8:174 Pre-Raphaelites and Aesthetes
Syllabus
August 22nd, 2006 course information; the Pre-Raphaelites
August 24th, 2006 slides / Keats, “The Eve of St. Agnes,” “Isabella and the Pot of Basil”
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August 29th, 2006 Keats
August 31st, 2006 Tennyson, “The Lady of Shallott”; “Morte d’Arthur”
September 5th, 2006 D. G. Rossetti, “The Burden of Nineveh"
September 7th, 2006 D. G. Rossetti, “The Blessed Damozel," "Jenny"
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September 12th, 2006 D. G. Rossetti, "Hand and Soul," "A Last Confession"
September 14th, 2006 D. G. Rossetti, "The House of Life," sonnets intro., 1-10, 14-15, 18-19, 22, 25, 27, 31, 36, 40-41, 43, 49-53, 56-59, 61-62, 64-74, 77-78, 83, 85
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September 19th, 2006 D. G. Rossetti, "The House of Life," 90-101
September 21st, 2006 Augusta Webster, “The Castaway”
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September 26th, 2006 Christina Rossetti, “Goblin Market”
September 28th, 2006 Christina Rossetti, selections in Buckley
October 3rd, 2006 Christina Rossetti, “Monna Innominata”
October 5th 2006 slides William Morris
paper topic for first paper due with bibliography
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October 10th, 2006 William Morris, “The Defence of Guenevere,” “King Arthur’s Tomb”
October 12th, 206 William Morris, “The Haystack in the Floods,” “The Blue Closet,” “Summer Dawn”
thesis statement, outline and 2 pp. draft of first paper due
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October 17th, 2006 Walter Pater, The Renaissance, “Preface,” “Conclusion,” “Leonardo Da Vinci”
October 19th, 2006 Walter Pater, The Renaissance, “Michelangelo,” “Giorgione”
first paper due
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October 24th, 2006 Special Collections
October 26th, 2006 William Morris, “The Lovers of Gudrun”
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October 31st, 2006 William Morris, “The Beauty of Life,” “The Society of the Future,” “The Message of the March Wind”
November 2nd, 2006 William Morris, News from Nowhere, illustrated version
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November 7th, 2006 William Morris, News from Nowhere
November 9th, 2006 Willliam Morris, News from Nowhere
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November 14, 2006 Oscar Wilde, “The English Renaissance of Art” (Buckley); The Picture of Dorian Gray
November 16th, 2006 Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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November 28th, 2006 Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan
November 30th, 2006 Oscar Wilde, “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”
December 5th, 2006 Aftermath: Rosamund Marriott Watson
December 7th, 2006 Aftermath: William Butler Yeats
final take-home exam/2nd essay: thesis statement, outline and 2 pp. draft due
December 12th, 2006 Exam week session: take-home exam/2nd essay to be summarized in final meeting