2014/05/10

Bibliography

Beloved Reader,

What follows is the incomplete bibliography of the secondary texts that I have studied for the level 5 courses. Copying the list here I saw just how incomplete it is... I have, in fact, read many many more texts than the ones listed here. Maybe one day I will complete the bibliography.

Sincerely Yours,

Kris


General Subject Reading

Texts


Other Media



Renaissance and Restoration

Christopher Marlowe, ‘Doctor Faustus’

Primary Literature

  • Marlowe, Christopher. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus. Ed. Ramji Lall. 33rd ed. Delhi: Rama Brothers, 2006. Print.

Secondary Literature

  • Davidson, Clifford. “Doctor Faustus at Rome." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 9.2 (1969): 231-239. JSTOR. Web. 03 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/449777>.
  • Davidson, Clifford. “Doctor Faustus of Wittenberg." Studies in Philology 59.3 (1962): 514-523. JSTOR. Web. 03 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/4173389>.
  • Hawkins, Sherman. “The Education of Faustus.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 6.2 (1966): 193-209. JSTOR. Web. 07 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/449632>.
  • Kiessling, Nicolas. “Doctor Faustus and the Sin of Demoniality.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 15.2 (1975): 205-211. JSTOR. Web. 07 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/449667>.
  • McAlindon, T. “Classical Mythology and Christian Tradition in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus.” PMLA 81.3 (1966): 214-223. JSTOR. Web. 07 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/460807>.
  • McAlindon, T. “The Ironic Vision: Diction and Theme in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus.” The Review of English Studies, New Series 32.126 (1981): 129-141. JSTOR. Web. 07 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/514131>.
  • O’Brien, Margaret Ann. “Christian Belief in Doctor Faustus.” ELH 37.1 (1970): 1-11. JSTOR. Web. 07 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/2872271>.
  • Smith, Warren D. “The Nature of Evil in “Doctor Faustus”.” The Modern Language Review 60.2 (1965): 171-175. JSTOR. Web. 07 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/3720056>.
  • Tate, William. “Solomon, Gender, and Empire in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 37.2 (1997): 257-276. JSTOR. Web. 07 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/450833>.

Other Media

William Shakespeare, 'Othello'

Secondary Literature
  • Adelman, Janet. “Iago’s Alter Ego: Race as Projection in Othello.” Shakespeare Quarterly 48.2 (1997): 125-144. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/2871277>.
  • Barin, Filiz. “Othello: Turks as “the Other” in the Early Modern Period.” The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association 43.2 (2010): 37-58. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/41960526>.
  • Berry, Edward. “Othello’s Alienation.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 30.2 (1990): 315-333. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/450520>.
  • Braxton, Phyllis Natalie. “Othello: The Moor and the Metaphor.” South Atlantic Review 55.4 (1990): 1-17. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/3200442>.
  • Neill, Michael. “Unproper Beds: Race, Adultery, and the Hideous in Othello.” Shakespeare Quarterly 40.4 (1989): 383-412. JSTOR. Web. 03 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/2870608>.
  • Slights, Camille Wells. “Slaves and Subjects in Othello.” Shakespeare Quarterly 48.4 (1997): 377-390. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/2871250>.
  • Vitkus, Daniel J. “Turning Turk in Othello: The Conversion and Damnation of the Moor.” Shakespeare Quarterly, 48.2 (1997): 145-176. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/2871278>.

Other Media
William Shakespeare, 'Macbeth'
Secondary Literature
Various articles accessed through JSTOR. Not added to the bibliography yet.

