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Nov 11, 2024
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ENGL 902 - Re-envisioning the Past: Romantic Medievalism in 19th-Century Britain Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 6 Hours Attribute: 6 HU, WR In the first century of British industrialization, waves of nostalgia for “the medieval” swept through the arts. The fashion for all things ruined, “romantic,” “gothic,” and Arthurian affected music, painting, architecture, poetry, design, scholarship, even bookmaking. This interdisciplinary course will explore the ways in which 19th-century British people imagined and sought to “revive” the pre-modern past and in doing so re-imagined the relations between reason and passion, nature and society, the individual and the imagination. British, 1700-1900. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: J. Bryan, C. McGuire Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Admission to the London Program required. Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with Music History 902
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