Life and Print Culture in 18th Century London

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What was it like to live in 18th Century London? This course will explore daily life in London from the Great Fire to the French Revolution, using novels alongside other forms of popular literature (pamphlets, ballads, broadsides, cookbooks, and newspapers) to trace what ordinary people talked about and care about in their workaday world. Popular art such as Hogarth's engravings will show us what London and its people looked like. The course will investigate how to evaluate and discuss all forms of popular print culture within the larger context of literature.