ENG 325 18th Century British Literature

Readings in the fiction, poetry, drama, and essays of the wittiest, most pungently satirical, most artfully artificial era of British literature (1660-1770). Special attention to the cultural and economic background and the origins of the novel. Works by Dryden, Behn, Congreve, Swift, Defoe, Pope, Finch, Astell, Manley, Fielding, Johnson, Burney, Haywood, Barker, Hogarth, Addison, and others.