ENGL 24 Victorian Literature and Culture, 1837-1859
This course examines early Victorian poetry, prose and fiction in the context of cultural practices and social institutions of the time. We will locate cultural concerns among, for example, those of capitalism, political reform, scientific knowledge, nation and empire. And we will consider revisions of space, time, gender, sexuality, class, and public and private life that characterized formations of British identity during this period. Texts may include work by Charles Dickens, Thomas Carlyle, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charlotte Bronte, John Ruskin, and Charles Darwin. We will also read selections from recent criticism of Victorian culture.
Instructor
Dever
Department-Specific Course Categories
Course Group II