Renaissance Poetry

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Overview

Subject area

ENG

Catalog Number

4160

Course Title

Renaissance Poetry

Department(s)

Description

This course examines the range of poetry produced in England in the sixteenth- and seventeenth centuries. It surveys Renaissance poetry in its literary, cultural, and political contexts. Readings include foundational works in poetry and poetics, experiments in genre and form, and exemplary texts, such as Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, Herbert’s The Temple, and Milton’s Paradise Lost.

Typically Offered

Fall, Spring, Summer

Academic Career

Undergraduate

Liberal Arts

Yes

Credits

Minimum Units

3

Maximum Units

3

Academic Progress Units

3

Repeat For Credit

No

Components

Name

Lecture

Hours

3

Requisites

029787

Course Schedule