Other Media

  • Carroll, William. "Macbeth and the Show of Kings." Lecture. Boston University, Boston. 28 Apr. 2005. 30 Mar. 2010. Web. 29 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyFJrxLlJWw>.
  • Macbeth. Dir. Jack Gold. Perf. Nicol Williamson, Jane Lapotaire and Tony Doyle. BBC, 1983. DVD. YouTube. 11 Feb. 2013. Web. 22 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbywWyryftM>.
  • ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth. Perf. James McAvoy, Vincent Regan, Richard Armitage and. BBC, 2005. DVD. YouTube. 12 Dec. 2009. Web. 17 Nov. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3JxKPC0y0&list=PL44AA95B9E1BEEA84>

William Wycherley, ‘The Country Wife’
Primary Literature

Secondary Literature
Background Reading

Criticism
  • Bacon, Jon Lance. “Wives, Widows, and Writings in Restoration Comedy.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 31.3 (1991): 427-443. JSTOR. Web. 03 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/450855>.
  • Corcoran, Kellye. "Cuckoldry as Performance, 1675-1715." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 52.3 (2012): 543+. Questia. Web. 1 Jan. 2014. < http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-302114872/cuckoldry-as-performance-1675-1715>
  • Matalene, H. W. “What Happens in The Country Wife." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 22.3 (1982): 395-411. JSTOR. Web. 03 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/450238>.
  • Morris, David B. “Language and Honor in “The Country Wife”." South Atlantic Bulletin 37.4 (1972): 3-10. JSTOR. Web. 03 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/3197360>.
  • Payne, Deborah C. “Reading the Signs in The Country Wife." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 26.3 (1986): 403-419. JSTOR. Web. 03 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/450570>.
  • Thompson, James. “Providence and Verbal Irony in ‘The Country Wife’." South Atlantic Review 47.4 (1982): 37-42. JSTOR. Web. 03 Jan. 2014. <www.jstor.org/stable/3199406>.


Other Media

Aphra Behn, ‘Oroonoko’
Primary Literature
  • Behn, Aphra. Oroonoko: An Authoritative Text, Historical Backgrounds, Criticism. Ed. Joanna Lipking. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997. Print.
Secondary Literature
Background Reading
Criticism
  •  Azim, Firdous. "Slavery and Sexuality in Oroonoko." The Colonial Rise of the Novel. London: Routledge, 1993. 34-60. Questia. Web. 4 Sept. 2013. <http://www.questia.com/read/103407789/the-colonial-rise-of-the-novel>.
  • Brown, Laura. "The Romance of Empire: Oroonoko and the Trade in Slaves."Oroonoko: An Authoritative Text, Historical Backgrounds, Criticism. By Aphra Behn. Ed. Joanna Lipking. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997. 232-245. Print.
  • Chibka, Robert L. "[Truth, Falsehood and Fiction in Oroonoko]."Oroonoko: An Authoritative Text, Historical Backgrounds, Criticism. By Aphra Behn. Ed. Joanna Lipking. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997. 220-232. Print.
  • Pacheco, Anita. "Royalism and Honor in Aphra Behn's 'Oroonoko.'" Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 34.3 (1994): 491-506. Questia. Web. 18 Aug. 2013. <http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-16076717/royalism-and-honor-in-aphra-behn-s-oroonoko>
  • Rivero, Albert J. "Aphra Behn's Oroonoko and the "Blank Spaces" of Colonial Fictions."Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 39.3 (1999): 443-62. Questia. Web. 19 Aug. 2013. <http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-55939412/aphra-behn-s-oroonoko-and-the-blank-spaces-of-colonial>
  • Rose, Mary Beth. "Gender and the Heroics of Endurance in Oroonoko."Oroonoko: An Authoritative Text, Historical Backgrounds, Criticism. By Aphra Behn. Ed. Joanna Lipking. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997. 256-264. Print.
  • Spencer, Jane. "The Woman Novelist as Heroine."Oroonoko: An Authoritative Text, Historical Backgrounds, Criticism. By Aphra Behn. Ed. Joanna Lipking. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997. 209-220. Print. 
  • Spengemann, William C. "The Earliest American Novel: Aphra Behn's Oroonoko."Oroonoko: An Authoritative Text, Historical Backgrounds, Criticism. By Aphra Behn. Ed. Joanna Lipking. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997. 199-209. Print.
  • Sussman, Charlotte. "The Other Problem with Women: Reproduction and Slave Culture in Aphra Behn's Oroonoko."Oroonoko: An Authoritative Text, Historical Backgrounds, Criticism. By Aphra Behn. Ed. Joanna Lipking. New York: W.W. Norton, 1997. 246-256. Print.Topics
Characteristics of Renaissance and Restoration Literature
Women and Writing in the Early Modern Period
Shakespearean London Theatre


