ENGL 359 - Romantics

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In this course, concentrating on the period from 1780-1820, we read the traditional English Romantics poets (Blake, Wordsworth, Byron, Coleridge and Keats) in the light of new critical interest in Gothic fiction (Anne Radcliffe, Mary Shelley and others). Reacting against many Enlightenment values, these Romantics explored the personal value of nature, language, emotion and creativity. (Offered as needed.)