533: Gender, Religion, and Politics in
Early Modern England
(co-taught w/ Kari Boyd McBride)
Spring 2002

This course will explore the production of individual and corporate identity in sixteenth and seventeenth century Britain at intersections of gender, sexuality, race, class, and religion. Required readings will include religious and political documents of the period and writings of Elizabeth I, James I, Spenser, Lanyer, Carew, Marvell, and Milton as well as the work of contemporary cultural and literary scholars. Each student will make an in-class presentation and will write a research paper on a topic related to course readings and discussion.