ENG 3140 Age of Johnson

The course focuses on the decline of Augustanism and the rise of Romanticism (1750-98). Students read imaginative, critical, and political works by writers such as Johnson, Boswell, Goldsmith, Radcliffe, Burke, Burney, Inchwalk, Sterne, Burns, and Wollstonecraft. The class examines issues such as sentimentalism, manners, revolution, and the emergence of the novel. Prerequisite(s): ENG 2000
Credits: 3.0