English 130 - Winter, 2013

British Romantic Literature

Class Information

Instructor: Simpson, David
CRN: 73728
Time: MWF 11:00-11:50
Location: 106 Olson

Description

This course will study some of the best-known British writers of the period c. 1780-1830: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Scott, Austen, Wollstonecraft. We will read two novels, a good deal of poetry, and some (not too much) political writing reflecting on the consequences of the French Revolution.

Except for special needs cases, this will be a computer-free classroom using print texts.

Grading

Midterm (15%)and final (25%) exams; two papers (15% and 25%); quizzes (20%).

Texts

English Romantic Poetry, Ed. Applebaum (Dover Thrift)
Waverley, Scott (Penguin)
Mansfield Park , Austen (Dover Thrift)
Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft (Dover Thrift)