Schedule

February    March    April    May

	Friday, January 19	Introduction
Week I	Monday, January 22	Elegy V (1929) “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity” (1629)
	Wednesday, January 24	“L’Allegro” (c. 1631)
	Friday, January 26	“Il’ Penseroso” (c. 1631)
Week II	Monday, January 29	“L’Allegro” and “Il’ Penseroso”
	Wednesday, January 31	Tutorials A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle aka Comus (1634)
	Friday, February 2	A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle aka Comus
Week III	Monday, February 5	A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle aka Comus
	Wednesday, February 7	Tutorials   Five (shorter) poems of your choice
	Friday, February 9	Lycidas (1637)
Week IV	Monday, February 12	Selections from The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (1643)   Useful site that provides outlines for Milton's prose
	Wednesday, February 14	Tutorials  Selections from Areopagitica (1644)   Useful site that provides outlines for Milton's prose
	Friday, February 16	The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649)   Useful site that provides outlines for Milton's prose
Week V	Monday, February 19	“On Time” (1633) “Ad Patrem” (1637) Additional shorter poems TBA
	Wednesday, February 21	Tutorials
	Friday, February 23	Kyle's presentation on "L'Penseroso"
Week VI	Monday, February 26	The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth (1660)   Useful site that provides outlines for Milton's prose   Ashley's presentation on Cromwell's commonwealth (Frank Lovett's "Milton's Case for a Free Commonwealth."  American Journal of Political Science 49.3 (2005): 466-78.)   Michelle's presentation on Cromwell and the Cromwell poems by Milton and Marvell
	Wednesday, February 28	Tutorials   On Reserve: Simon Schama’s A History of Britain: British Wars (1603-1649) (DVD) (please view on your own this week)
	Friday, March 2	Midterm
Week VII	Monday, March 5	The Arguments from Paradise Lost (all books) (1667/ 1674)   Skids' presentation on religion/s   Ryan's presentation on the sonnets (William McCarthy's "The Continuity of Milton's Sonnets."  PMLA 92.1 (1977): 96-109.)
	Wednesday, March 7	Tutorials
	Friday, March 9	Book I of Paradise Lost   Short paper #1 due   Outline of Paradise Lost (and additional reference materials)
	Monday, March 12 - Friday, March 16	Spring Break
Week VIII	Monday, March 19	Book II Spenser, I.i.14-28 (allegorical portrayal of Errour)
	Wednesday, March 21	Tutorials
	Friday, March 23	Book III
Week IX	Monday, March 26	Book IV
	Wednesday, March 28	Tutorials
	Friday, March 30	TBA
Week X	Monday, April 2	Book V Biblical mentions of the fall of Satan: Revelation 12:7-13 Luke 10:17-24 Isaiah 14:12-17 Ezekiel 28:11-19
	Wednesday, April 4	Tutorials
	Friday, April 6 Monday, April 9	Easter Break
Week XI
	Wednesday, April 11	Book VI Genesis 1-4 (King James version)
	Friday, April 13	No Class: Purdue University-Calumet Undergraduate Conference
Week XII	Monday, April 16	Book VIII
	Wednesday, April 18	Tutorials
	Friday, April 20	Book IX Ashley Clegg's presentation on Satan's "disciples":   Erickson, Lee. "Satan's Apostles and the Nature of Faith in Paradise Lost Book I."  Studies in Philology 94.3 (1997): 382-94.
Week XIII	Monday, April 23	NCA Conference   Short paper #2 due by midnight (under my door or electronic--if it's not attached, it wasn't submitted)
	Wednesday, April 25	Book X Michelle Anstett's presentation   Kyle O'Keefe's presentation on Satan's shield:    Dobranski, Stephen A. "Pondering Satan's  Shield in Milton's Paradise Lost." English Literary Renaissance 35.3 (2005): 490-506.
	Friday, April 27	Book XI Johnathan Skidmore's presentation
Week XIV	Monday, April 30	Book XII Ryan Gutierrez's presentation
	Wednesday, May 2	Tutorials
	Friday, May 4	Paradise Lost Book XI   Final Essay Draft due
Week XV	Monday, May 7	Paradise Lost Book XII
	Wednesday, May 9	Wrap up
	Thursday, May 10	Reading Day
Final exam	Friday, May 11	1 pm   Final Essay (with drafts) due