Following a suggestion made years ago by Judith Anderson, I teach him as
chivalric romance pairing him with Malory. One student told me he came for
the Malory, never having heard of Spenser although he was an English major.
At 08:37 AM 4/15/00 -0500, you wrote:
>As a follow-up to the wonderful testimonies about students' warm responses
>to Spenser (which I've also experienced), I would love to hear how people
>actually get undergrads _into_ Spenser courses in the first place. This
>seems increasingly difficult to do, though I think it's long been a problem
>because majors in surveys of the Brit Lit I type often have bad experiences
>with him, or the ways he's taught--or not taught at all. Thanks!
>Theresa M. Krier
>Dept. of English
>Bryan 219
>University of Virginia
>Charlottesville, VA 22904
>
>804/245-5036
>
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