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Luminarium
An online anthology of English literature from the middle ages through the late 1600's; includes texts as well as background information and links to other resources.
Sahagun, Bernardino De. The War of Conquest: How It Was Waged Here in Mexico: The Aztecs' Own Story. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1979. ISBN: 9780874801118.
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Cortes, Hernan. Letters from Mexico. Translated by Anthony Pagden. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780300090949.
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Marlowe, Christopher. Tamburlaine. Rochester, NH: Odyssey Press, 1974. ISBN: 9780672630613.
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Rowlandson, Mary. The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: with Related Documents. Boston, MA: Bedford / St.Martin's, 1997. ISBN: 9780312111519.
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Marlowe, Christopher. Dr. Faustus. New York, NY: Signet Classics, 2001. ISBN: 9780451527790.
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Course readings.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
| 1 |
Introductions |
| 2 |
Columbus, Cabot (PDF)
Vespucci: Diaries and Letters.
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| 3 |
Petrarch, "The Ascent of Mount Ventoux."
Petrarch, Letter to "Socrates."
Petrarch, "Canzoniere" 1-19.
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| 4 |
More, Utopia. |
| 5 |
More, Utopia (cont.)
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| 6 |
Sahagun, Bernardino De. "The War of Conquest: How It Was Waged Here in Mexico: The Aztecs' Own Story."
Cortes, Hernan. "Letters from Mexico."
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| 7 |
Sahagun, Bernardino De. "The War of Conquest: How It Was Waged Here in Mexico: The Aztecs' Own Story." (cont.)
Cortes, Hernan. "Letters from Mexico." (cont.)
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| 8 |
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I (PDF) |
| 9 |
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I (PDF) (cont.)
Conferences on essay 1
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| 10 |
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book II (PDF) |
| 11 |
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book II (PDF) (cont.) |
| 12 |
Marlowe, Christopher. Dr. Faustus. |
| 13 |
Marlowe, Christopher. Dr. Faustus. (cont.) |
| 14 |
Marlowe, Christopher. "Tamburlaine." |
| 15 |
Marlowe, Christopher. "Tamburlaine." (cont.) |
| 16 |
Hakluyt, Principal Navigations (selections) |
| 17 |
Hakluyt, Principal Navigations (selections) (cont.) |
| 18 |
Writing workshop |
| 19 |
(Tentative) Boston Public Library field trip |
| 20 |
Bacon, New Atlantis |
| 21 |
Donne, John. Poems and Prose of John Donne. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2001. |
| 22 |
———. Poems and Prose of John Donne. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2001. |
| 23 |
Bradford, Plimoth Plantation |
| 24 |
Rowlandson, Mary. "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: with Related Documents." |
| 25 |
Rowlandson, Mary. "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: with Related Documents." (cont.) |
| 26 |
Dinner |