LOND 923 - Romantic London

4 HU, WR
A social and cultural history of London from 1789 to 1851. We will read texts by Blake, Wordsworth, Ann Radcliffe, Mary Wollstonecraft, Lord Byron, P. D. Shelley, John Keats, ,D. G. Rossetti, and Christina Rossetti, and examine paintings by William Blake, J. M. W. Turner, John Constable, John Martin, Henry Fuseli, John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt and D. G. Rossetti. Among museums to be visited: National Gallery, Royal Academy, Tate Britain, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. In the city we will explore John Nash’s transformation of Regency London and the Houses of Parliament. British, 1700-1900.

Prerequisites & Notes
Enrollment limit: 20.
Mr. Olmsted

Credits: 4 hours