ENGLISH 280 - Elizabethan Anxieties

Institution:

Hobart William Smith Colleges

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Description:

The English literary renaissance began in the latter half of the reignof Elizabeth I (1558-1603), an age marked by tremendous anxieties -anxieties about religion, about politics, about gender, about class,about race, about history, and about the future. This course willexplore how these various anxieties were negotiated by the remarkableliterary culture that blossomed during the period. Readings willinclude poetry, prose, and drama by Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, Daniel,Spenser, Shakespeare, Wroth, Nashe, Lyly, Kyd, and Marlowe. (Carson,offered alternate years)

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.HWS.EDU

Phone Number:

(315) 781-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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