ENGL 207 - Lovers, Philosophers, and Revolutionaries: A Survey of Renaissance Literature

FC ARHU WINT

4 credits
The Protestant reformation, the scientific revolution, the rise of capitalism, the transvestite theater, the “discovery” of America, the plague – the English Renaissance was a time of daring innovation as well as classical revival. This course will survey the authors writing during this extraordinary time, including Marlowe, Webster, Wyatt, Surrey, Montaigne, Erasmus, Sidney, Queen Elizabeth, Donne, Herbert, Milton, and Spenser. Our focus will be on the relationship between radical cultural and intellectual change and literary expression.