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AP/EN 3550

The Victorians

6.0 credits

Fall/Winter 2026–2027

Topics

  • Victorian literature and industrial transformation
  • Poverty, inequality, crime and social responsibility
  • Religion, science and secularization
  • Empire and colonial relationships
  • Gender, race, class and literary genre

Readings

  • Listed anthology: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 11th ed., volume E: The Victorian Period.
  • Tentative novel: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Audley’s Secret.
  • Tentative novel: Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist.
  • Tentative novel: Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton.
  • Tentative novel: H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon’s Mines.
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