| Course Title: Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature: 'William Wordsworth and George Eliot' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2023 End Date: 05/08/2023 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2023 |
| Description: William Wordsworth and George Eliot grew up in a revolutionary age: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, wars of independence and of imperial conquest, and, behind it all, the social transformations arising from the industrial revolution. Both Wordsworth and Eliot wrestled with how to adapt their art to these new realities: he introduced dramatically new content into poetry and experimented with a startling variety of poetic forms; she transformed the various prose genres to construct a novelistic form able to represent the totality of British society. By so doing, they forged a revolution in literary forms with the emergence of the modern lyric and the realist novel. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Nigel Alderman | 413-538-3224 | nalderma@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2023 - 05/08/2023 | Discussion | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 225 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in English. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Meets the English department's legacy 1700-1900 requirement. |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 19 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Wordsworth's Poetry and Prose Author: Wordsworth, William Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780393924787 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 25.00 |
| Title: Middlemarch Author: Eliot, George Copyright: 2003 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780141439549 Publisher: Penguin |
Required | 11.00 |
| Title: Silas Marner Author: Eliot, George Copyright: 2017 Edition: 2nd Volume: ISBN: 9780198724643 Publisher: Oxford World Classics |
Required | 10.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Please ensure you purchase these editions. Use the ISBN number to ensure you have the correct edition. Students MUST have this Norton copy of Wordsworth's poetry and prose. It is an absolute requirement to have this copy. |