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ENGL 3029 Victorian Poetry
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course explores Victorian poetry in the context of the cultural, social, political, artistic and religious transformations that occurred between the 1830s and 1900. Authors studied will include Tennyson, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Matthew Arnold, and the Pre-Raphaelite poets. Specific emphases will vary, but recurrent themes will include the poet’s role in an increasingly technological and scientific culture, the challenges faced by women poets, experimentation with new poetic forms like the dramatic monologue, and the crisis of faith caused by new modes of intellectual inquiry.
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PREREQUISITES: Completion of 6.0 credit hours at the 1000 level in ENGL, CRWR, KING or PERF
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