English 592: Women Writers in the Age of Shakespeare
Syllabus - Autumn 2001
Texts: WWRE = Women Writers in Renaissance England,
ed. Randall Martin
Mariam = The Tragedy of Mariam the Fair Queen of Jewry. With The Lady
Falkland Her Life by One of Her Daughters, ed. Weller and Ferguson
PB
= Paper Bodies: A Margaret Cavendish Reader, ed. Bowerbank and Mendelson
OR = Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, The Rover, and Other Works, ed. Janet Todd
Click here for a statement of Course Policies.
Date |
Readings/Activities |
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| Thursday, September 20 | Introduction to Course | |
Women's
Strategies For Writing |
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| Tuesday, September 25 | "Preamble: Women's Self-Image as Writers" WWRE 15-41: Margaret Tyler, Anne Dowriche, Rachel Speght, Elizabeth Jocelin. On Reserve: The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare, Chapter 8. |
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| Thursday, September 27 | Anne Askew: The Examinations WWRE 58-79 | |
| Tuesday, October 2 | Askew, The Latter Examination | |
| Thursday, October 4 | On Reserve: "The Homily on Matrimony" in The Bedford Companion to Shakespeare | |
| Friday, October 5 |
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Bibliography Assignment Due by 4pm in my mailbox in GA 435 |
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Love
and Marriage: |
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| Tuesday, October 9 | Elizabeth Tanfield Cary, The Tragedy of Mariam the Fair Queen of Jewry, Mariam | |
| Thursday, October 11 | Cary, Mariam discussion continued |
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| Tuesday, October 16 |
Margaret Lucas Cavendish, The Convent of Pleasure, PB |
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| Thursday, October 18 | Cavendish, Convent continued,
plus
selected Sociable Letters, PB Aphra Behn, "The Disappointment," OR 331-34 |
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Writing
against resistance |
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| Tuesday, October 23 | Jane Anger, from Jane Anger Her Protection for Women WWRE 80-96 | |
| Thursday, October 25 | Rachel Speght, from A Muzzle for Melastomus WWRE 126-38 | |
| Friday, October 26 | Renaissance Women On-line Assignment due by 4pm in my mailbox in GA 435 | |
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Re-writing
Women's Roles |
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| Tuesday, October 30 | Amelia Lanyer, from Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum WWRE 360-97 360-97 | |
| Thursday, November 1 | Lady Ann Southwell and Elizabeth I (handout) |
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| Tuesday, November 6 | Lady Mary Wroth, selected sonnets from "Pamphilia to Amphilanthus" WWRE 398-415 | |
Self-Fashioning/
Life Writing |
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| Thursday, November 8 | Grace Lady Mildmay & Lady Anne Clifford, biographical excerpts WWRE 208-27, 245-75 | |
| Tuesday, November 13 | The Lady Falkland Her Life by One of Her Daughters, Mariam | |
| Thursday, November 15 | Cavendish, "A True Relation of My Birth and Breeding," PB | |
Aphra
Behn: Penning a Career |
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| Tuesday, November 20 | Aphra Behn, Oronooko OR 73-142 73-142 | |
| Thursday, November 22 | Thanksgiving Day - No Classes |
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| Tuesday, November 27 | Behn, The Rover OR 73-142 | |
| Thursday, November 29 | Festive Finale: A Celebration of Women Writers |
Final Presentation |