ENG 455 - Eighteenth-Century Fiction, Satire, and Poetry

Readings from the major 18th-century prose writers, such as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Smollett, Burney, Addison, Steele, Boswell, Johnson, and Goldsmith; the poets and satirists, Dryden, Swift, Pope and Gray, among others. Focus on the legitimation of emotion and of individualism in literature.

Satisfies the General Education Ethics and Writing Intensive Requirements.

Prerequisites
6 hours of literature or permission.

Credits: 3