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Augmester The historical period known as Georgian England runs from 1714-1830. That period encompassed a time of extraordinary change:  Great Britain has by 1800 arguably become the most powerful nation in the world; it had gained an

Vast and icy oceans, fields of daffodils, dark satanic mills. The Romantic period (roughly 1789-1832) was fraught with contradictions: country and city, nature and art, beauty and sublimity, revolution and reaction. Authors of the period

The period of history known as Georgian England runs from 1714-1837, a period that encompasses a period of extraordinary change.  Great Britain became by 1800 the most powerful nation in the world and during this period it gained and lost an

Literary texts, works of art, and consumer goods have played a major role in the spread of globalization. In this course we shall focus on a key moment in its long history: the 200-year period that began with the consumer and financial revolutions

Surveys key developments in the formal and socio-cultural history of the British novel, from its rise in the long eighteenth century to its preeminence during the Victorian era. Readings may include works by Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift

Georgian England runs roughly from 1714-1837, a period that encompasses a period of extraordinary change: Great Britain, arguably the most powerful nation in the world by 1800, gains and loses and then gains another empire, cities (especially London

In this class, we will read a variety of works written between the middle of the 17th to the middle of the 20th centuries. Authors we will read include Swift, Wordsworth, Keats, Austen, E. Bronte, Tennyson, Browning (Elizabeth and Robert), Yeats,

This class will cover contexts & works of the visionary poet and artist William Blake. Expect field trips to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵAM and to Special Collections, some hands-on printmaking, and to do independent research for a final paper.

In 1706 and 1707 the parliaments of England and Scotland ratified Acts of Union that gave birth to the Kingdom of Great Britain. Partly as a result, the Georgian era, named after the reigns of Georges I–IV (1714–1830), was a period of staggering