ENGL 0200X - Apocalypse and Consciousness: Prophetic Literature in the 19th Century

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Brown University

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Description:

This course examines 19th-century Romantic, Victorian, and Transcendentalist literary representations of heightened perception, apocalyptic vision, and altered consciousness. It considers the literary, philosophical and political dimensions of prophetic rhetoric and transcendent experience in poetry, novels, short stories, and essays. Reading include Ezekiel, Blake, Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Barbauld, Carlyle, Martin Delany, Emerson, and H.G. Wells. Enrollment limited to 17 undergraduate students. LILE

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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