Syllabus
Schedule of reading and assignments, course requirements, extension policy, important times and addresses. Printable version also available in Acrobat format (PDF).

Grading Standards for College Papers
What I look for in an A paper, in a B paper, etc.

Electronic Reserves
Online course readings in Portable Document Format (PDF). Access restricted to faculty, staff, and students of Macalester College. Please note that this link will take you to a preliminary statement on copyright restrictions. Before going on to the reserve archive, you will need to read this statement and then indicate your compliance by clicking on the "I accept the copyright guidelines" link at the bottom of the page.

Other online readings, publicly available:

• Milton web sites (Google web directory)
• Virgil, Eclogues 5 and 10
• What happens in "Lycidas" (outline)
• Samuel Johnson, "Life of Milton," ed. and abridged by Jack Lynch