I took her 151: Milton class for Fall 2014, and received an A-. As my predecessors have said, it is an extremely difficult course.

The first half of the quarter covers Milton's works pre-Paradise Lost. Notes are essential (excluding Rowe's long lists of synonymous descriptions) because everything appears on the midterm--at least as extra credit, which you WILL need. Reading the handouts aren't necessary for this section. There is also an essay section, which you can prepare beforehand so go to her edit sections, if possible. She will pretty much tell you what she wants.

I wouldn't recommend trying too controversial claims about Milton's works; even in class discussions, anything questioning his Christian ideology ("Isn't humility a Christian virtue? How does that work with all of Milton's boasts/vying for fame?") has been subsequently ignored.

The second half goes by much faster, and we barely covered half of the listed books on the syllabus for Paradise Lost. Handouts thus become absolutely essential, and you should read everything in her course reader as well.

Thankfully, if you do well in the first half (midterm and paper/project), Rowe makes the final weigh less in grading. She does care about your concerns, and gives a tremendous amount of feedback for your writing, but she's also rather conservative concerning Christian ideology at least.

(Women's rights seems to be another favorite topic of hers, but neither Eve nor Sin provide much for that front, unless you want to accuse Milton of misogyny.)

Also, yes, she does enjoy doing the voices still.

I am a transfer student who took her Eng151 Milton Class in Winter 2014 and received an A- in the class.
I'll make this quick.
Rowe's class was the hardest class I ever took.
I went to every editing/revising session because otherwise I would've gotten a B or C.
I pretty much wrote down every word she said because it WOULD be on the midterm/final.
There were super long and tedious in class exams for both the midterm and final, as well as long take home essays.
However she's an excellent teacher and you really do learn about Milton.