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Seminar in Victorian Literature
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
Charles Dickens
Grp 2
George Eliot
Grp 3
George Eliot
Grp 4
The Woman Question
Grp 5
Art & Truth
Week One
Barnaby Rudge
chps 1-9
Daniel Deronda
chps 1-10
"Amos Barton" (SOCL)
The Princess
Sartor Resartus
Bk 1 chp 1 - Bk 2 chp 6
Week Two
Barnaby Rudge
chps 10-19
Daniel Deronda
chps 11-18
"Janet's Repentance" (SOCL)
Aurora Leigh
bks 1-3
Sartor Resartus
Bk 2 chp 7 - Bk 3 chp 12
Week Three
Barnaby Rudge
chps 20-30
Daniel Deronda
chps 19-27
Felix Holt
intro & chps 1-7
Aurora Leigh
bks 4-6
The Ring and the Book
books 1-2
Week Four
Barnaby Rudge
chps 31-40
Daniel Deronda
chps 28-34
Felix Holt
chps 8-14
Aurora Leigh
bks 7-9
The Ring and the Book
books 3-4
Week Five
Barnaby Rudge
chps 41-50
Daniel Deronda
chps 35-40
Felix Holt
chps 15-27
The Idylls of the King "Dedication" (1862), "The Coming of Arthur" (1869) & "Gareth & Lynette" (1872)
The Ring and the Book
books 5-6
Week
Six
Barnaby Rudge
chps 51-60
Daniel Deronda
chps 41-49
Felix Holt
chps 28-32
The Idylls of the King "The Marriage of Geraint" (1859, 1873) & "Geraint & Enid" (1859, 1873)
The Ring and the Book
books 7-8
Week Seven
Barnaby Rudge
chps 61-70
Daniel Deronda chps 50-57
Felix Holt
chps 33-44
The Idylls of the King "Merlin and Vivien" (1859) & "Lancelot and Elaine" (1859)
The Ring and the Book
books 9-10
Week Eight
Barnaby Rudge
chps 71-82
Daniel Deronda
chps 58-70
Felix Holt
chps 45-52
The Idylls of the King "Pelleas and Ettarre" (1869) & "The Last Tournament" (1871, 1872) & "Guinevere" (1859)
The Ring and the Book
books 11-12
Weeks Nine & Ten
PAPER CONFERENCES begin in Week Nine and continue into Week Ten
in my office (building 47, office 35A):
bring 1-2 pg outline & 1st pg of term paper
Finals
Week
TERM PAPER DUE at midnight (date tba)
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