The notes below are a partial transcript of class discussion, rather than lecture notes, and may not represent the instructor's views fully or exactly. Not all poems assigned for a given session were discussed.
Lecture notes files.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
| 1 |
Beowulf, translator's introduction, "The Settle Bed" (PDF) |
| 2 |
Beowulf, translator's introduction (cont.) (PDF) |
| 3 |
Death of a Naturalist, Wintering Out, Door into the Dark |
| 4 |
North (PDF) |
| 5 |
Field Work, Seeing Things (PDF) |
| 6 |
The Spirit Level (PDF) |
| 7 |
In a Green Night (PDF) |
| 8 |
The Castaway, The Gulf (PDF) |
| 9 |
Sea Grapes, The Star-Apple Kingdom (PDF) |
| 10 |
The Star-Apple Kingdom, The Fortunate Traveller (PDF) |
| 11 |
Omeros, books I-II (PDF) |
| 12 |
Omeros, books III-V (PDF) |
| 13 |
Omeros, books VI-VII |
