LITR 414 - British Romanticism

3 Credit(s)

An era of dramatic contrasts as well as unsettling social and literary change, this period saw the French and American Revolutions, Napoleon’s war with Britain, and heated debate over women’s rights, sexual mores, and the rights of slaves. Readings in a wide range of Romantic-era texts: sentimental & satirical, narrative & lyric poetry; a Romantic novel & a play; nonfiction prose including literary manifestoes, political essays & social commentary, travel journals, diaries & memoirs, literary reviews, portraits & political cartoons. Writers studied may vary from semester to semester. As warranted.

Prerequisite(s): LITR 200 or LITR 201, and LITR 300.