{"id":64,"date":"2022-09-18T19:34:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T19:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2022-12-21T04:44:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T04:44:21","slug":"readings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/britlit\/readings\/","title":{"rendered":"Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a library of (mostly) open-access editions of texts from the ENG 140 British Literature I syllabus that student essays are engaged with. This course is indebted to the excellent open-access textbook, <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>An Open Companion to Early British Literature<\/em><\/a>, ed. Allegra Villarreal (CC BY-NC 4.0). The readings below represent those on the syllabus for Fall 2022. As one of the outcomes of the course is to problematize notions of canonicity, this site allows us to adjust the texts and readings on this list as the syllabus evolves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JUDITH<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Vop6RO0jL4\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/judith\/\">Judith<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Judith&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/judith\/embed\/#?secret=yzguiIqCH8#?secret=Vop6RO0jL4\" data-secret=\"Vop6RO0jL4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE FOUR BRANCHES OF THE MABINOGI, 2nd BRANCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cmwsSxq1gu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/four-branches-of-the-mabinogi\/\">Four Branches of the Mabinogi<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Four Branches of the Mabinogi&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/four-branches-of-the-mabinogi\/embed\/#?secret=BNduUA6sxW#?secret=cmwsSxq1gu\" data-secret=\"cmwsSxq1gu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>HELDRIS OF CORNWALL &#8211; <strong>SILENCE, A ROMANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>edited and translated by Sarah Roche-Mahdi, Michigan State Univ Press, 1992<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>GEOFFREY CHAUCER &#8211; <strong>THE CANTERBURY TALES, GENERAL PROLOGUE<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rPCErsU67t\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/canterbury-tales-general-prologue\/\">Canterbury Tales: General Prologue<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Canterbury Tales: General Prologue&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/canterbury-tales-general-prologue\/embed\/#?secret=qPjIADCeSy#?secret=rPCErsU67t\" data-secret=\"rPCErsU67t\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MARIE DE FRANCE &#8211; <strong>BISCLARVET<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AcpS6Q6as3\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/romances-of-marie-de-france\/\">Romances of Marie de France<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Romances of Marie de France&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/romances-of-marie-de-france\/embed\/#?secret=KKJ4iC61TB#?secret=AcpS6Q6as3\" data-secret=\"AcpS6Q6as3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE KING OF TARS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sourcebook.stanford.edu\/text\/king-tars\">https:\/\/sourcebook.stanford.edu\/text\/king-tars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZZI65ncojC\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/sir-gawain-part-i\/\">Sir Gawain and the Green Knight<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Sir Gawain and the Green Knight&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/sir-gawain-part-i\/embed\/#?secret=auenRe1cyd#?secret=ZZI65ncojC\" data-secret=\"ZZI65ncojC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>ISABELLA WHITNEY &#8211; <strong>A SWEET NOSEGAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>from Montana State Univ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PHILIP SIDNEY &#8211; <strong>ASTROPHIL AND STELLA<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4TsmM0zHuQ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/sir-philip-sidney-from-astrophil-and-stella\/\">Sir Philip Sidney: Astrophil and Stella<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Sir Philip Sidney: Astrophil and Stella&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/sir-philip-sidney-from-astrophil-and-stella\/embed\/#?secret=pBmDORMZvj#?secret=4TsmM0zHuQ\" data-secret=\"4TsmM0zHuQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MARY WROTH &#8211; <strong>PAMPHILIA TO AMPHILANTHUS<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RGWyCc2v9Y\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/selections-by-mary-wroth\/\">Mary Wroth: Selections<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Mary Wroth: Selections&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/selections-by-mary-wroth\/embed\/#?secret=IylxBQROQQ#?secret=RGWyCc2v9Y\" data-secret=\"RGWyCc2v9Y\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RACHEL SPEGHT &#8211; <strong>A MUZZLE FOR MELASTOMUS<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tAQ7YzrcYL\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/gender-relations-conflict-and-counsel\/\">GENDER RELATIONS: Conflict and Counsel<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;GENDER RELATIONS: Conflict and Counsel&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/gender-relations-conflict-and-counsel\/embed\/#?secret=1JC79sxXpH#?secret=tAQ7YzrcYL\" data-secret=\"tAQ7YzrcYL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>JOSEPH SWETNAM &#8211; <strong>THE ARRAIGNMENT OF WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tAQ7YzrcYL\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/gender-relations-conflict-and-counsel\/\">GENDER RELATIONS: Conflict and Counsel<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;GENDER RELATIONS: Conflict and Counsel&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/gender-relations-conflict-and-counsel\/embed\/#?secret=1JC79sxXpH#?secret=tAQ7YzrcYL\" data-secret=\"tAQ7YzrcYL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>AMELIA LANYER &#8211; <strong>SALVE DEUS REX JUDAEORUM<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VUijhbJomW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/aemilia-lanyar-salve-deus-rex-judaeorum\/\">Aemilia Lanyar: Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Aemilia Lanyar: Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/aemilia-lanyar-salve-deus-rex-judaeorum\/embed\/#?secret=8BDw6tIJNS#?secret=VUijhbJomW\" data-secret=\"VUijhbJomW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/shakespeare.folger.edu\/\"><strong>KING HENRY V<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>JOHN MILTON &#8211; <strong>THE TENURE OF KINGS AND MAGISTRATES<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rQsce5f21n\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/crisis-of-authority-reporting-the-news\/\">CONTEXTS: Crisis of Authority<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;CONTEXTS: Crisis of Authority&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/crisis-of-authority-reporting-the-news\/embed\/#?secret=WbeX4nM5fn#?secret=rQsce5f21n\" data-secret=\"rQsce5f21n\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>JOHN MILTON &#8211; <strong>SAMSON AGONISTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milton.host.dartmouth.edu\/reading_room\/samson\/drama\/text.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/milton.host.dartmouth.edu\/reading_room\/samson\/drama\/text.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>JOHN MILTON &#8211; <strong>SONNETS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/milton.host.dartmouth.edu\/reading_room\/sonnets\/sonnet_19\/text.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/milton.host.dartmouth.edu\/reading_room\/sonnets\/sonnet_19\/text.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISH &#8211; <strong>THE BLAZING WORLD<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aAchRdT3nV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/margaret-cavendish-the-blazing-world\/\">Margaret Cavendish: Selected Writings<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Margaret Cavendish: Selected Writings&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/margaret-cavendish-the-blazing-world\/embed\/#?secret=yDXTxx5hY4#?secret=aAchRdT3nV\" data-secret=\"aAchRdT3nV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>APHRA BEHN &#8211; <strong>OROONOKO<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bjyH2fiOh7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/oroonoko-by-aphra-behn\/\">Aphra Behn: Oroonoko<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Aphra Behn: Oroonoko&#8221; &#8212; An Open Companion to Early British Literature\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/earlybritishlit\/chapter\/oroonoko-by-aphra-behn\/embed\/#?secret=E18gNbFO0C#?secret=bjyH2fiOh7\" data-secret=\"bjyH2fiOh7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image Credits: The Bear Garden and the Globe Theatre, London, 1816 (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Bear_Garden,_the_Globe_Theatre_(28004025415).jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a library of (mostly) open-access editions of texts from the ENG 140 British Literature I syllabus that student essays are engaged with. 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