Introduction

I am a Creatve Writing student at University of Central Oklahoma and taking English Literature Since 1800 this semester, which requires posts on a blog each week. Posts will be my commentary and insights on one or more of the assigned readings each week. The class will be covering three major novels, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Charles Dicken's Great Expectations, and Virginia Wolfe's Mrs. Dalloway. Other readings, mostly poetry and prose, include authorsWilliam Blake, William Wordsworth, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, Robert Browning, Christina Rosetti, Yeats, T.S. Elliot, and others from the Romantic period.

It is my hope that my commentary on these classic works will produce lots of feedback from others who enjoy great works of literature. I welcome your comments on the works, but also on my comments, whether corrections, approvals, or your own insights into the works presented here.

Week one readings include; Michael by William Wordsworth, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge, Songs of Innocence and The Garden of Love both by William Blake.

Thanks in advance for reading my blog. I hope you will return each week to read my new entries.

Happy reading!