Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Texts:
Austen, Persuasion (Norton edition)
Shelley, Frankenstein
Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, Everything’s an Argument
Readings on WebCT (marked *)
Requirements
Come to class having read the material carefully; bring a hard copy with
you. You will be expected to contribute to class discussion each period.
Attendance will be taken, and more than 3 absences will lower your grade.
Schedule
1/10 Introduction
2/28 *Hartwell, from The Ind. Rev. and Econ. Growth (1971)
*Hobsbawm, from Industry and Empire (1968) and
Lunsford cptr. 10
Short quiz on the Industrial Revolution readings.
3/2 Lunsford cptrs. 12, 20-22
in class: library tour
Revised literature paper due
Spring break
3/14 *selections from The Life of Robert Owen (1857) and
*Carlyle, from Past and Present (1843)
Proposal for research paper due
3/16 *Shelley, “England in 1819” and
*Wordsworth, “The Old Cumberland Beggar” (1805)