English 241
Instructor: Laviece Ward
The Development of the English (and Italian) Sonnet Forms in England
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Early Sonnet Forms Wyatt and Surrey
The Sonnet Forms of Wyatt and Surrey
H. B. Lathrop
Modern Philology , Vol. 2, No. 4. (Apr., 1905), pp. 463-470.Wyatt and Petrarch
D. G. Rees
The Modern Language Review , Vol. 52, No. 3. (Jul., 1957), pp. 389-391.The First English Petrarchans
Patricia Thomson
The Huntington Library Quarterly , Vol. 22, No. 2. (Feb., 1959), pp. 85-105.The Origin of the Sonnet
Paul Oppenheimer
Comparative Literature , Vol. 34, No. 4. (Autumn, 1982), pp. 289-304.The Genesis of the English Sonnet Form
Walter L. Bullock
PMLA , Vol. 38, No. 4. (Dec., 1923), pp. 729-744.The Sonnet Forms of Wyatt and Surrey
Elizabeth Deering Hanscom
Modern Language Notes , Vol. 16, No. 5. (May, 1901), pp. 137-140.Wyatt's Transformation of Petrarch
Reed Way Dasenbrock
Comparative Literature , Vol. 40, No. 2. (Spring, 1988), pp. 122-133.Wyatt's Petrarchism: An Instance of Creative Imitation in the Renaissance
Donald L. Guss
The Huntington Library Quarterly , Vol. 29, No. 1. (Nov., 1965), pp. 1-15.The English Sonnet (1658-1750)
Edward Payson Morton
Modern Language Notes , Vol. 20, No. 4. (Apr., 1905), pp. 97-98.
Milton and the Italian Sonnet Forms
Milton and Horace: A Study of Milton's Sonnets
John H. Finley, Jr.
Harvard Studies in Classical Philology , Vol. 48. (1937), pp. 29-73.The Continuity of Milton's Sonnets
William McCarthy
PMLA , Vol. 92, No. 1. (Jan., 1977), pp. 96-109.
Shakespeare
Detachment and Engagement in Shakespeare's Sonnets: 94, 116, and 129
Carol Thomas Neely
PMLA , Vol. 92, No. 1. (Jan., 1977), pp. 83-95."In War with Time": Temporal Perspectives in Shakespeare's Sonnets
David Kaula
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 , Vol. 3, No. 1, The English Renaissance. (Winter, 1963), pp. 45-57.
Milton's "Lycidas"
"Blind Mouths" in Lycidas
Robert J. Kane
Modern Language Notes, Vol. 68, No. 4. (Apr., 1953), pp. 239-240.
Who is Lycidas?
Louis L. Martz
Yale French Studies, No. 47, Image and Symbol in the Renaissance. (1972), pp. 170-188.
The Orpheus Image in Lycidas
Caroline W. Mayerson
PMLA, Vol. 64, No. 1. (Mar., 1949), pp. 189-207.
'That Fatal and Perfidious Bark': A Key to the Double Design and Unity of Milton's Lycidas
Steven J. Lautermilch
Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 2. (Summer, 1977), pp. 201-216.
"Lycidas" 130-131: Christ as Judge and Protector
William P. Shaw
Modern Language Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1. (Spring, 1977), pp. 39-42.
Belief and Disbelief in Lycidas
Lawrence W. Hyman
College English, Vol. 33, No. 5. (Feb., 1972), pp. 532-542.
On the Value of Lycidas
Mark Womack
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 37, No. 1, The English Renaissance. (Winter, 1997), pp. 119-136.
Thomas More's "Utopia"
The Meaning of Thomas More's "Utopia"
George Sanderlin
College English, Vol. 12, No. 2. (Nov., 1950), pp. 74-77.
A New Source for More's "Utopia"
John Michael Parrish
The Historical Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2. (Jun., 1997), pp. 493-498.
The Link Between Pleasure and Communism in "Utopia"
Edward Surtz
Modern Language Notes, Vol. 70, No. 2. (Feb., 1955), pp. 90-93.
Political Idealism in More's "Utopia"
James Nendza
The Review of Politics, Vol. 46, No. 3. (Jul., 1984), pp. 428-451.
Religious Freedom in Thomas More's "Utopia"
Sanford Kessler
The Review of Politics, Vol. 64, No. 2. (Spring, 2002), pp. 207-229.
Authority & Utopia: Utopianism in Political Thought
Lyman Tower Sargent
Polity, Vol. 14, No. 4. (Summer, 1982), pp. 565-584.
