8:121 Victorian Poetry Syllabus, Fall 2012
M August 27th, 2012 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point”; Carol Christ, introduction
W August 29th, 2012 Robert Browning, “Porphyria’s Lover,” “Andrea del Sarto”; Hughes 1 and 2
F August 31st, 2012 1st ICON posting due
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M September 3rd, 2012 Labor Day
W September 5th, 2012 Robert Browning, "Fra Lippo Lippi"
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M September 10th, 2012 Dante G. Rossetti, "Jenny"
W September 12th, 2013 Augusta Webster, “The Castaway”
F September 14th, 2012 second ICON posting due
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M September 17th, 2012 ; Pre-Raphaelite slides
W September 19th, 2012 Alfred Tennyson, “Ulysses,” “The Lotus Eaters"
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M September 24th, 2012 Alfred Tennyson, "In Memoriam," first half
W September 26th, 2012 Alfred Tennyson, “In Memoriam,” second half
F September 28th, 2012 Title and bibliography of paper due
M October 1st, 2012 Christina Rossetti, “Goblin Market,” “In An Artist’s Studio”
W October 3rd, 2012 slides, William Morris and the decorative arts
F October 5th, 2012 third ICON posting due
M October 8th, 2012 William Morris, “The Defence of Guenevere,” “The Haystack in the Floods”
W October 10th, 2012 visit to Special Collections
F October 12th, 2012 final draft first paper due
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M October 15th, 2012 working class and dialect poets: Samuel Laycock and Janet Hamilton (handout)
W October 17th, 2012 Matthew Arnold,” “Dover Beach,” “To Marguerite—Continued,” “The Buried Life”
F October 19th, 2012 fourth ICON posting due
M October 22nd, 2012 Gerard Manley Hopkins, “The Windhover,” “As Kingfishers Catch Fire,” “Carrion Comfort”
W October 24th, 2012 Gerard Manley Hopkins, “No Worst, There is None,” “Felix Randall,” “Spring and Fall” (handout); “Binsey Poplars” (handout)
M October 29th, 2012 Algernon Swinburne, “The Triumph of Time,” “Hymn to Prosperpine”
W October 31st, 2012 Amy Levy, “Xantippe”
F November 2nd, 2012 fifth ICON posting due
M November 5th, 2012 Oscar Wilde, “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”
W November 7th, 2012 Michael Field, “La Giaconda,” “It was deep April”; handout: “Your Rose is Dead,” “Trinity”
M November 12th, 2012 W. E. Henley, “In Hospital”
W November 14th, 2012 Fin de siècle: Lionel Johnson, “The Dark Angel”; (handout) Mary Coleridge, “The White Women,” “The Other Side of the Mirror”
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M November 26th, 2012 A. E. Housman, “The Shropshire Lad”
W November 28th, 2012 Thomas Hardy, “The Darkling Thrush,” “Snow in the Suburbs,” “Afterwards” handout: “Drummer Hodge,”
F November 30th, 2012 sixth ICON posting due
M December 2nd, 2012 handout: Rosamund Marriott Watson, “The Ballad of the Bird Bride,” “A Ballad of the Were-Wolf,” “The Open Door”
W December 4th, 2012 Charlotte Mew, “The Cenotaph,” “The Farmer’s Bride,” (handout) “The Trees Are Down”
M December 10th, 2012 take home exam/essay; you will summarize your final essay on this in class