An online anthology of English literature from the middle ages through the late 1600's; includes texts as well as background information and links to other resources.
Sahagun, Bernardino De. The War of Conquest: How It Was Waged Here in Mexico: The Aztecs' Own Story. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1979. ISBN: 9780874801118.
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Cortes, Hernan. Letters from Mexico. Translated by Anthony Pagden. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780300090949.
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Marlowe, Christopher. Tamburlaine. Rochester, NH: Odyssey Press, 1974. ISBN: 9780672630613.
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Rowlandson, Mary. The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: with Related Documents. Boston, MA: Bedford / St.Martin's, 1997. ISBN: 9780312111519.
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Marlowe, Christopher. Dr. Faustus. New York, NY: Signet Classics, 2001. ISBN: 9780451527790.
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SES # | TOPICS |
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1 | Introductions |
2 |
Columbus, Cabot (PDF) Vespucci: Diaries and Letters. |
3 |
Petrarch, "The Ascent of Mount Ventoux." Petrarch, Letter to "Socrates." Petrarch, "Canzoniere" 1-19. |
4 | More, Utopia. |
5 |
More, Utopia (cont.) |
6 |
Sahagun, Bernardino De. "The War of Conquest: How It Was Waged Here in Mexico: The Aztecs' Own Story." Cortes, Hernan. "Letters from Mexico." |
7 |
Sahagun, Bernardino De. "The War of Conquest: How It Was Waged Here in Mexico: The Aztecs' Own Story." (cont.) Cortes, Hernan. "Letters from Mexico." (cont.) |
8 | Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I (PDF) |
9 |
Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I (PDF) (cont.) Conferences on essay 1 |
10 | Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book II (PDF) |
11 | Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book II (PDF) (cont.) |
12 | Marlowe, Christopher. Dr. Faustus. |
13 | Marlowe, Christopher. Dr. Faustus. (cont.) |
14 | Marlowe, Christopher. "Tamburlaine." |
15 | Marlowe, Christopher. "Tamburlaine." (cont.) |
16 | Hakluyt, Principal Navigations (selections) |
17 | Hakluyt, Principal Navigations (selections) (cont.) |
18 | Writing workshop |
19 | (Tentative) Boston Public Library field trip |
20 | Bacon, New Atlantis |
21 | Donne, John. Poems and Prose of John Donne. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2001. |
22 | ———. Poems and Prose of John Donne. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2001. |
23 | Bradford, Plimoth Plantation |
24 | Rowlandson, Mary. "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: with Related Documents." |
25 | Rowlandson, Mary. "The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: with Related Documents." (cont.) |
26 | Dinner |