Course Calendar

Edmund Spenser

Jan. 16 -- Introduction to Course
Jan. 18 -- Biography of Spenser; The Faerie Queene Among the Disciplines

Week Two:

Jan. 22 -- Faerie Queene, Book 1, Cantos 1-3 (pp. 5-50 )
Jan. 25 -- Faerie Queene, Book 1, Cantos 4-6 (pp. 50-95)

Week Three:

Jan. 30 -- Faerie Queene, Book 1, Cantos 7-9 (pp. 95-142)
Feb. 1 -- Faerie Queene, Book 1, Cantos 10-12 (pp. 142-191)

Week Four:

Feb. 6 -- Faerie Queene, Book 2, Cantos 1-3 (pp. 193-232)
Feb. 8 -- Faerie Queene, Book 2, Cantos 4-6 (summary only); Cantos 7-9 (pp. 232-287)

Week Five:

Feb. 13 -- Faerie Queene, Book 2, Canto 10 (summary only); Cantos 11-12 (pp. 287-327 )
Feb. 15 -- Faerie Queene, Book 3, Cantos 1, 4-5 (pp. 329-385), Cantos 2-3 (summary only)

Week Six:

Feb. 20 -- Faerie Queene, Book 3, Cantos 6-9 (pp. 385-450)
Feb. 22 -- Faerie Queene, Book 3, Cantos 10-12 (pp. 451-500)

Week Seven:

Feb. 27 -- Faerie Queene, Book 4, Cantos 1-9 (summary only), Cantos 10-12 (pp. 501-531); Book 5, Cantos 1-12 (summary only)
Mar. 1 -- Faerie Queene, Book 6, Cantos 1-9, 11-12 (summary only); Canto 10 (pp. 533-46 )

Week Eight:

Mar. 6 -- Faerie Queene, Book 7, Cantos 6-8 (pp. 547-582)
Mar. 8 -- Midterm Exam

Week Nine:

Mar. 13 -- Off
Mar. 15 -- Off

Week Ten:

Mar. 20 -- Paradise Lost, Books 1 & 2 (pp. 119-169);
Mar. 22 -- Paradise Lost, Books 3 & 4 (pp. 170-218)

Week Eleven:

Mar. 27 -- Paradise Lost, Books 5 & 6 (pp. 219-267)
Mar. 29 -- Paradise Lost, Books 7 & 8 (pp. 268-302)

Week Twelve:

Apr. 3 -- Paradise Lost, Books 9 & 10 (pp. 303-364)
Apr. 5 -- Paradise Lost, Books 11 & 12 (pp. 365-406)

Week Thirteen:

Apr. 10 -- Paradise Regained, Books 1 & 2 (pp. 407-433)
Apr. 12 -- Paradise Regained, Books 3 & 4 (pp. 434-462)

Week Fourteen:

Apr. 17 -- Comus (pp. 46-75); (handout)
Apr. 19 -- "Lycidas" (pp. 41-46); "Look Homeward Angel--Once Again" (Web article)

Week Fifteen:

Apr. 24 Samson Agonistes (pp. 463-487)
Apr. 26 Samson Agonistes (pp. 488-511)

Week Sixteen:

May 1 "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity" (pp. 1-2), "Sonnet XVI" (pp. 84-85), "Sonnet XIX" (p. 86)

May 2 -- Study Day

May 3-9 -- Final Exams