Lectures
Films


Victorians


Emily Brontë, ‘Wuthering Heights’
Primary Literature
Secondary Literature
Criticism
  • Bell, Vereen. “Wuthering Heights as Epos" College English 25.3 (1963): 199-200 + 205-208. JSTOR. Web. 1 Feb. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/373688>.
  • DeRosa, Robin. ""To Save the Life of the Novel": Sadomasochism and Representation in "Wuthering Heights"" Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 52.1 (1998): 27-43. JSTOR. Web. 1 Feb. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1348290>.
  • Homans, Margaret. "Repression and Sublimation of Nature in Wuthering Heights." PMLA 93.1 (1978): 9-19. JSTOR. Web. 1 Feb. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/461816>.
  • Krupat, Arnold. "The Strangeness of Wuthering Heights." Nineteenth-Century Fiction 25.3 (1970): 269-80. JSTOR. Web. 1 Feb. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/2933434>.
  • Newman, Beth. ""The Situation of the Looker-On": Gender, Narration, and Gaze in Wuthering Heights." PMLA 105.5 (1990): 1029-041. JSTOR. Web. 1 Feb. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/462732>.
  • Pike, Judith E. ""My Name Was Isabella Linton": Coverture, Domestic Violence, and Mrs. Heathcliff's Narrative in Wuthering Heights." Nineteenth-Century Literature 64.3 (2009): 347-83. JSTOR. Web. 1 Feb. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/ncl.2009.64.3.347>.
  • Thompson, Wade. "Infanticide and Sadism in Wuthering Heights." PMLA 78.1 (1963): 69-74. JSTOR. Web. 1 Feb. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/461226>.
  • Vine, Steven. "The Wuther of the Other in Wuthering Heights." Nineteenth-Century Literature 49.3 (1994): 339-59. JSTOR. Web. 1 Feb. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/2933820>.
  • Woodring, Carl R. "The Narrators of Wuthering Heights." Nineteenth-Century Fiction 11.4 (1957): 298-305. JSTOR. Web. 1 Feb. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3044458>.
Other Media
  • Wuthering Heights. Dir. Andrea Arnold. Perf. Kaya Scodelario, James Howson and Solomon Glave. Ecosse Films, 2011. Film. Web. 14 Feb. 2014. <http://www.firedrive.com/file/D88F3368520A85D2>.
Christina Rosetti, ‘Goblin Market and Other Poems’
Primary Literature
Secondary Literature
Robert Lewis Stevenson, ‘The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde’ and ‘Treasure Island’Primary Literature
Secondary Literature
Criticism
  • Glencoe Literature Library. Study Guide for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. New York: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill.
  • McCracken-Flesher, Caroline. “Thinking Nationally/Writing Colonially? Scott, Stevenson, and England.” NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction 24.3 (1991): 296-318. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/1345940>.
  • Millhauser, Milton. “Dr. Newton and Mr. Hyde: Scientists in Fiction from Swift to Stevenson.” Nineteenth-Century Fiction 28.3 (1973):287-304. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/2933001>.
  • Miyoshi, Masao. “Dr. Jekyll and the Emergence of Mr. Hyde.” College English 27.6 (1966): 470-474. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/374021>.
  • Saposnik, Irving S. “The Anatomy of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 11.4 (1971): 715-731. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/449833>.
  • Stiles, Anne. “Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Jekyll and Hyde” and the Double Brain." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 46.4 (2006): 879-900. JSTOR. Web. 27 Mar. 2014. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/4127513>.
Characteristics of Victorian Literature
Women, Body Image and Appetite in Literature
Gothic Literature
Fin de Siècle
  • Marshall, Gail, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Fin De Siècle. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Print.

