University of Virginia Library

Linden Kent Memorial School of English Literature

Edgar Allan Poe School of English

English C1: The Novel: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The early English novel and its background.
2. The later nineteenth-century novel. 3. The contemporary English
novel.

Professor Wilson.

English C2: The Drama, Elizabethan and Modern: Any two B courses
in the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The Elizabethan
drama (exclusive of Shakespeare). 2. Restoration and eighteenth-century
drama. 3. The modern British drama.

Associate Professor Gordon.

English C3: Literature and Thought in England, 1789-1832 (Romantic
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is
presumed, but is not prerequisite. English literature of the earlier nineteenth

century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought of the
period. The course will link the fields of history and literature. (Not offered
in 1931-32.)

Associate Professor Davis.

English C4: Literature and Thought in England, 1832-1900 (Victorian
Period): Any two B courses in the Schools of English Language and Literature
prerequisite.—Some acquaintance with the course of English history is presumed,
but is not prerequisite. English literature of the middle and later nineteenth
century studied in relation to the history, literary biography, and thought
of the period. The course will link the fields of history and literature.

Associate Professor Davis.

English C5: Chaucer: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—A study of Chaucer's writings and background.
(Not offered in 1931-32.)

Professor Hench.

English C6: Literary Composition: English B6 and one other B course
prerequisite. This course is open only to those of proved aptitude in Composition
who have obtained the consent of the professor in charge.—1. Essay writing
and book-reviewing. 2. The writing of sketches and short stories. 3. Dramatic
composition. Parallel reading in current periodical literature. By consent also,
this course may be taken two years in succession. Conferences.

Associate Professor Gordon.

English C7: Old English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. Old English prose. 2. Old English
poetry: Beowulf. 3. Beowulf.

Professor Hench.

English C8: Middle English: Any two B courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—Readings, in the original, in romances,
tales, religious works, satires, and other types of literature in England
in the Middle Ages, exclusive of Chaucer.

Professor Hench.

English C9: Eighteenth-Century Prose Fiction: Any two B courses in
the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—The Novel with
considerable parallel reading and frequent reports. Beginning with Richardson
the development of the Novel is traced through the century.

Assistant Professor Shepperson.

English C10: The History of the English Language: English B8 and
one other B course prerequisite.—A reading knowledge of Old English is
desirable. 1. Old English: its development and dialects. 2. Middle English:
its development and dialects. 3. Modern English: standard written English,
standard spoken English, dialects, recent developments and tendencies. Lectures,
reading of texts with interpretations of forms and constructions. Hours
by appointment.

Associate Professor Hill.

English D1: 1. Edgar Allan Poe. 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hours by
appointment.

Professor Wilson.

English D2: 1. The Early English Drama. 2. Elizabethan Prose. Hours
by appointment.

Professor Metcalf.

English D3: Shakespeare and his Times: Hours by appointment. (Not
offered in 1931-32.)

Professor Wilson.

English D4: 1. Spenser and his Age: Studies in non-dramatic Elizabethan
poetry. Some knowledge of Italian is desirable. 2. Milton and his
Age: Hours by appointment. (Not offered in 1931-32.)

Professor Metcalf.

English D5: The Renaissance in England: 1. A study of some of the
persons and movements on the continent contributing to the renaissance in England.
2. Studies in the literature and thought of England in the fifteenth and
early sixteenth centuries. Hours by appointment.

Professor Hench.

English D6: Chaucer Seminar: English C5, or its equivalent, prerequisite.
—The complete works of Chaucer, with the exception of the prose, will be
read, with special attention to literary, bibliographical and historical problems.
Each student will be expected to give a term paper involving some research
during the third term. The course will be divided as follows: 1. The
Canterbury Tales. 2. Troilus and Cressida. 3. The Minor Poems. Hours by
appointment.

Associate Professor Hill.

Germanics D1: Gothic: Open to Graduate Students in English.—One
hour a week, Monday, Wednesday, or Friday afternoon, by appointment.

Associate Professor Wood.

Germanics D2: 1. Old Norse: Open to Graduate Students in English.—
One hour a week, Tuesday or Thursday afternoon, by appointment. 2. Introduction
to Comparative Linguistics: Two hours a week, by appointment.

Associate Professor Wood.