ENGLISH 90lj - Literature, Justice, and Rights in the Age of Revolution

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Harvard University

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Description:

In the wake of the American and French Revolutions and amidst growing calls for social and legal change, British writers began exploring political questions with new urgency. In this course, we read a range of texts published between 1780 and 1820, examining the ways that they both participated in and were shaped by debates about freedom, equality, justice, authority, toleration, cruelty, and pain. Likely authors include Burke, Wollstonecraft, Equiano, More, Barbauld, Edgeworth, Godwin, Austen, Wordsworth, and Mary Shelley. Secondary readings by historians, philosophers, and literary critics including Gary Kelly, Thomas Haskell, Lynn Hunt, and Martha Nussbaum.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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