ENGL 602
Special Topics in English Literature
Fall 2026 · Romanticism and the Cultures of Argument
Topics
- Romantic literary controversy
- Polemical criticism
- Literary value
- Negative capability
- Keats and poetic argument
Readings
- William Hazlitt, “The Pleasure of Hating” and “The Spirit of Controversy.”
- John Keats, letters and Hyperion poems.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Official course page ↗Fall 2026
- Departmental seminar description with reading information when supplied; not a full syllabus. Description identifies these works for study without a separate required-book list.