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ENGL 293 - Lyric Poetry Before 1700


4 HU, WR
Second Semester. Intensive study of the various shorter forms of English poetry between the mythical Anglo-Saxon cowherd-singer Caedmon and the witty Parliamentarian Andrew Marvell. We will read alliterative elegies, troubadour and religious lyrics, songs, sonnets, more sonnets, still more sonnets, satires, odes, invitations, epitaphs, ballads, hymns, and other small gems of the medieval and Renaissance periods, attending to both aesthetic-formal and cultural-historical issues. There will be reading and reciting in Middle English, and several exams. British, Pre- 1700. P, EL.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: “For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “For Introductory Courses to the Study of English”.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
Ms. Bryan

Credits: 4 hours



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