English 712:  Romanticism and the Shelley-Godwin Circle
Presentation Topics
 

Sept	17	Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, (vww): 3-56  The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria, (vww): 235-357  Significance of Class Consideration of Audience
	24	Lord Byron, (mw):  Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Cantos 1-2, 19-104 Portrayal of Time / History / Chronology Narrator vs. Poet Canto 1: Byronic Hero Canto 2: Orientalism
Oct	1	Percy Shelley, (spp):  “On Love,” 503-4  Alastor, 71-90  Solitude vs. Solipsism Connection to Wordsworthian poetics Relationship b/w Poet and Narrator (Personas) “Mutability,” 91-92  “To Wordsworth,” 92  [WW, "London 1802" ]  “Mont Blanc,” 96-101 Necessity Connection to Wordsworthian poetics Concept of the Mind
	8	Lord Byron, “Fragment” (“Augustus Darvell”)  John Polidori,  The Vampyre, 1-21  Orientalism Concept of the Gothic Relationship b/w Death and Sexuality Treatment of the "Other" and Doppelgängers  Ernestus Berchtold, 47-150 Connections to St. Leon Diary of Dr. John William Polidori, 163-211 Relationship b/w Polidori and Byron/PBS/MWS Polidori's Self-Representation
	15	Mary Shelley,  Frankenstein Connections b/w Frankenstein and Paradise Lost Connections b/w Frankenstein and St. Leon Function of Solitude Position / Role of women Lord Byron,  "Prometheus," (mw): 264-66
	22	Lord Byron, (mw):  Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto 3, 104-45  Portrayal of Napoleon Relationship b/w Speaker and World Manfred, 274-314 Role of Spirits  Bounds of Knowledge Power of Speech/Language Relationship to Nature
	29	Percy Shelley, (spp):  “To Constantia,” 107-9  Relationship b/w Claire and PBS “Ozymandias,” 109-10  Historical Context Connection to  "Mont Blanc" Lines Written Among the Euganean Hills,”  110-19 Purpose of  the Flowering Islands Historical Context / References “Julian & Maddalo,” 119-35 Role of the Maniac “Stanzas Written in Dejection,” 135-36 Nature as Symbol
Nov	5	Mary Shelley, Valperga Meaning(s) of the Title Biography and Autobiography Romance vs. Novel Historical Context: Godwin and Leibniz Figure of Wilhelmina Relationship between Beatrice and Euthanasia Models of the Mind
	12	Percy Shelley,  (spp):  Prometheus Unbound, 202-86 Revolution and Reform Use of Language Prometheus vs. Jesus / Satan  Promethues vs. Adam / Faust / Manfred
	19	Lord Byron, (mw):  Don Juan, 1-2, 372-487  Dedication: Connection to Other Poets Don Juan and the Epic Tradition Morality and Custom
	26	Don Juan, 3-5, 487-588 Orientalism Narrator vs. Poet (Personas)
Dec	3	Mary Shelley,  The Last Man Figure of the Queen Mother Figure of Evadne Role of  Religion  Orientalism