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English 122 - Spring, 2013
Milton
Class Information
Instructor:
Ferguson, Margaret
Time:
MWF 11:00-11:50
Location:
118 Olson
Description
In this course, we will study Milton's works in a variety of genres (lyric, masque, prose treatise, epic) with special attention to his development as a writer; his use of the resources of language and rhetoric; his attitudes towards his precursors (including Shakespeare), toward kings, toward publication, and toward women. We will look at his engagement in contemporary controversies about divorce, cross-dressing, monarchy, religion, and state censorship.
Grading
Grading: Quizzes, homework exercises, two papers, a midterm, and a final.
Texts
The Complete Poetry of John Milton. Ed. by John Shawcross. Revised edition, 1971.
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (King James Version)
, (optional)
Milton's Rhetoric, "a pdf on course SmartSite, under "Resources".