris, News from Nowhere
April 21st, 2008, Monday
William Morris, News from Nowhere
April 23rd, 2008, Wednesday
William Morris, News from Nowhere
April 25th, 2008 Friday
News from Nowhere
April 28th, 2008 Monday
News from Nowhere
April 30th, 2008 Wednesday
Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
May 4th, 2008 Monday
final class presentations
May 6th, 2008 Wednesday
final class presentations
May 8th, 2008 Friday
Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet
Because the instructor will be giving talks in New Zealand during finals week, presentations will take place in class on Monday and Wednsday May 4th and 6th, but final drafts of the essay will not be due until Friday May 16th, 2008.