ENGL 220 - The Electric Age: Romantic Literature in England

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Comparative Literature
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4HU, WR
English Romantic writers considered the early 19th century to be as exciting and as dangerous as the new force of electricity. This course studies Keats, the Shelleys, Byron, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Austen, and others as prophets in this age of crisis, asking such questions as: what does it mean to be human? how do we change? what do we desire? how do we relate to the natural world? why does writing matter, and to whom? British, 1700-1900.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: N. Jones
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled '200-level Courses.'

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