Spring 2010

E 320L • Maj Writ Of Restoratn/18th C-W

Course Description

E 320L surveys more than a century of English literature from the Restoration (1660) to the French Revolution (1789). The course will trace the literary history of the period by exploring its principal genres and major authors in chronological order.

Grading Policy

2 short papers (3-4 pages each) 20% each 1 longer paper (10 pages) 50% Attendance and contribution 10%

Texts

Addison and Steele, Essays from the Tatler and the Spectator Pope, The Rape of the Lock (Bedford St. Martin's) Swift, Gulliver's Travels (Bedford St. Martin's) Fielding, Joseph Andrews (Oxford) Johnson, Selected Essays (Yale) Boswell, London Journal (Yale) Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Bobbs-Merrill)

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