Reading Schedule (Subject to Revision):

Week 0

Aug. 25           Introductions.

Aug. 27           Early modern culture and the theater. 

                        Womack, 1-45

Week 1

Sep. 1              Labor Day (no class)

Sep. 3              Womack, 46-92 and 261-311

Week 2

Sep.  8             Shakespeare, Twelfth Night (use any scholarly, annotated text)

Sep. 10            Twelfth Night

Week 3

Sep. 15            Marlowe, Edward II (in anthology), Womack 109-110

Sep. 17            Edward II        [Mini-essay on Ed.2 due]

Week 4

Sep. 22            Edward II  

Sep. 24            Heywood, A Woman Killed with Kindness (in anthology)

                        Womack 104-106

                        [Paper Topics for Comparative Essay 1 distributed]

Week 5

Sep. 29            A Woman Killed with Kindness [Mini-essay on Woman Killed due]

Oct. 1              A Woman Killed with Kindness

Week 6
Oct. 6              Jonson, Epicoene

                        Womack, 106-107

Oct. 8              Epicoene         [Comparative essay 1 due]

Week 7

Oct. 13                        Epicoene         [Mini-essay on Epicoene due]

Oct. 15                        Epicoene

Week 8

Oct. 20              MILTON MARATHON         

Oct. 22               Dekker and Middleton, The Roaring Girl

                            Womack, 113-115 and 202-206

Week 9

Oct. 27              The Roaring Girl [Mini-essay on RG due]    

Oct. 29              Heywood, Fair Maid of the West

                        Womack, 244-249

Week 10

Nov. 3             Fair Maid   [Mini-essay on Fair Maid due]

Nov. 5             Ford, Tis Pity She’s a Whore

                        Womack, 250-255

Week 11

Nov. 10           Tis Pity            [Mini-essay on Tis Pity due]

Nov. 12           Tis Pity

Week 12

Nov. 17           Behn, The Rover

Nov. 19           The Rover  [Mini-essay on Rover due]

                        [Distribute topics for Comparative Essay 2]

Week 13

Nov. 24           The Rover  [All 5 mini-essays must be turned in by this date]

Nov. 26           No Class

Week 14

Dec. 1              Behn, The Widow Ranter

Dec. 3              The Widow Ranter

Week 15

Dec. 8              The Widow Ranter [Comparative Essay 2 due]

Dec. 10            Last class

Final Exam: Dec. 15^th, 9:45 a.m.- 12:00 noon.