Lecture and discussion - pre-20th century poetic movements.
Assignment
Read "Romantic and Postromantic Poetry" (focus on British and American Romanticism) and "Form" in The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics.
Read 2-3 poems by Edgar Allan Poe and analyze his use of poetic form and the characteristics of Romanticism in a brief (250 word) forum post. Post this in our forum before class on Thursday.
Thursday, August 22
In class
Discussion of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry and Romanticism.
Read Introduction in our textbook. (If you don't have it yet, read this instead.)
Read chapter on Emily Dickinson and all her poems in our textbook. (Alternatively, read this resource, and 5-6 poems it links to.)
Write a forum post in which you discuss 1-2 poems in which Dickinson is following poetic tradition and how she is innovative in her poems. Post in our forum before class on Tuesday.