Drama, poetry, and prose of the late Renaissance. Online access to Brigham Young University library services.

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Prerequisites
ENGL 251 (Introduction to English Studies) & ENGL 291 (British Literary History 1) & ENGL 295 (Writing Literary Criticism).
Course Outline
Lesson 1: The Poetry and Prose of John Donne
Lesson 2: Other Dimensions in the Works of John Donne
Lesson 3: Renaissance Drama
Lesson 4: The Poetry of Ben Johnson
Lesson 5: The Poetry of Robert Herrick
Lesson 6: The Poetry of George Herbert
Lesson 7: The Poetry of Richard Crashaw, Henry Vaughan, and Andrew Marvell
Lesson 8: Introduction to John Milton
Lesson 9: Milton's Prose and Sonnets
Lesson 10: The Heaven and Hell of Milton's Epic Paradise Lost
Lesson 11: All before the "Fall" in Paradise Lost
Lesson 12: The Fall and Its Consequences in Paradise Lost
Lesson 13: The Chastisement, the Plan of Reparation, and the Expulsion in Paradise Lost
Lesson 14: Milton's Closet Drama, "Samson Agonistes"
Lesson 15: The Poetry of Thomas Carew and Richard Lovelace
Lesson 16: The Poetry of Sir John Denham, Edmund Waller, Abraham Cowley, and Thomas Traherne
Lesson 17: The Significant Writings of Francis Bacon and Robert Burton
Lesson 18; The Prose of Izaak Walton, Sir Thomas Browne, John Locke, and Sir Isaac Newton
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Textbooks
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A Handbook to Literature - 12th Edition (Required)
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2010 Pearson
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1 - 7th Edition (Required)
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