[Milton-L] Renaissance course tips

[Tony Demarest]

Always include Book I in its entirety- it contains most of the sounds Milton will use throughout PL- plus, if you provide the bombast, cymbals, and crashes, you will generate takers for your course in Milton- and for those who are not music majors. . . .
 
Tony


Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:04:55 -0600Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Renaissance course tipsFrom: duran0 at exchange.purdue.eduTo: milton-l at lists.richmond.edu
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, “Milton and the Undergraduate Survey Course: Who, What, When, How, and by All Means, Why?” in the Peter Herman edited Approaches to Teaching Milton’s 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 DuranAssociate ProfessorEnglish and Comparative LiteraturePurdue University500 Oval DriveWest Lafayette, Indiana 47907USA(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> > _______________________________________________> Milton-L mailing list> Milton-L at lists.richmond.edu> Manage your list membership and access list archives at > http://lists.richmond.edu/mailman/listinfo/milton-l
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