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British Literature in the Age of Industrialism
Readings for Research and Writing ("Path 2")

"Full seldom doth a man repent, or use
Both grace and will to pick the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean, and plant himself afresh."

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Geraint and Enid" (1859, 1872-73)

 
Grp 1 Emily Brontë
Grp 2
Fantasy Tales
Grp 3
Alfred Tennyson
Grp 4
Alfred Tennyson
Grp 5 Disability Concerns
Grp 6 George Eliot
Grp 7 George Eliot
Grp 8 Joseph Conrad
Grp 9 Joseph Conrad
Grp 10
Joseph Conrad
Week One
Wuthering Heights (1847): Vol. 1, chps 1-11
R. L. Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), Longman 1939-57
"Dedication" (1862), "The Coming of Arthur" (1869) & "Gareth & Lynette" (1872)
"Lancelot and Elaine" (1859) & "The Holy Grail" (1869)
"Brother Jacob" from The Lifted Veil: Brother Jacob
"Amos Barton" (1857)
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861): chps 1-10
Almayer's Folly (1895): chps 1-4

Heart of Darkness (1899): chp 1

J. Conrad's “Preface to The Nigger of the Narcissus” (1898), Norton Critical pp. 279-82

The Secret Agent (1907): chps 1-4
Week Two
Wuthering Heights (1847): Vol. 1, chps 12-14; Vol. 2, chps 1-7
R. L. Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), Longman 1957-77
M. Shelley’s “The Mortal Immortal” (1833), Broadview 47-59
"The Marriage of Geraint" (1859, 1873) & "Geraint & Enid" (1859, 1873)
"Pelleas and Ettarre" (1869) & "The Last Tournament" (1871, 1872)
S. Le Fanu's "Green Tea" (1869) Broadview pp. 235-64

A. B. Edward’s Was It an Illusion? A Parson’s Story” (1881) Broadview pp.285-302
"Janet's Repentance" (1857): chps 1-11
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861): chps 11-15
Almayer's Folly (1895): chp 5-8
Heart of Darkness (1899): chp 2

Francis Galton's "The Comparative Worth of Different Races", Norton Critical pp. 224-27
The Secret Agent (1907): chps 5-8
Week Three
Wuthering Heights (1847): Vol. 2, chps 8-20
M. E. Braddon’s “Eveline’s Visitant” (1862), Broadview 205-14
A. B. Edward’s Was It an Illusion? A Parson’s Story” (1881) Broadview pp.285-302
"Balin and Balan" (1885) & "Merlin and Vivien" (1859)
"Guinevere" (___), "The Passing of Arthur" (1869) & "To the Queen" (___)
F. Browne’s “The Story of Fairyfoot” (1857), Broadview 153-62

M. de Morgan’s “A Toy Princess” (1877), Broadview 265-75
"Janet's Repentance" (1857): chps 12-28
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1861): chp 16 to conclusion
Almayer's Folly (1895): chp 9-12
Heart of Darkness (1899): chp 3

M. Torgonick's "Primitivism and the African Woman in Heart of Darkness", Norton Critical pp.396-405
The Secret Agent (1907): chps 9-13
Week Four
paper conferences: my office (building 47, office 35A)
bring 1-2 pg outline & 1st pg of paper
Saturday, July 18
TERM PAPER DUE at midnight
(send Word file via email to "pmarchba@calpoly.edu")




"The Lady of Shalott," a drawing (1850)
William Holman Hunt


Dr. Paul Marchbanks
pmarchba@calpoly.edu