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Lists, Lists, Lists

Beloved Reader,

I would like to share with you a list of all the books that I have studied so far. The list in this post is one of the primary texts that I have studied in depth for the various courses, the following, longer list of the next post, is the (nearly) complete bibliography of all secondary texts and resources that I have studied for the two level 5 courses Renaissance/Restoration and Victorians. Only a very few are missing from this list.

Primary texts:

  • Level 4
    • Explorations in Literature:
      • Homer, 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'
      • Dante Alighieri, 'The Inferno'
      • William Shakespeare, 'The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' and 'The Tempest'
      • John Milton, 'Paradise Lost'
      • Jane Austen, 'Emma' and 'Pride and Prejudice'
      • Charles Dickens, 'Hard Times' and 'Great Expectations'
      • Charlotte Brontë, 'Jane Eyre'
      • Joseph Conrad, 'Heart of Darkness'
      • James Joyce, 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'
      • Virginia Woolf, 'Mrs Dalloway'
      • Samuel Beckett, 'Waiting for Godot'
      • Toni Morrison, 'Beloved'
    • Renaissance Comedy:
      • Plays by William Shakespeare:
        • The Taming of the Shrew
        • A Midsummer Night's Dream
        • Much Ado About Nothing
        • As You Like It
        • The Merchant of Venice
        • Twelfth Night
      • Plays by Ben Jonson:
        • Eastward Ho!
        • Bartholomew Fair
        • Volpone
        • The Alchemist
        • Every Man In His Humour
        • Epicoene; or The Silent Woman

    • Introduction to Creative Writing:
      • Bell and Magrs, 'The Creative Writing Coursebook: Forty Authors Share Advice and Exercises for Fiction and Poetry'
      • Anderson and Neale, 'Writing Fiction'
      • Strand and Boland, 'The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms'
      • Taylor, 'Stage Writing: A Practical Guide'

    • Approaches to Text:
      • Abrams, 'A Glossary of Literary Terms'
      • Barry, 'Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory'
      • Culler, 'Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction'
      • Montgomery, Durant, Fabb, Furniss and Mills, 'Ways of Reading: Advanced Reading Skills for Students of Literature'
      • Walder, 'Literature in the Modern World: Critical Essays and Documents'

  • Level 5
    • Renaissance and Restoration:
      • Christopher Marlowe, 'Doctor Faustus'
      • Thomas Kyd, 'The Spanish Tragedy'
      • William Shakespeare, 'Othello' and 'Macbeth'
      • John Webster, 'The Duchess of Malfi'
      • Thomas Dekker, 'The Shoemaker's Holiday'
      • Anonymous, 'Arden of Faversham'
      • Aphra Behn, 'Oroonoko'
      • William Wycherley, 'The Country Wife'

    • Victorians:
      • Christina Rossetti, 'Goblin Market' and 'Speaking Likenesses'
      • Bram Stoker, 'Dracula'
      • Emily Brontë, 'Wuthering Heights'
      • Lewis Carroll, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', and 'Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There'
      • Robert Lewis Stevenson, 'Treasure Island, 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'
      • Oscar Wilde, 'The Soul of Man under Socialism', 'Ballad of Reading Gaol', 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories', 'De Profundis', 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'The Importance of Being Earnest'

Note: The underlined titles are the texts that I wrote on in an exam, and can therefore not use in any further examinations.

Yours Sincerely,

Kris
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Continuing the Studies

Beloved Reader,

Since my last post two years and four days ago a lot has happened. I worked as an English teacher in China until January 2013 and then moved to Egypt, where I spent February until May in Bahariya Oasis, located in the Western Desert, about 350 km southeast of Cairo. All this time I was studying the four foundation (level 4) courses:

  • Explorations in Literature
  • Renaissance Comedy
  • Approaches to Text
  • Introduction to Creative Writing
and in May of last year I sat three of the exams in London, the fourth course, Creative Writing, was assessed through a written assignment for which I handed in a 5500 word prose piece and a 1000 word critical commentary. Spending two weeks in England was a great idea and I had the chance to see a live performance of Shakespeare's The Tempest at Shakespeare's Globe, a replica of the original outdoor playhouse from Elizabethan times, in London. Besides, I met several fellow students in person, quite a treat after having studied by myself for such a long time, and I was able to see many of the places mentioned or described in the British Literature that I study.

