The French Revolution upended the established order and precipitated debate about "the rights of man."

Wordsworth's lengthy autobiographical poem, The Prelude: or Growth of a Poet's Mind, gives us another opportunity to explore the concept of the sublime.

An examination of a poem that is an excellent representative of the concept of the sublime.

Introduces some key aesthetic concepts of the Romantic period.

Description of some of the general characteristics of much of the literature of the Romantic Period.

A brief overview of the history and social contexts of the Romantic Period in England.

Course introduction. This is a course in British literature from about the time of the French Revolution through the mid-twentieth-century, covering three literary periods, the Romantic period, the Victorian period, and the twentieth century.