Course 21: Poetry of the Democratic Age

William Blake (1757 – 1827) “The Sick Rose,” “The Tyger,” “Ah! Sun-flower,” “London,” “The Mental Traveller” and “The Crystal Cabinet” Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) “Auld Lang Syne,” “Scots Wha …

Course 22: Short Stories in the Democratic Age

Washington Irving (1783 – 1859) “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle” Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864) “Wakefield,” “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” “The Maypole of Merrymount,” and “The Haunted Mind” …

Course 28: Poetry in the Chaotic Age

Thomas Hardy (1840 – 1928) “Neutral Tones,” “The Darkling Thrush,” “During Wind and Rain,” “Moments of Vision,” and “Afterwards” Robert Bridges (1844 – 1930) “London Snow” and “Nightingales” Rudyard Kipling …