In July I received the exam results and my current grade average is very close to a 2:1 (Upper second-class honours); I hope to be able to raise it to the 2:1 with this year's exams. This year I sat the exams for two level 5 courses:
  • Renaissance and Restoration
  • Victorians.
I had enrolled for four level 5 courses, but with working full time as an English and German teacher at a private school in Cairo I just could not find enough time to study for all four courses and decided in January to sit only the two exams, thus unfortunately prolonging my studies for another year. My earliest date for graduation will be 2016, and I never thought it would take me so long when I enrolled in 2011. However, an advantage of extending my studies over several years is that I have more time to spend on the individual courses, and thus study each topic more in depth; in an ideal world that is - the last year was quite chaotic with a lot of stress at work so that I did not get to spend nearly as much time as I would have liked on my studies.

Which brings me to the following: I have kept on using the pomodoro technique ever since March 2012 when I first found out about it, and it has helped me to keep detailed track about my studies and the time I have spent on it since I started recording it.
  • Level 4 studies:
    • Part 1:
      • Start date: 04 March 2012
      • End date: 23 June 2012
      • Number of days I studied: 105
      • Number of days I did not study: 0
      • Total number of pomodoros: 870
      • Hours studied per week: 25.5 h
      • Hours studied per day: 3.6 h
    • Part 2:
      • Start date: 01 September 2012
      • End date: 30 April 2013
      • Number of days I studied: 190
      • Number of days I did not study: 52
      • Total number of pomodoros: 1554
      • Hours studied per week: 24.2 h
      • Hours studied per day: 3.5 h

  • Level 5 Part 1 studies:
    • Start date: 28 July 2013
    • End date: 9 May 2014
    • Number of days I studied: 228
    • Number of days I did not study: 58
    • Total number of pomodoros: 1242
    • Hours studied per week: 16 h
    • Hours studied per day: 2.3 h
A Note on Level 4 Part 2 studies: I studied less per day/week in the time between September 2012 - January 2013, due to relocating and traveling. I studied more per day/week in the time between February - April 2013, as I did not work, but spent every free minute of my day on my studies. During these three months I did not study on only two days, and I studied for an average of 30.9 hours per week, or 4.4 hours per day.

A note on Level 5 studies: In the time between 29 March 2014 and 3 May 2014 I studied every day, except one, and completed 451 pomodoro units. This equals an average study time of 5.4 hours per day and 37.6 hours per week. Considering a time frame from 01 February 2014 until 3 May 2014, minus three study-free days, I have completed 727 pomodoro units, and studied 3.4 h/day and 23.8 h/week.

This should suffice as a first update about my studies. In my next post I will focus mainly on Level 5 courses and compile a list of primary texts that I have studied, as well as a mostly complete bibliography for the secondary texts that I have read.

Yours Sincerely,

Kris
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2012/05/06

What I've Done So Far

Beloved Reader,
It has been quite some time since my last blog entry. Many things have happened since, I have moved to Lingling, Hunan in China and started teaching oral English at a high school and I found this to go quite well with my studies. I only have to work 15 hours each week but earn enough money - for local standards - to lead a comfortable life. I have to save most of the money, though, so that I will be able to pay my tuition fees later this year and the examination fees next year. Many of my fellow students have just written their first exams this past week but I had decided a while ago that I will only start writing exams next year.
Having settled down and having a regular working schedule I have also started to study regularly. In one of the e-seminars that the University of London offered in December, January and February, one of the teachers suggested a time management technique, called the 'Pomodoro Technique', which has since helped me to keep track of my studies and to keep focused on the material during my study sessions. The basics of this technique are to set a timer to 25 minutes, study (or do whatever you have to do) efficiently, then take a 5 minute break. For more information check out http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/. I have adapted the technique to my own needs and am very happy with the results. Not only do I keep track of my studies now - I know exactly what I have done - but also can I work a lot more efficiently now than before.
I started studying and using this technique on March 3rd and have since studied about 27 hours each week on average. And that's not 27 hours of 'derping' around, no. That is 27 hours of actual study time. 
In the beginning of March I made a study plan for the whole year until the exam time in May 2013. I once mentioned that I'm not good at sticking to plans but with the 'Pomodoro Technique' I have been able to stick to it so far. The plan - in short - gives me 1 month per book in Explorations 1 and 2 and 40 weeks instead of just 20 for Approaches to Text and Renaissance Comedy. 
Here are the bibliographies for the books, articles, etc. that I have read in those 9 weeks (all but for Approaches to Text):

