The Seventeenth Century

Intro http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/17century/welcome.htm

Civil Wars of Ideas http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/17century/topic_3/welcome.htm

John Milton on Samson http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/17century/topic_3/samson.htm

Listen to music of this century here http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=43:175527



Question:

After reading Milton's Poem on page 445 below On The New Forcers..., why is Milton (the poet, not the teacher!) so upset about the Presbyterians and the Parliament?


Read who the people in the poem were

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The Queen and the 16th Century

Queen of the silver screen ... Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I.


Relevant PDF of The Norton Anthology of English Literature p.593,614,909. http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/16century/welcome.htm

The Bible Translation by Tyndale http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/16century/topic_3/tyndale.htm

• Queen Elizabeth:
Bio http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizabio.htm
A poem http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/doubt.htm
Famous quotes http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizaquotes.htm

• Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene
Spenser: illustrations and cool data: http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg086.htm

• Sir Thomas More: Utopia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book) Real Excerpt from Utopia: http://www.outlawsandhighwaymen.com/more.htm

Your First Assignment:
Learn more about the Queen... the Queen who never had sex -a myth?

Julian of Norwich

This was Julian's "cell" from which she wrote.




There is a powerful energy in her cell, now church.


What do you know?

Religious English

Week 5 Read the Intro for the 16th Century http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/16century/welcome.htm

The Bible Translation by Tyndale http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/16century/topic_3/tyndale.htm

Queen Elizabeth: Bio http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizabio.htm

A poem http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/doubt.htm

Famous quotes http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizaquotes.htm

Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene

Spenser: illustrations and cool data: http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg086.htm

Sir Thomas More: Utopia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)

Real Excerpt from Utopia: http://www.outlawsandhighwaymen.com/more.htm


Post your thoughts on Biblical English

Canterbury Tales

... just like

Cuentos de Barro

, won't you say? Thirty people walking to Canterburry, drinking, dancing... etc. What's your take?