English / Italian Literature 206: Dante and the Romantics ProfessorsRobertHarrison&DeniseGigante

Winter,2019–2020Room160–315;Wednesdays10:30-1:20pm

RequiredTexts1. DanteAlighieri,TheInferno,OxfordUP,trans.Durling&Martinez(9780195087444)2. WilliamBlake,WilliamBlake’sDivineComedyIllustrations(Dover:978-0486464299)3. PercyByssheShelley,Shelley’sPoetryandProse(Norton:978-0393977523)4. JohnKeats,TheCompletePoems(Penguin:978-0140422108)*5. Christina Rossetti, TheCompletePoems(Penguin:978-0140423662)

*IfyouhaveanothereditionofKeatswiththerequiredreadings,youmayuseit.

ScheduleofReadingsWeek1 Dante,TheInferno,Canto1;BlakeDesignno.1(1/8) Week2 Dante,Inferno,2–5;Blake,Designs,2–10;(1/15) Keats,“ADream:AfterReadingDante’sEpisodeofPaulo&Francesca”Week3 Dante,Inferno,6–12;Blake,Designs,11–24;(1/22) Shelley’stranslationofDante’sSonnettoGuidoCavalcanti(Canvas)

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Week4 Dante,Inferno,13–19;Blake,Designs,25–36(1/29) Week5 Dante,Inferno,20–26;Blake,Designs,37–58(2/5) Assignment(i)due:2-3pp.commentaryononeofBlake’sdesignsofDanteWeek6 Dante,Inferno,27(2/12) T.S.Eliot,“TheLoveSongofJ.AlfredPrufrock”;“Dante”;“Blake”(Canvas)Week7 Dante,Inferno,28-34;Blake,Designs,59–71(2/19) Week8 Shelley,“OdetotheWestWind”;TheTriumphofLife;ADefenceofPoetry(2/26) Week9 Keats,TheFallofHyperion;letterofMay3,1818,onValeofSoul-Making(Canvas)(3/3) Assignment(i)due:2-3pp.commentaryonKeats’sorShelley’sresponsetoDanteWeek10 ChristinaRossetti,MonnaInnominata;DanteGabrielRossetti,“Salutationof(3/10) Beatrice”;“DanteMeetingBeatriceataMarriageFeast”;“TheSalutationof

Beatrice”:“DanteandBeatrice”;“BeataBeatrix”(Canvas)Finalsweek: Assignment(v)due:10-12pp.paperonDante’sreceptionbyShelley,Keats,orRossetti(3/17)

RequirementsClassParticipation:30%Pleasedonotifyusinadvanceifyoumustbeabsentfromclassduetoillness,asactiveparticipationinseminardiscussionallweeksismandatory.Twoshortpositionpapers:20%Weunderstandthatsomeweeksyouwillhaveheavieroverallcourseworkloadsthanothers.Pleaseexamineyourschedulesinadvance,andifyouneedtoshiftthedeadlineforanyoftheshortpapers,pleaseletusknowinadvance.Onefinalpaper:50%Thefinalpapershouldincorporatesomesecondaryreadingtoaidyouranalysis.PleaseconsultthebibliographiesinyourtextsandonTheWilliamBlakeArchive(www.blakearchive.org)aswellasSearchworks(includingtheMLACatalogue,JSTOR,etc.).