Week 1-4

Explorations in Literature 1

Shakespeare, William - The Tempest

Primary Literature
  • Shakespeare, William. "The Tempest", ed. Peter Holland; New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. (2002)
Secondary Literature

Explorations in Literature 2

James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Primary Literature
  • Joyce, James. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man". New York: Dover, 1994.
Secondary Literature

Renaissance Comedy

General History and Theatrical Conditions of English Renaissance Drama

  • Gurr, Andrew. "Introduction." The Shakespearean Stage, 1574-1642. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2009. 1-37. Print.
  • Gurr, Andrew. "The Players." The Shakespearean Stage, 1574-1642. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2009. 100-138. Print.
  • Gurr, Andrew. "The Playhouses." The Shakespearean Stage, 1574-1642. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2009. 139-208. Print.
  • Foakes, R. A. "Playhouses and Players." The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama. By A. R. Braunmuller and Michael Hattaway. Cambridge [England: Cambridge UP, 1990. 1-52. Print.
  • Hattaway, Michael "Drama and Society." The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama. By A. R. Braunmuller and Michael Hattaway. Cambridge [England: Cambridge UP, 1990. 91-126. Print.
  • Levenson, Jill "Comedy." The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama. By A. R. Braunmuller and Michael Hattaway. Cambridge [England: Cambridge UP, 1990. 263-300. Print.
  • Raffel, Burton. "Some Essentials of the Shakespearean Stage." A Midsummer Night's Dream (Annotated Shakespeare). By William Shakespeare. Ed. Burton Raffel. New Haven and London: Yale UP, 2005. Xxxvii-xxix. PDF.

Cultural and Literary Contexts Pertaining to English Renaissance 

  • Alexander, Michael. A History of English Literature. London: Macmillan, 2000. PDF.
  • Dillon, Janette. "Chronology of Events." The Cambridge Introduction to Early English Theatre. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 2006. 225-49. Print.
  • Engel, William E. "Historical Contexts for the Age of Shakespeare." The Shakespeare Handbook. By Andrew Hiscock and Stephen Longstaffe. London: Continuum, 2009. 26-45. Print.
  • Longstaffe, Stephen. "Shakespeare's Literary and Cultural Contexts." The Shakespeare Handbook. By Andrew Hiscock and Stephen Longstaffe. London: Continuum, 2009. 46-68. Print.
  • Rozakis, Laurie. "Shakespeare's Life and Times." The Complete Idiot's Guide to Shakespeare. New York, NY: Alpha, 1999. 1-82. PDF.

Week 5-8

Explorations in Literature 1

Shakespeare, William - Hamlet

Primary Literature
  • Shakespeare, William "The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark", ed. A. R. Braunmuller; New York: Penguin Putnam Inc. (2002)
Secondary Literature
  • Cantor, Paul A. "The Renaissance Context." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 1-5. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "Heroism in the Renaissance epic tradition." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 5-11. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "Tragedy and Renaissance man." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 11-15. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "The place of Hamlet in Shakespeare's career." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 15-20. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "The problem of Hamlet." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 20-25. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "Hamlet and the revenge play tradition." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 25-30. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "Hamlet and classical heroism." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 30-37. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "Hamlet and Christianity." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 37-49. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "Hamlet as tragic hero." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 49-53. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "The end of Hamlet." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 53-60. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "The drama of Hamlet." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 60-70. PDF.
  • Cantor, Paul A. "The language of Hamlet." Shakespeare, Hamlet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 70-77. PDF.
  • McGinn, Colin. "Hamlet." Shakespeare's Philosophy - Discovering the Meaning behind the Plays. New York: Harper-Collins, 2006. 35-60. PDF.
  • Stockton, Carla Lynn. "CliffsNotes on Hamlet." 22 Mar 2012.<http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/id-121.html>.
Other Media (Film Adaptions, Lectures, &c.)
  • Hamlet. Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. Perf. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Ian Holm and Helena Bonham Carter. Warner Bros. Pictures, 1990. Online Stream.
  • Hamlet. Dir. Kenneth Branagh. By William Shakespeare. Perf. Kenneth Branagh, Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Robin Williams and Kate Winslet. Castle Rock Entertainment, 1996. Online Stream.

