ENG 5540 Studies in British Romantic Literature

An examination of the major historical, political, cultural and social movements that took place during the Romantic Era-the Rights of Man, the Rights of Women, the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution, the Abolition of the Slave Trade, The Printing Press- and its impact on the major authors from that period. It is designed to permit instructors to tailor the course according to their interests and strengths. Writers studied Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Sir Walter Scott, Jane Austen, Ann Radcliff, William Godwin, Frances Burney, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
Credits: 3.0