ENG 438 - The Romantic Movement in Britain

3 credit(s)
Area/Group Designation: Literature

Detailed study of the poetry and prose of such writers as Blake, Wollstonecraft, Coleridge, Austen, the Wordsworths, Byron, the Shelleys, and Keats. Emphasis on the relations of these writers to the literary, social, political, and philosophical issues of their day, such as the role of the poet and the language appropriate to poetry, revolution, social justice, the transformative power of the imagination, and women’s education.
Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing.

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