BA ENGLISH GAUHATI UNIVERSITY PAPER 1

Section I: Poems
(2x14 + 2x6)

 Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400):      Prologue to The Canterbury Tales; Introduction*, Portraits
                                                             of the Knight*, the Squire* and the Wife of Bath.
 Edmund Spenser (1552-99):           Sonnets from Amoretti: (a) What guyle is this ...;(b) The
                                                             Merry Cuckow, messenger of Spring; The Faerie Queene,
                                                             Book 3,Canto 3: The Visit to Merlin 1-10.
 Henry Howard (1517-1547):           The Means to Attain a Happy Life
 Michael Drayton: (1563-1631)        Love's Farewell
 William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Sonnets 30*, 65*,
 John Donne (1572-1631):                Sweetest Love I do not go* / Thou Hast made me.
 Mary Wroth (1587?-1651?):            Sweetest love, return again*.
 Katharine Philips (1632-1664):        Friendship’s Mystery, To My Dearest Lucasia

Section II: Plays
(2x14 + 2x6)
 Anonymous:                                     Everyman (performed c.1485)
 Christopher Marlowe (1564-93):     Dr. Faustus*
 William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello