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ENGLISH 3GS3

READING THE EMBODIED PAST: GENDER AND SEXUALITY

Undergraduate

A study of representations of gender, sexuality, and/or their institutions and intimacies in pre-20th century literature and culture, with attention to their material, cultural, …

Winter 2026 · Rdng Embd Pst: Gndr & Sxlty · C01

Readings

  • Etext Broadview Anthology Of British Literature : The Restoration And The Eighteenth Century Lifetime Access Ed: 2
    Black · 2 · Required
    ISBN 9781770483484; 9781554810475
  • Etext Emma - Lifetime Access
    Austen · Required
    ISBN 9780192574824; 9780198837756
Winter 2024 · C01

A study of representations of gender, sexuality, and/or their institutions and intimacies in pre-20th century literature and culture, with attention to their material, cultural, …

Readings

  • 1. Marie de France, Bisclavret, modern translation by Judith Sheaf, 1996. Available online: https://people.clas.ufl.edu/jshoaf/files/bisclavret.pdf.
    Required
  • 3. Catherine Crowe, “A Story of a Weir-Wolf,” Hogg’s Weekly Instructor 3 (1846): 184-189.
    Required
  • 4. Geoffrey Chaucer, “Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale,” in The Canterbury Tales. Available online: https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/wife-baths-prologue-and-tale-0 and Commentary: https://opencanterburytales.dsl.lsu.edu/the-wife-of-baths-prologue/
    Required
  • 5. Selected Child Ballads: “31. The Mariage of Sir Gawain;" "32. King Henry;" "33. Kempy Kay;" 34. Kemp Owyne;" "37. Thomas Rymer;" and the "110. Knight and the Shepherd's Daughter." Available online: https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/index.htm
    Required
  • 6. “A certaine Relation of the Hog-faced Gentlewoman called Mistris Tannakin Skinker,” (London, 1640).
    Required
  • 7. Anon., Floris and Blancheflour, available in Eckert, Kenneth David. Middle English Romances in Translation. Sidestone Press (Leiden, The Netherlands), 2015. Open Access Resource: https://www.sidestone.com/books/middle-english-romances-in-translation
    Required
  • 8. “Romantic Orientalism,” Digital Collections for the Classroom, Newberry Librariy: https://dcc.newberry.org/?p=14979
    Required
  • 9. William Beckford, “The Story of the Princess Zulkaïs and the Prince Kalilah,” The Episodes of Vathek. London: Swift, 1912. Pp. 165-207. https://archive.org/details/episodesofvathek00beckuoft/page/164/mode/2up
    Required
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