november 2: Introduction to the Victorian ERa

Please bring both anthologies to class (Volumes D and E)

The Victorian Age, Volume E (1017-1035)

Tennyson,  "Ulysses" (1170), "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1235) 

Entertaining links: Little Rascals, The Blind Side, Wax cylinder recording of Tennyson himself

 

GREAT EXPECTATIONS 1

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapters 1-10

November 9: Victorian Poetry

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "The Cry of the Children," "The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point" (1124, 1140) 

Christina Rossetti, Goblin Market (1496)

November 16: THE WOMAN QUESTION

"The Woman Question" (1607)

Coventry Patmore, "The Angel in the House" (1613) 

John Ruskin, "Of Queen's Gardens" (1615) 

 

GREAT EXPECTATIONS 2

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Volumes I and II

Read as much as you can and read the original ending (Appendix A; pg. 443)

 

November 23: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

No class -Draft your paper (Paper topics here)

Bring Anthology F next week