Wild Romanticism: Transatlantic & Ecocritical Approaches to British Romanticism

3 credits

This course explores what it means to be “wild” in a variety of 18th and 19th-century contexts, including aesthetic (the sublime, the gothic); moral and ethical (Anglo-American depictions of Indigenous peoples); and ecological (nature as alternatively threatened or threatening). ***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***