Hythloday's Utopia and More's England: an Interpretation of Thomas More's "Utopia"
Thomas S. Engeman
The Journal of Politics, Vol. 44, No. 1. (Feb., 1982), pp. 131-149.
More on Utopia
Brendan Bradshaw
The Historical Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1. (Mar., 1981), pp. 1-27.
Humanist Spirituality and Ecclesial Reaction: Thomas More's "Monstra"
Peter Iver Kaufman
Church History, Vol. 56, No. 1. (Mar., 1987), pp. 25-38.
Satire in the Utopia
A. R. Heiserman
PMLA, Vol. 78, No. 3. (Jun., 1963), pp. 163-174.
Mapping "Utopia": A Comment on the Geography of Sir Thomas More
Brian R. Goodey
Geographical Review, Vol. 60, No. 1. (Jan., 1970), pp. 15-30.
Utopia and European Humanism: The Function of the Prefatory Letters and Verses
Peter R. Allen
Studies in the Renaissance, Vol. 10. (1963), pp. 91-107.
More's Strategy of Naming in the Utopia
James Romm
Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 22, No. 2. (Summer, 1991), pp. 173-183.
John Donne
Donne's Witty Theory of Atonement in "The Baite"
Eugene R. Cunnar
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 29, No. 1, The English Renaissance. (Winter, 1989), pp. 77-98.
Pope
Faery Lore and The Rape of the Lock
Pat Rogers
The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 25, No. 97. (Feb., 1974), pp. 25-38.
Pope, Virgil, and Belinda's Star-Spangled Lock
M. E. Grenander
Modern Language Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1. (Winter, 1979-1980), pp. 26-31.
The Love Affair in Pope's Rape of the Lock
Hugo M. Reichard
PMLA, Vol. 69, No. 4. (Sep., 1954), pp. 887-902.
The Reversal of Gender in the Rape of the Lock
Ralph Cohen
South Atlantic Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 4. (Nov., 1972), pp. 54-60.
Beowulf
The Magic Sword in Beowulf
Johann Koberl
Prey Tell: How Heroes Perceive Monsters in Beowulf
Ward Parks
Beowulf
Kemp Malone
Beowulf and the Appositive Style
Fred C. Robinson
Language, Sign, and Gender in Beowulf
Gillian R. Overing
The Rescuing Sword
Dennis Cronan
Beowulf 3150
George J. Engelhardt
Modern Language Notes, Vol. 68, No. 8. (Dec., 1953), pp. 535-538.
Beowulf's Armor
George Clark
ELH, Vol. 32, No. 4. (Dec., 1965), pp. 409-441.
The Dragon in Beowulf
Arthur E. DuBois
PMLA, Vol. 72, No. 5. (Dec., 1957), pp. 819-822.
Beowulf and Epic Tragedy
Stanley B. Greenfield
Comparative Literature, Vol. 14, No. 1, Studies in Old English Literature in Honor of Arthur G. Brodeur. (Winter, 1962), pp. 91-105.
The World of Beowulf
John Halverson
ELH, Vol. 36, No. 4. (Dec., 1969), pp. 593-608.
Beowulf's Last Words
Joseph Harris
Speculum, Vol. 67, No. 1. (Jan., 1992), pp. 1-32.
The Christianity of "Beowulf"
William Whallon
Modern Philology, Vol. 60, No. 2. (Nov., 1962), pp. 81-94.
Beowulf's Three Great Fights
H. L. Rogers
The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 6, No. 24. (Oct., 1955), pp. 339-355.
Approaches to Beowulf
T. M. Gang
The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 3, No. 9. (Jan., 1952), pp. 1-12.
The Christian Perspective in Beowulf
Margaret E. Goldsmith
Comparative Literature, Vol. 14, No. 1, Studies in Old English Literature in Honor of Arthur G. Brodeur. (Winter, 1962), pp. 71-90.
The Swimming Prowess of Beowulf
Martin Puhvel
Folklore, Vol. 82, No. 4. (Winter, 1971), pp. 276-280.
Speech as Gift in Beowulf
Robert E. Bjork
Speculum, Vol. 69, No. 4. (Oct., 1994), pp. 993-1022.
Suspense and Foreknowledge in "Beowulf"
Charles Moorman
College English, Vol. 15, No. 7. (Apr., 1954), pp. 379-383.
On the Characterization of Beowulf
Henry Bosley Woolf
ELH, Vol. 15, No. 2. (Jun., 1948), pp. 85-92.
Beowulf's Fight with the Dragon
Kenneth Sisam
The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 9, No. 34. (May, 1958), pp. 129-140.
