EN 276 - Life and Print Culture in Eighteenth-Century London

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Eastern Connecticut State University

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Description:

What was it like to live in eighteenth-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 cared 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.(Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.easternct.edu/

Phone Number:

(860) 465-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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