ENGL 105, Dr. Harnett
Week 7 Class Notes, Page 1
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Announcements: I am not yet able to grade exams, but I will! Thank you for
being patient. See me for individual help and feedback.
Chaucer Paper is due next time!
Recitations
Due: William Shakespeare, Sonnets 3, 12, 18, 60, 73, 87, 97, 106, 116, 130, 144
http://poetry.eserver.org/sonnets/index.html
Note: some of the sonnets have typos or different punctuation and other features
from those of the 1609 Quarto publication. But there is no such thing as an
“authoritative” edition of Shakespeare’s works; each one that exists has
differences, some subtle, some large from the others.
Example: Hamlet, soliloquy in I.ii.129ff.:
QUEEN GERTRUDE 118
Let not thy mother lose her prayers, Hamlet: 119
I pray thee, stay with us; go not to Wittenberg.
HAMLET 120
I shall in all my best obey you, madam.
KING 121
Why, 'tis a loving and a fair reply:
122
Be as ourself in Denmark. Madam, come; 123
This gentle and unforced accord of Hamlet 124
Sits smiling to my heart: in grace whereof,
125
No jocund health that Denmark drinks today, 126
But the great cannon to the clouds shall tell,
127
And the king's rouse the heavens shall bruit again, 128
Respeaking earthly thunder. Come away.
Flourish. Exeunt all but HAMLET.
Summary
HAMLET 129
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,
130
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! 131
Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd
132
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! 133
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
134
Seem to me all the uses of this world! 135
Fie on't! ah fie! 'tis an unweeded garden,
136
That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
137
Possess it merely. That it should come to this! 138
But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two:
139
So excellent a king; that was, to this,
140
Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother
141
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
142
Visit her face too roughly.
ENGL 105, Dr. Harnett
Week 7 Class Notes, Page 2
Note that the word solid has appeared in various editions of Shakespeare’s works, since
even before the First Folio of 1607, as different terms, mostly sullied and sometimes
sallied. There is no way to tell which is the so-called “correct” term, though most people
use solid. This variation is due to human error, differing interpretations, and the very
nature of printing at the time.
Shakespeare Biographical Information:
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/biography/shakespeare_biography.htm
and http://www.bardweb.net/man.html (among many other sites)
Today’s Focus: Analysis of the Sonnets. Activity: Write a paraphrase, line by
line, of the assigned sonnet. Share your paraphrase for credit.
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Sonnet 3: see also http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/iiicomm.htm
o Uneared (line 5): Note how it’s written in the 1609 Quarto Edition.
See the Commentary about the word, its meaning, and how people
viewed reproduction at the time.
o Fond (line 7): Note its meaning and effect on our interpretation of
that line.
Sonnet 12
Sonnet 18
Sonnet 60
Sonnet 73
Sonnet 87
Sonnet 97
Sonnet 106
Sonnet 116
o commentary at http://www.shakespearessonnets.com/116comm.htm
Sonnet 130
Sonnet 144
For Next Time: Selections from 16th-Century Lyrics:
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Thomas Nashe, excerpt from Pierce Penniless: His Supplication to the Devil:
“The Defense of Plays” http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/penniles.htm
Sir Walter Raleigh, “The Lie” http://www.bartleby.com/40/48.html
o Also “Farewell, False Love”; note several other poems at
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/ralegh01.html
o Biographical information on Raleigh
http://www.biography.com/articles/Sir-Walter-Raleigh-9450901
ENGL 105, Dr. Harnett
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Week 7 Class Notes, Page 3
Michael Drayton, excerpt from Idea: 61: “Since there’s no help,…”
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/idea61.htm
o Michael Drayton biographical information:
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/draybio.htm
Samuel Daniel, excerpts from the sonnet cycle Delia: 6: “Fair is my love…”
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/delia-vi
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Announcements:
The Chaucer Paper is due in its final version today! See me if there are any
problems.
We are seeing Cymbeline at A Noise Within Theatre, Saturday, November
3, 2012, 8:00 PM.
o 3352 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107
http://www.anoisewithin.org/
I’ll grade and return Exam 2 and the Chaucer Paper ASAP.
More on Shakespeare: What did he look like?
 Cobbe Portrait (generally viewed as most likely):
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1883770,00.html
 Another point of view:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090421142316.htm
 Chandos Portrait:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://robertarood.files.wordp
ress.com/2009/03/shakespeare2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://robertarood.wor
dpress.com/2009/03/11/the-face-ofshakespeare/&h=2490&w=1943&sz=528&tbnid=EzYwR_xcnOtCxM:&tbn
h=97&tbnw=76&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dshakespeare%2Bchandos%2Bpor
trait%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=shakespeare+chandos+p
ortrait&usg=___GrDzDv3870V1qCb6LoJrhkMBU=&docid=h_HQdvCRga0nuM&sa=X&ei=WpN_UL7YMcLqiQLw
oIDYCg&ved=0CCoQ9QEwAw&dur=2682
 First Folio Portrait engraving by Martin Droeshout (1623) with some
information about it and The First Folio: http://www.williamshakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-droeshout-engraving.htm
 Some Portraits of Shakespeare http://www.williamshakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-pictures.htm
16th Century Lyrics: A lyric is a poem that has the form of a song or is songlike.
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Thomas Nashe, excerpt from Pierce Penniless: His Supplication to the Devil:
“The Defense of Plays” http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/penniles.htm
ENGL 105, Dr. Harnett
Week 7 Class Notes, Page 4
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Sir Walter Raleigh, “The Lie” http://www.bartleby.com/40/48.html
o Also “Farewell, False Love”; note several other poems at
http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/ralegh01.html
o Biographical information on Raleigh
http://www.biography.com/articles/Sir-Walter-Raleigh-9450901
Michael Drayton, excerpt from Idea: 61: “Since there’s no help,…”
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/idea61.htm Compare to a scene in
Hitchcock’s movie Rear Window (1954): "That Girl" arrives shortly after Stella
leaves. Lisa Carol Fremont (Grace Kelly) breezes in wearing a stunning satin dress,
looking every inch the beautiful socialite she is, and obviously very much in love with
Jeffries. They have dinner, but soon enough the conversation turns to the future, and
they quarrel. Jeffries sees no way they can reconcile their different lifestyles, and she
walks to the door, telling him goodbye. "When will I see you again?" asks Jeffries.
"Not for a long time," she replies sadly. "At least, not until tomorrow night."
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o Michael Drayton biographical information:
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/draybio.htm
Samuel Daniel, excerpts from the sonnet cycle Delia: 6: “Fair is my love…”
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/delia-vi
o Samuel Daniel biographical information:
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/sambio.htm
For Next Time:
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Robert Southwell, “The Burning Babe”
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/burningbabe.htm
o Southwell biographical information:
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/southbio.htm
Thomas Campion, “Follow Thy Faire Sunne”
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/fairsun.htm
o Thomas Campion biographical information:
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/campbio.htm
Robert Greene, “Content” http://www.bartleby.com/40/138.html
o Robert Greene biographical information:
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/greenebio.htm
Thomas Nashe poetry: “A Litany in Time of Plague”
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/14424-Thomas-Nashe-A-Litany-in-Time-ofPlague
o “Spring, the Sweet Spring” http://www.bartleby.com/101/166.html
o biographical information:
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/nashebio.htm