The Structure and the Unity of Beowulf
Arthur G. Brodeur
PMLA, Vol. 68, No. 5. (Dec., 1953), pp. 1183-1195.
The Necessity of Evil in Beowulf
James W. Earl
South Atlantic Bulletin, Vol. 44, No. 1. (Jan., 1979), pp. 81-98.
Beowulf and Celtic Under-Water Adventure
Martin Puhvel
Folklore, Vol. 76, No. 4. (Winter, 1965), pp. 254-261.
Christian Elements and the Genesis of "Beowulf"
Robert D. Stevick
Modern Philology, Vol. 61, No. 2. (Nov., 1963), pp. 79-89.
The Style and Structure of Beowulf
Joan Blomfield
The Review of English Studies, Vol. 14, No. 56. (Oct., 1938), pp. 396-403.
The Opening of the Episode of Finn in Beowulf
Alexander Green
PMLA, Vol. 31, No. 4. (1916), pp. 759-797.
Monsters Crouching and Critics Rampant: Or the Beowulf Dragon Debated
Adrien Bonjour
PMLA, Vol. 68, No. 1. (Mar., 1953), pp. 304-312.
The Monsters of Beowulf: Creations of Literary Scholars
Signe M. Carlson
The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 80, No. 318. (Oct. - Dec., 1967), pp. 357-364.
Beowulf, Byrhtnoth, and the Judgment of God: Trial by Combat in Anglo-Saxon England
Morton W. Bloomfield
Speculum, Vol. 44, No. 4. (Oct., 1969), pp. 545-559.
Good and Evil; Light and Darkness; Joy and Sorrow in Beowulf
Herbert G. Wright
The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 8, No. 29. (Feb., 1957), pp. 1-11.
Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales (The Miller's Tale)
Derek Pearsall
Middle English Fabliaux and Modern Myth
Melissa Furrow
Private and Public Space in the Miller's Tale
William F. Woods
The Darker Side to Absolon's Dawn Visit
Raymond P. Tripp, Jr.
Privacy and the Boundaries of Fabliau in the Miller's Tale
Thomas J. Farrell
Why Did Absolon Put a "Trewelove" Under His Tongue?
Herb Paris as a Healing "Grace" in Middle English Literature
Susanna Greer Fein
Perception and Reality in the Miller's Tale
Patrick L. Gallacher
Chaucer's Parson's Tale and the Late-Medieval Tradition of Religious Meditation
Thomas H. Bestul
Speculum, Vol. 64, No. 3. (Jul., 1989), pp. 600-619.
The English Fabliau Tradition and Chaucer's "Miller's Tale"
Robert E. Lewis
Modern Philology, Vol. 79, No. 3. (Feb., 1982), pp. 241-255.
Chaucer's First Three Tales: Unity in Trinity
Garth A. McCann
The Bulletin of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Vol. 27, No. 1. (Mar., 1973), pp. 10-16.
Class Distinction in Chaucer
D. S. Brewer
Speculum, Vol. 43, No. 2. (Apr., 1968), pp. 290-305.
Chaucer the Pilgrim
E. Talbot Donaldson
PMLA, Vol. 69, No. 4. (Sep., 1954), pp. 928-936.
The Literary Form of the Prologue to the "Canterbury Tales"
J. V. Cunningham
Modern Philology, Vol. 49, No. 3. (Feb., 1952), pp. 172-181.
Morality as a Comic Motif in the Canterbury Tales
Charles A. Owen, Jr.
College English, Vol. 16, No. 4. (Jan., 1955), pp. 226-232.
"A Poet Ther Was": Chaucer's Voices in the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
Barbara Nolan
PMLA, Vol. 101, No. 2. (Mar., 1986), pp. 154-169.
Courtly Love in the Merchant's and the Franklin's Tales
C. Hugh Holman
ELH, Vol. 18, No. 4. (Dec., 1951), pp. 241-252.
Caedmon's Hymn
Orality and the Developing Text of Caedmon's Hymn
Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
Speculum, Vol. 62, No. 1. (Jan., 1987), pp. 1-20.
Malory
The Thematic Function of Malory's Gawain
Barbara Gray Bartholomew
College English, Vol. 24, No. 4. (Jan., 1963), pp. 262-267.
The Relationship of Lancelot and Guenevere in Malory's "Table of Lancelot"
R. M. Lumiansky
Modern Language Notes, Vol. 68, No. 2. (Feb., 1953), pp. 86-91.
Narrative Treatment of Name in Malory's Morte D'Arthur
Dhira B. Mahoney
ELH, Vol. 47, No. 4. (Winter, 1980), pp. 646-656.
Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, 1947-1987: Author, Title, Text
R. M. Lumiansky
Speculum, Vol. 62, No. 4. (Oct., 1987), pp. 878-897.
"The Defence of Guenevere": A Futher Interpretation
Carole G. Silver
Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 9, No. 4, Nineteenth Century. (Autumn, 1969), pp. 695-702.
De Worde's 1498 Morte Darthur and Caxton's Copy-Text
Tsuyoshi Mukai
The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 51, No. 201. (Feb., 2000), pp. 24-40.
Sir Thomas Malory-Historian?
Nellie Slayton Aurner
PMLA, Vol. 48, No. 2. (Jun., 1933), pp. 362-391.
Marlowe
Marlowe's Poetry
Harry Morris
The Tulane Drama Review, Vol. 8, No. 4, Marlowe Issue. (Summer, 1964), pp. 134-154.
Deification through Love: Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"
Louis H. Leiter
College English, Vol. 27, No. 6. (Mar., 1966), pp. 444-449.
The Passionate Shepherd; And English Poetry
R. S. Forsythe
PMLA, Vol. 40, No. 3. (Sep., 1925), pp. 692-742.
Marvell
Marvell's To His Coy Mistress
Walter A. Sedelow, Jr.
Modern Language Notes, Vol. 71, No. 1. (Jan., 1956), pp. 6-8.
To His Coy Mistress, 1966
J. Peter Meinke
College English, Vol. 27, No. 4. (Jan., 1966), p. 315.
The Sun and the Lovers in "To His Coy Mistress"
John J. Carroll
Modern Language Notes, Vol. 74, No. 1. (Jan., 1959), pp. 4-7.
The Principle of Measure in "To His Coy Mistress"
Joan Hartwig
College English, Vol. 25, No. 8. (May, 1964), pp. 572-575.
The Resurrection of the Body: A New Reading of Marvell's to his Coy Mistress
Jules Brody
ELH, Vol. 56, No. 1. (Spring, 1989), pp. 53-79.
Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress' and Sandys's Translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses
Robert H. Ray
The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 44, No. 175. (Aug., 1993), pp. 386-388.
Pastoral
The Renaissance Perversion of Pastoral
S. K. Heninger, Jr.
Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 22, No. 2. (Apr. - Jun., 1961), pp. 254-261.
Of Gentlemen and Shepherds: The Politics of Elizabethan Pastoral Form
Louis Adrian Montrose
ELH, Vol. 50, No. 3. (Autumn, 1983), pp. 415-459.
Spenser's Language and the Pastoral Tradition
Roscoe E. Parker
Language, Vol. 1, No. 3. (Sep., 1925), pp. 80-87.
What Is Pastoral?
Paul Alpers
Critical Inquiry, Vol. 8, No. 3. (Spring, 1982), pp. 437-460.
"Come Live with Me and be My Love"
Frederick W. Sternfeld; Mary Joiner Chan
Comparative Literature, Vol. 22, No. 2, Special Number on Music and Literature. (Spring, 1970), pp. 173-187.
Raleigh
Sir Walter Ralegh as Poet and Philosopher
C. F. Tucker Brooke
ELH, Vol. 5, No. 2. (Jun., 1938), pp. 93-112.
Style in Ralegh's Short Poems
C. Q. Drummond
South Central Review, Vol. 3, No. 1. (Spring, 1986), pp. 23-36.
Wanderer
The Vanishing Seabirds in "The Wanderer"
Marijane Osborn
Folklore, Vol. 85, No. 2. (Summer, 1974), pp. 122-127.
The External Soul in 'The Seafarer' and 'The Wanderer'
Neil Hultin
Folklore, Vol. 88, No. 1. (1977), pp. 39-45.
Traditional Themes in The Wanderer and The Seafarer
I. L. Gordon
The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 5, No. 17. (Jan., 1954), pp. 1-13.
Dream-Theory in The Dream of the Rood and The Wanderer
Andrew Galloway
The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 45, No. 180. (Nov., 1994), pp. 475-485.
The Wife's Lament
The Wife's Lament Reconsidered
Stanley B. Greenfield
PMLA, Vol. 68, No. 4. (Sep., 1953), pp. 907-912.
The Banished Wife's Lament
William Witherle Lawrence
Modern Philology, Vol. 5, No. 3. (Jan., 1908), pp. 387-405.
The Situation of the Narrator in the Old English Wife's Lament
Karl P. Wentersdorf
Speculum, Vol. 56, No. 3. (Jul., 1981), pp. 492-516.