SYLLABUS:

Wed., Jan. 26: Introduction to class; introduction to each other; introduction to Romantic era and Blake

Wed. Feb. 2: Songs. All Religions are One; There is no Natural Religion (a); There is no Natural Religion (b). Blake’s tenets. Presentation.

Wed. Feb. 9: Songs of Innocence: Introduction, The Lamb, Holy Thursday, The Chimney Sweeper, The Little Boy Lost, The Little Boy Found. Songs of Experience: Introduction, The Tyger, The Little Girl Lost, The Little Girl Found, The Clod & the Pebble, Holy Thursday, A Poison Tree, The Sick Rose, London, A Little Girl Lost The Chimney Sweeper, The Human Abstract. Presentations

Wed. Feb. 16: A Diving Image. The Book of Thel. Auguries of Innocence. Presentations.

Wed. Feb. 23: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Discussion: Seminar paper. Presentations.

Wed., Mar. 2: Visions of the Daughters of Albion; America: A Prophecy. Presentations.

Secondary reading: “Gender in Masculine Romanticism,” Anne K. Mellor. Hand out

Wed., Mar. 9: The Book of Urizen; The Book of Ahania. The Mental Traveller. Presentations. Discussion/questions: Seminar paper.

Secondary reading: The Bible of Hell, Ackroyd. Hand out

SPRING BREAK

Wed., Mar. 23: Milton. Presentations. Discussion: seminar paper tentative thesis.

Wed., Mar. 30: Milton continued. Presentations.

Wed., Apr. 6: Jerusalem. Presentations. Discussion: progress of seminar paper.

Secondary reading TBA.

Wed., Apr. 13: Jerusalem continued. Presentations.

Wed., Apr. 20: The Four Zoas. Presentations.

Wed., Apr. 27: The Four Zoas continued. Brief readings from seminar papers.

Wed., May 4: Selections of Blake’s letters. Final remarks.

Seminar papers are due in my mailbox by 4:00 on Tuesday May 10th.