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Today’s Agenda:

Today’s Agenda:. Last Class: early-mid 17 th C poetry & politics ( PowerPoints online); Ben Jonson’s “To Penhurst ” (especially as an image of order) Today: Quiz Video Clip of 17 th C politics PowerPoint: Royalists vs. Puritans 17 th Century Poetry—examples of key themes

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Today’s Agenda:

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  1. Today’s Agenda: • Last Class: early-mid 17th C poetry & politics (PowerPoints online); • Ben Jonson’s “To Penhurst” (especially as an image of order) • Today: Quiz • Video Clip of 17th C politics • PowerPoint: Royalists vs. Puritans • 17th Century Poetry—examples of key themes Presentations: • Christopher Dysart: Bacon’s biography • Noah Bertolero: Milton’s biography • Sir Francis Bacon (pp. 1550-51): “Of Superstition” (pp. 1556-57), NovumOrganum(pp. 1565-69); John Milton (pp. 1785-89): Areopagitica (pp. 1816-25), “How Soon Hath Time” (p. 1826), “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent” (p. 1828).

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  3. Quiz Next Class: Sir Francis Bacon (pp. 1550-51): “Of Superstition” (pp. 1556-57), NovumOrganum(pp. 1565-69); John Milton (pp. 1785-89): Areopagitica (pp. 1816-25), “How Soon Hath Time” (p. 1826), “When I Consider How My Light Is Spent” (p. 1828). Head notes to Paradise Lost (1830-31)

  4. Homework: Read John Milton’s Paradise Lost,Book 1 (pp. 1830-50) Presentations Next Class: • Alexander Beck: Artistic representations of Milton’s Paradise Lost • Chris Casey: Brief summary & points of interest—Paradise Lost, Book 1

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