The Masque of Blackness: Race, Religion and Sexuality in Renaissance Poetry (Spring 2000, Macalester College)

David Wilson-Okamura (Spring 2000)
The Masque of Blackness: Race, Religion, and Sexuality in Renaissance Poetry

Angel head by Botticelli

Syllabus
Schedule of reading and assignments, course requirements, incomplete and extension policies, important times and addresses.

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. This will take you to the course listings. Scroll down to "ENG 50-03: Renaissance Poetry" and click on the hyperlink.

Other online handouts, publicly available:

"The Genesis of Elizabeth," on the development of the film directed by Shekhar Kapur (1998). PDF

Elizabeth I: Selected Writings and Speeches, from the Modern History Sourcebook.

"The Symbolic Nature of the Universe" by Jim Marchand. PDF

A Compendium of Common Knowledge, 1558-1603: Elizabethan Commonplaces for Writers, Actors, and Re-enactors, by Maggie Secara (1998). A great place to get a quick fix on the Tudor succession, Elizabeth's prospective marriage partners, and all manner of Elizabethan customs.

Interview snippets from Cate Blanchett on Shakur's Elizabeth (1998).

Images

Portraits of Elizabeth I. Access is restricted and requires a user name and password.

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