British Poetry Seminar I

Introduction: What is Bildung and why does it matter in English Romantic Poetry

• Harold Bloom, The Internalization of Quest Romance
• Susan L. Cocalis,
• Abrams, Meyer Howard. Natural Supernaturalism :Tradition and Revolution in Romantic Literature

Bildung in German Romanticism

• Articles to read
• Bildung in German Romanticism 1

German Bildungsroman I: Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship"

• Articles to read
• Jeffers_The Idea of Bildung and the Bildungsroman
• What matures Wilhelm in the text

German Bildungsroman II: Novalis's "Heinrich von Ofterdingen"

• Abrams_s Comments

The Prelude I

• Materials to read

The Prelude II

• Materials to read

The Prelude III

• Materials to read

The Prelude IV

• Materials to read

Alastor

• Materials to read

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto I

• Materials to read

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto II

• Materials to read

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto III

• Materials to read

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage Canto IV

• Materials to read

The Fall of Hyperion

• Materials to read