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 |
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| 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 |