3621/schedule

		*English 3621: Women's Writing I* Dr. Miriam Jones Winter, 2004 / W 13:30–15:50 / HH127	Schedule


Jan. 7	Introduction: Can one use the master’s tools?
	*Reading:* if you have a chance, look at John Knox, from The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women (1558) [available on-line at http://www.swrb.com/newslett/actualnls/FirBlast.htm, http://www.cwru.edu/UL/preserve/stack/FirstBlastTrumpet.html, and http://www.mcgees.net/fragments/primary%20documents/public%20address/FirBlast.htm]
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Jan. 14	Anglo Saxon and medieval period: early voices
	*Reading:* on–line: *"The Wife’s Lament"* at http://www.arras.net/pdfs/translations.pdf; Julian of Norwich: read the excerpts at http://www.gloriana.nu/mother.htm and look over some of the other materials linked from http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/julianbib.htm Christine de Pisan: look at http://www.dhushara.com/book/renewal/voices2/pizan.htm, http://www.aug.edu/langlitcom/humanitiesHBK/handbook_htm/pizan_city_ladies.htm and/or http://courses.washington.edu/hum523/dido/pizan.html Marie de France: "Lanval," at http://web.english.ufl.edu/exemplaria/marie/lanval.pdf Also have a look at "Women Interpreting Scripture in the Middle Ages" by Maxine Clarke Beach at http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/bible/mawomen.stm, and "Passages from the Bible on Women" and "Medieval Lyrics on Women" at gopher://gopher.english.upenn.edu:70/11/Courses/Lynch3/
	Webpage: Marie de France
Jan. 21	Middle Ages: Claiming religion
	*Reading:* The Book of Margery Kempe
	*Presentations:* Michele Petley on Margery Kempe; Amanda Price on women in religious life
Jan. 28	16th century
	*Reading:* on–line: *Anne Askew* (1521–1546): look at the First Examination of Anne Askew at http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/16century/topic%5F3/askwexam.htm, "The Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate" at http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem2821.html, and John Foxe's description of the death of Anne Askew at http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/16century/topic%5F3/martyrdom.htm Elizabeth I (1533-1603): "On Monsieur's Departure" at http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/departure.htm, and from Selected Writing and Speeches at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/elizabeth1.html (look at the ones relating to marriage, in particular) Isabella Whitney (ca. 1540-after 1580): "The Admonition by the Author to all Young Gentlewomen" at http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem2952.html Jane Anger (c1589): Protection for Women at http://www.shakespeare.mcgill.ca/anger.pdf (PDF) or http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:aZgva3kU4P0J:www.shakespeare.mcgill.ca/anger.pdf+Jane+Anger&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 (HTML) Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621): "The Dolefull Lay of Clorinda" at http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/dolefull.htm, and "A Dialogue between two shepherds, Thenot and Piers" at http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/thenot.htm
	*Presentations:* Julie Thompson on Askew; Kristin Whittaker on Elizabeth I; Kathyrn Howe on Herbert
Feb. 4	Early to mid–17th century
	*Reading:* on–line: *Aemilia Lanyer* (1569-1645): "To all vertuous Ladies in generall" at http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/lanyer/sdrjladi.htm, and glance at the other prefactory poems to Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum at http://www.u.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/lanyer/lansdrj.htm Mary Wroth (1587–1651): read from Pamphilius to Amphilanthus and Urania at http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/mary.html *Anne Bradstreet* (1612–1672): "Verses upon the Burning of our House, July 18th, 1666" at http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem218.html *Dorothy Osborne* (1627–1695): read from her Letters at http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/osborne/letters/letters.html
	*Presentations:* Susan Holden on Osborne [still available: Lanyer; Wroth]
	*Deadline:* Webpages due today
Feb. 11	Restoration: a model and two cautionary tales
	*Reading:* on–line: Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673): excerpts from The Blazing World at http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/wyrick/debclass/blaze.htm, "Of Many Worlds in this World" at http://www.firstscience.com/SITE/poems/cavendish.asp, excerpts from Female Orations at http://www.cygneis.com/woolf/readings/cavendish.html, and "Nature's Cook" at http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/cavendish/naturescook.htm [warning: don't read this one while eating]; Katherine Philips (1632–1664): "Epitaph: On Hector Philips," "To One persuading a Lady to Marriage," "To my Excellent Lucasia, on our Friendship," and "Friendship's mystery. To my dearest Lucasia," all at http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/philips/philipsbib.htm, and "To my Lady M. Cavendish" at http://www.usask.ca/english/phoenix/philipspoems1.htm#policrite. Aphra Behn (1640–1689): "Epitaph on the Tombstone of a Child" at http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem143.html, and The Unfortunate Happy Lady: A True History at http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/bhnufhpl.html.
	*Presentations:* Courtenay Flewelling on Cavendish; Krystle Johnston on Philips [still available: women and literary coteries]
Feb. 18	Restoration: drama
	*Reading:* Behn's The Rover
	*Presentations:* Patrick McDade and Melissa Bruckschwaiger on Behn; Vanessa Klohn and Stefanie Richard on women in the theatre
	*Deadline:* thesis statements for papers due today
Feb. 25	Late 17th and early 18th centuries: the debate about women's education
	*Reading:* on–line: These are both long texts, but try to get a general sense of them: Mary Astell (1666–1731): read from Some Reflections Upon Marriage at http://www.books-on-line.com/bol/BookDisplay.cfm?BookNum=9629, and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797): read from Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman at http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/BIBREC/BR3420.HTM
	*Presentations:* Christina Pickford on Wollstonecraft; Jennifer Oram on women's education [still available: Astell]
Mar. 10	Late 17th and early 18th centuries: Amatory fiction
	*Reading:* Manley, The Adventures of Rivella
	*Presentation:* Anette Risskov Nielsen on Manley [still available: amatory fiction]
	*Deadline:* papers due today
Mar. 17	18th century: Backlash against "scribbling women"
	*Reading:* on–line: Alexander Pope (1688–1744): from The Dunciad Bk. II, here. [This is a difficult poem and we only have one of four parts here, but be sure to read 157ff.]. Richard Polwhele: from "The Unsex'd Females" (1798) at http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/PolUnse.html; selected criticisms of "the triumvirate of wit" and some responses [check back]
	*Presentations:* Amanda Shepard on Hester Thrale Piozzi; Jessica Beesley on Ann Radcliffe [still available: Hannah More; Ann Yearsley]
Mar. 24	18th century: life–writing; the writing life
	*Reading:* A Known Scribbler: Frances Burney on Literary Life
	*Presentation:* Jocelyn Soucy on Burney
Mar. 31	18th century: Eliza Haywood: a case study
	*Reading:* on–line: Haywood, Fantomina Haywood, Betsy Thoughtless
	*Presentation:* [still available: Haywood]
Apr. 7	Final class: the novel of education
	*Reading:* Haywood, Betsy Thoughtless
	*Preparation:* come with any questions about the exam.

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