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Dec 07
Friday, December 7th
A Discussion of Punctuation. “Edward, Edward” “Lord Randall” Skelton’s “Manerly Margery” Spenser’s “To His Booke” Astrophel & Stella 1 Campion’s “Silly Boy” Paradise Lost, Book 9, ll. 886-895
Dec 05
Guide to Punctuation
Didn’t I give you copies of my Brief Guide to Punctuation? Didn’t you read it? Wow, most of you seem to have a block about standard punctuation around quotation marks and parenthetical citations. Please remind me and we can discuss this on Friday.
Oct 31
The Friday after Sandy
Folks, I am not going to PENN on November 2nd. We will hold class — if you can get to campus. I think a rousing analysis of more Donne poetry may put us all in a better mood. Happy Halloween.
Oct 24
O witty John
In response to his ill-considered marriage, JD supposedly chalked this witticism on a back kitchen door: “John Donne, Anne Donne, un-done.”
Oct 23
The Undertaking
Hey, ho, add “The Undertaking” to the Donne poems you read for Wednesday the 24th. It will repay a careful reading. THE UNDERTAKING I HAVE done one braver thing Than all the Worthies did ; And yet a braver thence doth spring, Which is, to keep that hid. It were but madness now to impart …
Oct 19
Pamphilia and Amphilanthus read aloud
Here’s a link to the librivox reading of Lady Mary Wroth’s Pamphilia & Amphilanthus.
Oct 17
Penhurst Castle
Home of Sir Philip Sidney, then to his brother Robert Sidney and his daughter Lady Mary Wroth (before her marriage). After Mary’s marriage to Robert Wroth in 1604 she moved to Loughton Hall, now a home for the elderly.