Course Description
British poetry from the first Reform Bill (1832) to the death of Queen Victoria (1901), with emphasis on the works of writers such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Tennyson, Emily Bronte, Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Arnold, Clough, Meredith, Swinburne, Webster, Hopkins, Levy, Field, Yeats, and Hardy.
Athena Title
Victorian Poetry
Prerequisite
Two 2000-level ENGL courses or (one 2000-level ENGL course and one 3000-level ENGL course) or (one 2000-level ENGL course and one 2000-level CMLT course)
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will become familiar with the works of a selection of Victorian poets, they will gain some knowledge about the historical, political, and cultural forces that shaped the poetry of the period, and they will gain experience in analyzing and writing about these works.
Topical Outline
Instructors are free to structure the course as they see fit. The focus of the course will be works by writers such as those listed in the course description above. In most cases, attention will be paid to contextualizing the works within the chronology of the period as well as within its major literary, historical, cultural, and political movements.