ENGL 21900 - Victorian Women Writers

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University of Chicago

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This course covers the difficulties and possibilities for women writing in nineteenth-century Britain, as these are variously encountered and exploited in works by Victorian poets and novelists. Likely texts include Charlotte Bront , Villette; Emily Bront , Wuthering Heights and selected poems; Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South; George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss; and selected poetry by Felicia Hemans, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Christina Rossetti, Alice Meynell, "Michael Field," and Charlotte Mew. We also evaluate some approaches to Victoria n women ? writing (e.g., Gilbert and Gubar, Armstrong, Homans, Mermin, Leighton) and look at various analyses of sex and gender roles in the Victorian period (e.g., Davidoff, Hall, Poove ). E. Helsinger. Winter

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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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