Explorations in Literature 2

John Milton - Paradise Lost

Primary Literature
  •  Milton, John, and Gordon Teskey. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. Print.
Secondary Literature
Commentary
Classic Criticism of Paradise Lost
  • Addison, Joseph. "From Spectator 297." February 9, 1712. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 379-80. Print.
  • Addison, Joseph. "From Spectator 303." February 16, 1712. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 381-82. Print.
  • Arnold, Matthew. "From Milton." 1888. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 398-9. Print.
  • Blake, William. "From The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: From The Voice of the Devil (Plates 5-6)." 1793. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 389. Print.
  • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "From Lecture 4." March 4, 1819. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 390-1. Print.
  • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Unassigned Lecture Notes [Milton and Paradise Lost]." Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 391-2. Print.
  • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "From Table Talk [Milton's Egotism]." August 1833 Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 392. Print.
  • Dryden, John. "Epigram." 1685. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 378. Print.
  • Dryden, John. "From Preface to Second Miscellany." 1685. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 379. Print.
  • Eliot, T. S. "From Milton I." 1936. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 399-400. Print.
  • Eliot, T. S. "From Milton II." 1947. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 400. Print.
  • Gordon, George, Lord Byron. "From Don Juan: From Dedication. From Canto III." 1819-24. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 392-3. Print.
  • Housman, A. E. "From Terence, this is stupid stuff." 1896. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 399. Print.
  • Hugo, Victor. "From Cromwell: From Act 3." 1827. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 397. Print.
  • Johnson, Samuel. "From Lives of the English Poets." 1797. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 384-7. Print.
  • Landor, Walter Savage. "From Imaginary Conversations ." 1846. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 395-6. Print.
  •  Marvell, Andrew. "On Mr. Milton's Paradise Lost." 1674. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 377-78. Print.
  • Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "From the Preface to Prometheus Unbound." 1820. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 393. Print.
  • Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "From A Defence of Poetry." 1821. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 394-5. Print.
  • Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Milton." 1863. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 397. Print.
  • Vicomte de Chateaubriand, François-René. "From Sketches of English Literature." 1836. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 387-8. Print.
  • Voltaire. "From Candide." 1759. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 382. Print.
  • Voltaire. "From Essay upon the Civil Wars of France … And also upon the Epick Poetry of the European Nations from Homer to Milton." 1727. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 383. Print.
  • Wordsworth, William. "London." 1802. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 390. Print.
Modern Criticism of Paradise Lost
  • Empson, William. "From Satan." 1961. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 417-20. Print.
  • Flesch, William. "From The Majesty of Darkness: Idol and Image in Milton." 1992. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 425-7. Print.
  • Gross, Kenneth. "From Satan and the Romantic Satan: A Notebook." 1988. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 420-4. Print.
  • Lewis, C. S. "From Satan." 1942. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 401-7. Print.
  • Rajan, Balachandra. "From The Problem of Satan." 1947. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 407-13. Print.
  • Waldock, A. J. A. "From Satan and the Technique of Degradation." 1947. Paradise Lost: Authoritative Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism. By John Milton and Gordon Teskey. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. 413-7. Print.

