SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE TO 1776

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This course offers a general introduction to and survey of the history of literature written in the British Isles from the pre-Norman period to the American Revolution. Emphasis is placed on major (influential or otherwise significant) texts and authors; intellectual and historical contexts within which literary works arose; the development of literary traditions, conventions, and genres; and the emergence of a "national" literature. C-ID: ENGL 160