ENGL 18905 - Shelley,Wollstonecraft,and Godwin

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University of Chicago

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Before Frankenstein, there was Caleb Williams; before Mary Shelley, there was Mary Wollstonecraft and her fictional heroines, Maria and Mary. These figures come together in this course, which focuses on one of literary history's most distinguished-and distinctive-families, as well as on their political, intellectual, and literary historical context. We explore the way that their writings raise a host of critical questions: about subjectivity and sociability, gender and the family, the value of literature, the nature of life and of the human, and the possibility or promise of politics. Primary readings inclu de Godwin 's Political Justice, Caleb Williams, Fleetwo od, and essa ys; Wollstonecraf t's Vindications, Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denm ark, and Maria: or, the Wrongs of Wo men; and Shell ey's Frankenstein, The Last Man, and Lodore. H. Keenleyside. Win

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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