We will explore texts from a variety of genres in British and North-American Romantic writing. The module focuses on concepts of Romanticism and Anglo-American literary relations c.1790-1890. You will begin by reading a set of recent essays on theory and practice in transatlantic studies. For example, Wai Chee Dimock's Through other Continents discusses a notion of deep time that reconsiders national literary boundaries, whilst Kevin Hutchings discusses Romantic Niagara in terms of environmental aesthetics, indigenous culture, and tourism, Margaret McFadden looks at women's writing and transatlantic sympathy in "Golden Cables of Sympathy", and Lawrence Buell enquires about the terms "place" and "space." The module is in two parts: Visionary Imaginings (term 1) and Fractures, Connections and the Imagination (term 2). Anthologies provide many of the texts and some others are available electronically. The syllabus includes some visual works of art.
You will participate in the compilation of an electronic glossary of terms and words associated with transatlantic Romanticism.
Research tips each week will help you to develop your investigative skills.
Module Supervisor's Research into Subject Area
Dr Susan Oliver has an international reputation in Transatlantic and Romantic studies. Her book Scott, Byron, and the Poetics of Cultural Encounter won a British Academy prize. She has published journal essays and book chapters on many of the writers and texts taught on this module e.g. (Charles Brockden Brown, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson). Dr Oliver is currently completing a book on 19th Century Transatlantic Periodical Culture, her research for which informs this module.
You will participate in the compilation of an electronic glossary of terms and words associated with transatlantic Romanticism.
Research tips each week will help you to develop your investigative skills.
Module Supervisor's Research into Subject Area
Dr Susan Oliver has an international reputation in Transatlantic and Romantic studies. Her book Scott, Byron, and the Poetics of Cultural Encounter won a British Academy prize. She has published journal essays and book chapters on many of the writers and texts taught on this module e.g. (Charles Brockden Brown, Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson). Dr Oliver is currently completing a book on 19th Century Transatlantic Periodical Culture, her research for which informs this module.
- Module Supervisor: Susan Oliver