ENG 455 - Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Satire, and Poetry

Readings from the major 18th-century prose writers, such as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Smollett, Burney, Addison, Steele, Boswell, Johnson, and Goldsmith; the poets and satirists, Dryden, Swift, Pope and Gray, among others. Focus on the legitimation of emotion and of individualism in literature.

Satisfies the General Education Ethics Requirement.

Prerequisites & Notes
6 hours of literature or permission.

Credits: 3