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| Week 1 | Intro to Course; Themes | |
| 9 Jul | Friendship
Chudliegh, "To Clorissa" (Uphaus 146) Philips, "Friendship's Mystery," "A Retir'd Friendship," and "Content" (Uphaus 153-158) Barbauld, "To Mr. Barbauld" (Web) Recommended: Explicating Poetry Handout: 18th century poetry |
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| 10 Jul | Criticism
Behn, "The Golden Age" (Web) Egerton, "The Emulation" (Uphaus 141) Philips, "The World" (Uphaus 158) Wollstonecraft, "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (Uphaus 360) Recommended: Astell, "Some Reflections on Marriage" (Web) Study Questions |
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| 11 Jul | Writing &
Education
Behn, "To Mr. Creech" (Penguin Behn 335) Finch, "The Introduction" (Uphaus 170) Finch, "The Apology" (Uphaus 172) Leapor, "Claret" (Web) Moody, "Sappho Burns Her Books" (Web) More, "On the Danger of an Ill-Directed Sensibility" (Uphaus 386-400) Study Questions |
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| 12 Jul | Poetic
Conversations
Rochester, "The Imperfect Enjoyment" (Handout) Behn, "The Disappointment" (Uphaus 53) Swift, "The Lady's Dressing Room" (Web) Montagu, "The Reasons that Induced Dr. S. to write a Poem called The Lady's Dressing Room" (Web) Duck, "The Thresher's Labor" (Handout) (Cancelled) Collier, "The Woman's Labour" (Web) (Cancelled) Study Questions |
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| 13 Jul | Categories and
Boundaries
Behn, "To the Fair Clarinda" (Web) (Penguin Behn 343) Behn, "To Lysander" (Uphaus 60) (Cancelled) Finch, "The Unequal Fetters" (Uphaus 176) (Cancelled) Killigrew, "Herodias Daughter" Barbauld, "The Rights of Women" (Web) Barbauld, "To a little invisible Being" (Web) Study Questions |
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| Week 2 | Aphra Behn | |
| 16 Jul | The Rover, Acts I & II (Penguin) | MLA Handout Due |
| 17 Jul | The Rover, Acts III & IV (Penguin) | |
| 18 Jul | The Rover, Act V (Penguin); The Lucky Chance, Act I (Uphaus 62) | |
| 19 Jul | The Lucky Chance, Acts II-III (Uphaus) | |
| 20 Jul | The Lucky Chance, Acts IV-V (Uphaus) | |
| Week 3 | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | |
| 23 Jul | Theatre rapup: Film:
The
Clandestine Marriage
Intro: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu |
Research
Handout Due |
| 24 Jul | Travel Narrative: Turkish
Embassy Letters (1716-1718), p. 132-173
Study Questions |
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| 25 Jul | Mid-life Crisis (1736-1739), p. 226-292 (Algerotti letters only) | Paper
Topic
Due |
| 26 Jul | Advice from Italy, p.
325-409
(Lady Bute letters only)
Study Questions |
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| 27 Jul | Midterm
Midterm quotes |
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| Week 4 | Frances Burney D'Arblay | |
| 30 Jul | Evelina, p. 5-109 | |
| 31 Jul | Evelina, p. 109-205 | |
| 1 Aug | Evelina, p.205-301 | |
| 2 Aug | Evelina, p. 301-403 | |
| 3 Aug | Evelina, p. 403-end | Annotated
Bibliography due |
| Week 5 | Jane Austen | |
| 8 Aug | P & P | |
| 7 Aug | P & P | |
| 8 Aug | P & P | |
| 9 Aug | P & P | |
| 10 Aug | Final Exam
Essay Questions |
Paper due |