ENGLISH 210

Age of Shakespeare: Poetry

Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for ENGLISH 210.

Description

This course deals with arguably the greatest age of English poetry, the poetry of Shakespeare and his successors, writing in the late Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. We look at the sonnet sequence of Sir Philip Sidney, the precursor of Shakespeare's own sonnets, which, in their turn, are studied in considerable detail. We also consider the wit and naughtiness of John Donne as well as his meditational poetry, the quiet skill of George Herbert's sacred verse, the social poetry of John Milton (although some work will also be done on Paradise Lost). Women's writing, in very different poems by Aphra Behn and Anne Bradstreet, is an added pleasure.

Availability 2017

Not taught in 2017

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Claudia Marquis

Reading/Texts

A course anthology with all the relevant poets will be available at the University Bookshop.

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

ENGLISH 210: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage I in English