Aug
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31
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William Godwin, Enquiry Concerning
Political Justice (cw):
483-98
Things As They Are, or Caleb Williams
- Exemplification of PJ in CW
- Power of Language
- Trials
- Treatment of Women
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| Sept |
7 |
Godwin, Enquiry Concerning Political
Justice (sl): 455-59
St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century
- Exemplification of PJ in StL
- Historical Connections
- Portrayal of the Inquisition
- Fortune and Gambling
- Honor
- Christianity vs. Islam
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14 |
Lord Byron, (mw):
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Cantos 1-2, 21-97
- Portrayal of Time / History / Chronology
- Narrator vs. Poet
- Canto 1: Byronic Hero
- Canto 2: Orientalism
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21 |
Percy Shelley,
Queen Mab (spp):
15-71
- Origins of Title Character (including Shakespeare's Romeo
and Juliet) *** Isaiah ***
- Influence of Godwin
- Character of Ahauserus
- Political Theory
- Tradition and Revelation
“On Love” (spp): 503-4
Alastor (spp): 71-90
- Solitude vs. Solipsism
- Connection to Wordsworthian poetics
- Relationship b/w Poet and Narrator (Personas)
“Mont Blanc” (spp): 96-101
- Necessity
- Connection to Wordsworthian poetics
- Concept of the Mind
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28 |
Lord Byron, “A Fragment” (“Augustus Darvell”) (vep): 231-36
PBS, Ghost Story fragments (vep): 236-40
John Polidori, The Vampyre (vep): 37-59
- Orientalism
- Uses of the Gothic
- Relationship b/w Death and Sexuality
- Treatment of the "Other" and Doppelgängers
Ernestus Berchtold (vep):
61-170
- Connections to St. Leon
- Portrayal of Incest
Diary of Dr. John William Polidori
- Relationship b/w Polidori and Byron/PBS/MWS
- Polidori's Self-Representation
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| Oct |
5 |
Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (of): 16-443
- Differences between MWS and MWS/PBS
versions (Significance of PBS "revisions")
- Connections b/w Frankenstein and Caleb
Williams
- Connections b/w Frankenstein and St.
Leon ***
Saleh ***
- Function of Solitude
- Position / Role of women
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12 |
Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto 3 (bpp): 196-229
- Portrayal of Napoleon *** Frank ***
- Relationship b/w Speaker and World (Social and/or
Natural)
- Influence of PBS and/or Wordsworth
Manfred (bpp):
247-83
- Role of Spirits
- Bounds of Knowledge
- Power of Speech/Language
- Relationship to Nature
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19 |
Percy Shelley,
“To Constantia” (spp): 107-9
- Relationship b/w Claire and PBS
“Lines Written Among the Euganean Hills” (spp):
110-19
- Purpose of the Flowering Islands
- Historical Context / References
“Julian & Maddalo” (spp): 119-35
- Connections to PBS and Byron
- Role of the Maniac
“The Sensitive Plant” (spp):
286-95
- Nature of the World and the Principles of Human
Experience
- Nature of Reality and Perceived Knowledge
- Possibility of Redemption in Apparently Flawed World
“Ode to the West Wind” (spp): 297-301
- Figure of the Poet
- Inspiration and Anxiety
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26
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Lord Byron, “Prometheus” (bpp): 239-41
Percy Shelley, Prometheus Unbound (spp):
202-86
- Revolution and Reform
- Use of Language
- Prometheus vs. Jesus / Satan
- Prometheus vs. Adam / Faust / Manfred
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| Nov |
2 |
Lord Byron, Don Juan, 1-5 (bpp): 375-553
- Dedication: Connection to Other Poets
- Don Juan and the Epic Tradition
- Morality and Custom
- Orientalism
- Narrator vs. Poet (Personas)
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9 |
Don Juan, 9-17, passim
(bpp): 554-682
- Gender Roles and Female Sexuality
- British Society and Fame
- Gothic Elements
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16 |
Mary Shelley, Valperga
- Meaning(s) of the Title
- Biography and Autobiography
- Romance vs. Novel
- Historical Context: Godwin and Leibniz
- Figure of Wilhelmina
- Relationship between Beatrice and Euthanasia
- Models of the Mind
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30 |
Mary Shelley, Matilda
(handout)
- Stigma of Incest ** Brittani **
- Stigma of Suicide
- Autobiographical Parallels
“The Mortal Immortal”
- Autobiographical Parallels
- Connections to St. Leon and/or Frankenstein
“The Transformation”
Byron, The Deformed
Transformed
- Influence of Byron on MWS
- Connections to St. Leon and/or Frankenstein
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