English 4520 - Schedule of Readings

Thursday 8/18 Introduction – Syllabus
In Class: Prize-winning essays on "The Love of Novels" (handout) Discussion Leader:
Tuesday 8/23 Robinson, A Letter to the Women of England
Library Day - meet in Special Collections
In-Class: Reviews (324-326)
Thursday 8/25 Robinson, The Natural Daughter (89-139) In-Class: Puffsfor Robinson's Novels (301-3)
Tuesday 8/30 Robinson, The Natural Daughter (139-237) In-Class: from "The Unsex'd Females" (304-8)
Thursday 9/1 Robinson, The Natural Daughter (237-296) In-Class: Reviews (327-331)
Tuesday 9/6 Hamilton, Memoirs of the Modern Philosophers (33-96)
Initial Reponse Grades on Blackboard
 
Thursday 9/8 Hamilton, Memoirs of the Modern Philosophers (96-146) In-Class: From Mary Wollstonecraft, Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (in Coelebs), Hottentot Venus (401-405)
Tuesday 9/13 Hamilton, Memoirs of the Modern Philosophers (149-227) In-Class: From Hannah More, Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education (in Coelebs)
Thursday 9/15 Hamilton, Memoirs of the Modern Philosophers (227-273) In-Class: "Memoirs of Emma Courtney" (397-399)
Tuesday 9/20 Hamilton, Memoirs of the Modern Philosophers (277-341)  
Thursday 9/22 Hamilton, Memoirs of the Modern Philosophers (341-389)
In-Class: Reviews (407-12) Matthew
Tuesday 9/27 Plumptre, Something New (1-71) In-Class: Scott on Emma (handout) Hannah, Kristen, Rhegis
Thursday 9/29 Plumptre, Something New (71-114)
Midsemester Response, Participation Grades on Blackboard
In-Class: On Beauty (341-344)  
Tuesday 10/4

Plumptre, Something New (117-185)
Group Pre-Library Worksheet Due
Visit from Jaena Alabi

In-Class: On Beauty - The Lady's Magazine (345) Meg, Christian
Thursday 10/6 Plumptre, Something New (185-226)
In-Class: On Beauty (346-49)
Tuesday 10/11 Plumptre, Something New (229-286) In-Class: Hazlitt "Standard Novels" (handout)
Thursday 10/13

Plumptre, Something New (287-339)

In-Class: Rachel Hunter (PDF) Chris H, Kameron
Tuesday 10/18 Workshop Week: Meet with Jaena Alabi
Please read and write reading response on Volume One of Coelebs (35-217)
Thursday 10/20 Workshop Week: Meet with Dr. Derek Ross (in Haley 3143)
Bring rough sketches for the layout of your sample chapter to class.
Tuesday 10/25 More, Coelebs in Search of a Wife (discuss Volume 1)
Midsemester Project Report AND Sample Chapter Draft Due
In-Class: Reviews Chris J, Shelby, Emily
Thursday 10/27

More, Coelebs in Search of a Wife
(We will discuss Volume 2: 219-398)

In-Class: Sequels and Adaptations Kaitlyn, Rachel, Elisabeth C
Tuesday 11/1 The Woman of Colour In-Class: from Austen's Sanditon (217-8) Mariah, Marissa, Lauren
Thursday 11/3 The Woman of Colour In-Class: Reviews (257-8) Taylor, Hadley, Nicole
Tuesday 11/8 Owenson, The Wild Irish Girl In-Class: from Carr's A Stranger in Ireland (368-373) Amelia, Cole, Molly
Thursday 11/10 Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent
Individual Papers Due
In-Class: Letters (360-66)
Tuesday 11/15 Porter, The Scottish Chiefs (41-130) In-Class: Representations of Wallace (775-81)
Thursday 11/17 Porter, The Scottish Chiefs (130-172) In-Class: Porter v. Scott (754-61)
Tuesday 11/22 Thanksgiving Break - Complete The Scottish Chiefs
Thursday 11/24
Tuesday 11/29 Porter, The Scottish Chiefs In-Class: Reviews (747-754)
Thursday 12/1

Porter, The Scottish Chiefs
Last Day of Class: Turn in Critical Editions

TBA 5/3 Final Exam Period: Poster Sessions in Special Collections


Dallas, Robert Charles. Percival : or, Nature vindicted : a novel Printed by A. Strahan for T. N. Longman and O. Rees 1801
Call Number: PR4525.D1243 P4 1801 Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory). Tales of wonder; written and collected by M. G. Lewis. Printed by W. Bulmer and co. for the author, and sold by J. Bell 1801
Call Number: PN6110.T5 L5 1801 Located: Auburn RBD Library (3rd Floor)

Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt). Letters of a Peruvian princess : translated from the French, with the sequel taken from a Spanish manuscript, embellished with superb engravings. Printed for Durand Bookseller 1802
Call Number: PQ 1986 .L413 1802 Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory). Tales of terror : with an introductory dialogue. Printed for R. Faulder [and 8 others 1808
Call Number: PR 4887 .T3 1808 Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Defoe, Daniel. Memoirs of a cavalier. J. Ballantyne 1809
Call Number: PR3404 .M4 1809 Located: Auburn RBD Library (3rd Floor)

Edgeworth, Maria. Tales of fashionable life. Printed for J. Johnson 1809
Call Number: PR 4644 .T3 Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

More, Hannah. Cœlebs in search of a wife : comprehending observations on domestic habits and manners, religion and morals. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies 1809
Call Number: PR 3605 .M6 C6 1809 Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Defoe, Daniel. The life and aventures of Robinson Crusoe : to which is prefixed a biographical memoir of Daniel De Foe. Printed by James Ballantyne for John Ballantyne : and Brown and Crombie 1810
Call Number: PR3403 .A1 1810 Located: Auburn RBD Library (3rd Floor)

Edgeworth, Maria. Patronage. Printed for J. Johnson and Co. 1814
Call Number: PR 4644 .P3 1814 Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Johnson, Samuel. The history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia : a tale . Chiswick Press by C. Whittingham 1816
Call Number: PR 3529 .A1 1816 Located: Auburn Special Collections (Grnd Flr) - Special Collections

Edgeworth, Maria. Harrington : a tale ; and Ormond, a tale. Printed for R. Hunter [etc.] 1817
Call Number: PR 4644 .H3 1817 Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

<<DEATH OF AUSTEN>>

Scott, Walter, Sir. Ivanhoe : a romance / by "the author of Waverley," &c Printed for A. Constable and Co. 1820
Call Number: PR5318 .A1 1820 Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Johnson, Samuel. The history of Rasselas, prince of Abyssinia. E. Parker 1820
Call Number: PR 3529 .A1 1820 Located: Auburn Special Collections (Grnd Flr) - Special Collections

Galt, John. Annals of the parish : or, the chronicle of Dalmailing, during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder [pseud.], written by himself. M. Carey & Sons 1821
Call Number: PR4708.G2 A8 1821b Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Porter, Jane. The Scottish chiefs : a romance. Silas Andrus 1822
Call Number: PR5189.P5 S3 1822 Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Sproat, P. W. The savage beauty, a novel ... By a wild American. Printed by S. Roberts 1822
Call Number: PS 2901 .S42 S3 1822 Located: Auburn RBD Library (3rd Floor)

Jones, Hannah Maria. The wedding ring : or, Married and single ; a domestic tale . G. Virtue 1824
Call Number: PZ3.L9194 We Located: Auburn Special Collections (Grnd Flr) - Special Collections

Scott, Walter, Sir. Waverly novels. James Crissy 1824
Call Number: PR 5315 1824 Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Scott, Walter, Sir. Rob Roy / by the Author of "Waverley," "Guy Mannering," & c: J. Crissy 1824
Call Number: PR5322 .R6 1824 Located: Auburn RBD Library (3rd Floor)


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The coquette; or, The history of Eliza Wharton, a novel founded on fact. By a lady of Massachusetts
by Foster, Hannah Webster, 1759-1840 Publisher: Abel Brown 1828
Call Number: PS 744 .F7 C6 1828
Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Charlotte Temple : a tale of truth / by Mrs. Rowson
by Rowson, Mrs., 1762-1824 Publisher: Silas Andrus 1828
Call Number: PS 2736 .R3 C5 1828
Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

Hope Leslie : or, Early times in the Massachusetts / by the author of Redwood
by Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867 Publisher: H. Colburn and R. Bentley 1830
Call Number: PS2798 .H6 1830
Located: Auburn Special Collections (Grnd Flr) - Special Collections

The Scottish chiefs : a romance / by Jane Porter
by Porter, Jane, 1776-1850 Publisher: L. Johnson 1831
Call Number: PR5189.P5 S3 1831
Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

The Scottish chiefs / by Jane Porter
by Porter, Jane, 1776-1850 Publisher: Routledge 1831
Call Number: PR 5189 .P5 S3 1831b
Located: Auburn Special Collections (Grnd Flr) - Special Collections

The refugee in America: a novel. By Mrs. Trollope
by Trollope, Frances Milton, 1780-1863 Publisher: Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. 1832
Call Number: PR5699.T3 R4
Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

The last man
by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 Publisher: Carey, Lea and Blanchard 1833
Call Number: PR5397 .L3 1833
Located: Treasure Collection - (Grnd Flr) - Non-Circulating

 

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