The development of English drama from 1580 to 1642 with emphasis on Shakespeare, but including plays by such writers as Lyly, Greene, Marlowe, Dekker,...
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A study of poetry, drama, and prose of the major writers of the period. EXCLUSION
A study of Dryden, Congreve, Gay, Goldsmith, and Sheridan among others. Plays will be examined in relation to social and cultural values and to the...
A study of the origins of the English novel from Restoration romances to the gothic novel. Emphasis
An intensive study of the Romantics with emphasis on the works of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats. EXCLUSION
A Romantics course emphasizing romance and gothic traditions, beginning with the scholarly revival of romance in the mid-eighteenth century and...
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A study of representative works by major writers. Also offered
A study of the 19th-century novel dealing with selected writers from Jane Austen to Thomas Hardy. Some non-fictional prose materials may be included.
A study of modern British and Irish poems, plays, and novels. Also offered
A study of some major modern British and American poets. Some Canadian poets may be included.
A study of the theory and practice of modernist writers in Britain and North America. Texts will include theoretical manifestoes as well as creative...