Renaissance Comedy

Pastoral, Shakespearean and Festive Comedy

William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Primary Literature
  • Shakespeare, William. "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Ed. Russ McDonald. The Complete Pelican Shakespeare. By Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller. New York: Penguin, 2002. 249-84. Print.
  •  Shakespeare, William, Burton Raffel, and Harold Bloom. A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Annotated Shakespeare). New Haven: Yale UP, 2005. PDF.
Secondary Literature
  • Grosz, Tanya, and Linda Wendler. Shakespeare Made Easy - A Midsummer Night's Dream. Irvine: Saddleback Educational, 2006. PDF.
  •  Halio, Jay L. "Nightingales That Roar: The Language of A Midsummer Night's Dream." William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. By Harold Bloom. New York: Bloom's Literary Criticism, 2010. 43-56. PDF.
  • Jacobson, Karin. "CliffsNotes on A Midsummer Night's Dream." CliffsNotes. Web. 6 Apr. 2012. <http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/a-midsummer-nights-dream.html>
  •  McGinn, Colin. "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Shakespeare's Philosophy - Discovering the Meaning behind the Plays. New York: Harper-Collins, 2006. 17-34. PDF.
  • Nostbakken, Faith, and William Shakespeare. "Dramatic Analysis." Understanding A Midsummer Night Dream a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. 1-19. Questia. Web. 28 Apr. 2012. <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=111758635#>.
  • Nostbakken, Faith, and William Shakespeare. "Gender Relations: Love, Marriage, and the Battle of the Sexes." Understanding A Midsummer Night Dream a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. 21-31. Questia. Web. 28 Apr. 2012. <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=111758635#>.
  • Nostbakken, Faith, and William Shakespeare. "Social Distinctions: Royalty, Gentry, and the Common People." Understanding A Midsummer Night Dream a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. 47-54. Questia. Web. 29 Apr. 2012. <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=111758635#>.
  • Nostbakken, Faith, and William Shakespeare. "Popular Culture: Holidays, Court Entertainments, and Play-Acting." Understanding A Midsummer Night Dream a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. 69-80. Questia. Web. 29 Apr. 2012. <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=111758635#>.
  •  Nostbakken, Faith, and William Shakespeare. "Imagination and Beliefs: Dreams, Fairies, and Transformation." Understanding A Midsummer Night Dream a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. 97-105. Questia. Web. 29 Apr. 2012. <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=111758635#>.
  • Nostbakken, Faith, and William Shakespeare. "Performance and Interpretation." Understanding A Midsummer Night Dream a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. 125-132. Questia. Web. 29 Apr. 2012. <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=111758635#>.
  • Nostbakken, Faith, and William Shakespeare. "Contemporary Applications." Understanding A Midsummer Night Dream a Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003. 147-149. Questia. Web. 29 Apr. 2012. <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=111758635#>.

Week 9

Explorations in Literature 1

Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy - Volume 1: Inferno

Primary Literature
  • Alighieri, Dante. Inferno. Trans. Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander. New York: Anchor, 2002. Print. 
  • Alighieri, Dante. The Divine Comedy - Volume 1: Inferno. Trans. Mark Musa. London: Penguin, 2003. Print.
Secondary Literature
Other Media (Film Adaptions, Lectures, &c.)

Explorations in Literature 2

Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness

Primary Literature
  • Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. London: HarperPress, 2010. Print.
  • Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Youth; Heart of Darkness; The End of the Tether. London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1946. 43-160. Questia. Web. 1 May 2012.<http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=725562>
  • Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1902. Lit2Go. Educational Technology Clearinghouse. Web. 1 May 2012. <http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/99/heart-of-darkness/>.
Secondary Literature
  • Conrad, Joseph, and Paul B. Armstrong. Heart of Darkness: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism. New York: W.W. Norton &, 2006. Print.

Renaissance Comedy

William Shakespeare - As You Like It

Primary Literature
  • Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." The Works of William Shakespeare Gathered into One Volume. New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. 611-640. Questia. Web. 4 May 2012. <http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=93991643>
Looks quite impressive, huh? Yes, is impressive. I'm a little proud of myself. That's 241 hours of study right there! 
Yours sincerely,
Kris
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