Victorian Literature

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This course investigates British literature and culture between 1832 and 1901 (The Victorian Era) by concentrating on the works of Carlyle, Ruskin, Gaskell, Dickens, Eliot, Barrett Browning, Browning, Rossetti, Tennyson, and others. Lecture and discussion may consider, among questions, how Victorian literature shapes modern film and televisual culture and how Victorian writing contributed to the formulation of the modern self.