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EN231/163: Literature of the British Isles

A liberal arts core course in literature, this course will explore questions of national identity and the export of national identity under what we would today term imperialism, from Shakespeare to Zadie Smith.

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Oroonoko, or, The Royal Slave: A True History by Behn, AphraSource: Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave; a True History (London: Printed for William Canning, 1688)
"To the Ladies" by Chudleigh, MarySource: Poems on Several Occasions (London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, at the Cross-Keys between the Temple-Gates, 1722)
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, DanielSource: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (London: William Taylor, 1719)
"The Sign of the Four" by Doyle, Arthur ConanSource: Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1889)
The Waste Land by Eliot, T.S.Source: The Waste Land (New York: Boni and Liverwright, 1922)
The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano: or Gustavus Vassa, the African. by Equiano, OlaudahSource: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: or Gustavus Vassa, the African (London: Olaudah Equiano, 1789)
Headnote: Headnote for Shakespeare by Howe, Tonya and Leane Dondapati
Headnote: Headnote for Arthur Conan Doyle by Howe, Tonya
Headnote: Headnote for T. S. Eliot by Howe, Tonya
"The White Man's Burden" by Kipling, RudyardSource: Mclure's Magazine (New York: S/ S. McClure Co., February 1899)
"Old England" by McKay, ClaudeSource: Songs of Jamaica (Kingston, Jamaica [and London, England]: Aston W. Gardner & Co., 1912)
Headnote: Headnote for Aphra Behn by O'Brien, John
Headnote: Headnote for Daniel Defoe by O'Brien, John
Headnote: Headnote for Alexander Pope by O'Brien, John
Headnote: Headnote for Olaudah Equiano by O'Brien, John
"The Rape of the Lock" by Pope, AlexanderSource: "The Rape of the Lock" (London: B. Lintott, 1714)
The Tempest by Shakespeare, WilliamSource: Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies: published according to the true originall copies. (London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed. Blount, 1623)
Articles of Peace Between the Most Serene and Mighty Prince Charles II and Several Indian Kings and Queens ["The Treaty of Middle Plantation"] by Stuart, CharlesSource: ARTICLES OF PEACE Between The Most Serene and Mighty PRINCE CHARLES II. By the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. And Several Indian Kings and Queens, etc. (London: Printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, Printers to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty., 1677)
"An Ode [Rule, Britannia]" by Thomson, James and Thomas ArneSource: Alfred: A Masque (London: A. Millar, 1740)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Wollstonecraft, MarySource: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (London: J. Johnson, 1792)

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