English 3540 - British Survey - Schedule of Readings (Tentative)
| Monday | 1/11 | Introduction |
| Wednesday | 1/13 | Powers, "Hamlet's Blackberry" (on Blackboard) |
| Friday | 1/15 | Feather - Introduction (1-5) 4 "The Market for Books" (51-68) |
| Monday | 1/18 | Feather - 5 "The First Publishers" (71-84) MLK Day -- No Class |
| Wednesday | 1/20 | Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy (Vol I) |
| Friday | 1/22 | Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy (Vol II) |
| Monday | 1/25 | Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy (Vol III) |
| Wednesday | 1/27 | Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy(Vol IV) |
| Friday | 1/29 | Rereading (and Discussion Day) |
| Monday | 2/1 | Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy(Vol V) |
| Wednesday | 2/3 | Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy (Vol VI) |
| Friday | 2/5 | Rereading (and Discussion Day) |
| Monday | 2/8 | Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy (Vol VII) |
| Wednesday | 2/10 | Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy (Vol VIII) |
| Friday | 2/12 | Rereading (and Discussion Day) |
| Monday | 2/15 | Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy (Vol IX) |
| Wednesday | 2/17 | A Cock and Bull Tale |
| Friday | 2/19 | A Cock and Bull Tale |
| Monday | 2/22 | Blake, Songs of Innocence and Experience |
| Wednesday | 2/24 | Feather - 7-9 (97-131) Library Day |
| Friday | 2/26 | Midterm Exam |
| Monday | 3/1 | New Grub Street (Ch.I-VII) Stuart, Issac D'Israeli, "The Calamities of Authors" |
| Wednesday | 3/3 | New Grub Street (Ch. VIII-XII) |
| Friday | 3/5 | New Grub Street (Ch. XIII-XVII) Sarah, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, and "The Life of Savage" |
| Monday | 3/8 | New Grub Street (Ch. XVIII-XXIII) Courtney and Morgan, Thomas Carlyle, "The Hero as Man of Letters" |
| Wednesday | 3/10 | New Grub Street (Ch.XXIV-Ch.XXVII) Kristen F and Barbara, "Edmund Gosse Writes a Book Review" Mini Essay #1 Due |
| Friday | 3/12 | New Grub Street (Ch.XXVIIII-end) Christian, H. D. Traill, "Author and Critic," Literature (1897) |
| Monday | 3/15 | Spring Break |
| Wednesday | 3/17 | |
| Friday | 3/19 | |
| Monday | 3/22 | Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1-2 of the Stanford Strand, Broadview Ed. pages 49-102) Joshua and Katlyn, Appendix F: From Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Graham's magazine on pages 271-276. |
| Wednesday | 2/24 | Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (3-5 of the Stanford Strand, Broadview Ed. pages 102-145) Oluwaseyi, Appendix A (239-244) |
| Friday | 3/26 | Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (6-7 of the Stanford Strand, Broadview Ed. pages 145-210) Madison and Laura, Appendix E (267-70) |
| Monday | 3/29 | Library Day Feather (145-161, 172-180) |
| Wednesday | 3/31 | The Girl Behind The Keys (27-90, with particular attention to the opening story) Elizabeth and Rebecca |
| Friday | 4/2 | The Girl Behind The Keys (91-end) |
| Monday | 4/5 | Woolf, A Room of One's Own (4-56) |
| Wednesday | 4/7 | Woolf, A Room of One's Own (57-112) |
| Friday | 4/9 | Reading Catch-Up Day - Instructor at Conference (BWWC) |
| Monday | 4/12 | Feather (181-99) |
| Wednesday | 4/14 | Wodehouse, "Without the Option" George and Robert |
| Friday | 4/16 | Wodehouse, " The Aunt and the Sluggard" Hugh Laurie, "P.G. Wodehouse Saved My Life" Mini Essay #2 Due Anna and Crystal C |
| Monday | 4/19 | Wodehouse Watching Day: "The Full House" (in class) Read: "Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg" |
| Wednesday | 4/21 | Wodehouse, "Jeeves Takes Charge" and "Clustering Round Young Bingo" Ty |
| Friday | 4/23 | Byron, from "English Bards and Scotch Reviewers" (PDF on Blackboard) (See also Byron Chronology) Dylan |
| Monday | 4/26 | Stoppard, Arcadia (Scene 1-2) David and Phillip |
| Wednesday | 4/28 | Stoppard, Arcadia (Scene 3-4) Exam Questions Due in Class |
| Friday | 4/30 | Stoppard, Arcadia (Scene 5-7) |
| Monday | 5/3 | Last Class Day |
| Thursday | 5/6 | Scheduled Exam Day - 8 AM |