Course Schedule

Week 1: 2/4

  • Introductions, syllabus, expectations
  • Meeting: Thurs, 2/4, 9:30-10:45am

Week 2: 2/8-2/14

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, by Gordigiani 1858
  • Reading: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “The Cry of the Children
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 2/9, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 2/10, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 2/11, 9:30-10:45am

Week 3: 2/15-2/21

  • Reading: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese, 14, 22, 28, 35, 43
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 2/16, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 2/17, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 2/18, 9:30-10:45am

 Week 4: 2/22-2/28

  • Reading: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 2/23, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 2/24, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 2/25, 9:30-10:45am

 Week 5: 3/1-3/7

Alfred Tennyson
  • Reading: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Mariana,” “The Lady of Shalott
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 3/2, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 3/3, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 3/4, 9:30-10:45am

Week 6 3/8-3/14

  • Reading: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Ulysses,” “The Lotus-Eaters
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 3/9, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 3/10, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 3/11, 9:30-10:45am

Week 7: 3/15-3/21

Robert Browning, by Barraud, 1888
  • Reading: Robert Browning, “Porphyria’s Lover,” “My Last Duchess
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 3/16, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 3/17, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 3/18, 9:30-10:45am

Week 8: 3/22-3/28

  • Reading: Robert Browning, “Fra Lippo Lippi,” “Andrea del Sarto
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 3/23, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 3/24, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 3/25, 9:30-10:45am

Week 9: 3/29-4/4

No Class- Spring Recess

Week 10: 4/5-4/11

Matthew Arnold
  • Reading: Matthew Arnold, “Isolation: To Marguerite,”
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 4/6, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 4/7, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 4/8, 9:30-10:45am

Week 11: 4/12-4/18

  • Reading:
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 4/13, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 4/14, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 4/15, 9:30-10:45am

Week 12: 4/19-4/25

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, by William Hunt
  • Reading: Dante Gabriel Rosetti, “Jenny
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 4/20, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 4/21, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 4/22, 9:30-10:45am

Week 13: 4/26-5/2

Christina Rossetti, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 
  • Reading: Christina Rosetti, “Goblin Market
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 4/27, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 4/28, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 4/29, 9:30-10:45am

Week 14: 5/3-5/9

Swinburne, by Pellegrini 1874
  • Reading: Algernon Charles Swinburne, “Hymn to Proserpine,” “Ave Atque Vale
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 5/4, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 5/5, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 5/6, 9:30-10:45am

Week 15: 5/10-5/16

Gerard Manley Hopkins, Unknown Photographer, before 1889.
  • Reading: Gerard Manley Hopkins,
  • Discussion post due: Tuesday, 5/11, 5pm
  • Response due: Wednesday, 5/12, 5pm
  • Meeting: Thursday, 5/13, 9:30-10:45am

Week 16: 5/17-5/23

No class meeting