[Milton-L] Renaissance course tips

[Angelica Duran]

Dear Rich,

I always include Milton when I teach the undergrad Brit Lit to 1800 course:
sometimes even all of Paradise Lost, depending on the balance of short and
long texts, whether I am planning a marathon reading, etc.

I put all my thoughts on the subject of how to include Milton in my chapter,
³Milton and the Undergraduate Survey Course: Who, What, When, How, and by
All Means, Why?² in the Peter Herman edited Approaches to Teaching Milton¹s
Shorter Poetry and Prose (MLA 2007).  That might be helpful, and I culled
advice from many Renaissance Profs and Miltonists, so you will get a variety
of recommendations there.

Good luck with the course.

Adios,

Angelica Duran
Associate Professor
English and Comparative Literature
Purdue University
500 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
USA
(765) 496-3957
<duran0 at purdue.edu>
<http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/directory/?personid=80>


> From: Rich Durocher <durocher at stolaf.edu>
> Reply-To: John Milton Discussion List <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
> Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:12:50 -0600
> To: <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
> Subject: [Milton-L] Renaissance course tips
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
>     This coming term I will teach a sophomore-level course on English
> Renaissance Literature.  I have done so before, and have taught broader
> courses (Literatures in English, beginnings to 1650 is our staple course
> for majors, and it includes colonial literature and the New World) for
> 20 years.  So I'm no upstart here.  But as I approach this course, eager
> to make it shine, I wonder if list members have particular suggestions
> in the following areas:
> 1.  Texts (Anthologies; or has anyone had success using a group of
> individual author texts?  If so, which?)
> 2.  Milton  (Have folks simply left out the big guy, or tried to fit in
> some selections?  If so, which?)
> 3.  Newer voices (In my course on "Radical Voices" I teach writers such
> as Elenore Davies and James Nayler, but these seem less important in the
> long haul from, at least, Wyatt to Milton, Bacon to Behn).
> 
>     You can reply to me individually at durocher at stolaf.edu if you
> prefer.  Many thanks to all for suggestions.
> 
>     Rich DuRocher
>     St. Olaf College
> 
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