Teaching Romanticism

by D. Higgins (Editor), S. Ruston (Editor)

Overview

Romanticism is taught at universities across the globe and is considered integral to the study of British and European literature. This book, written by leading academics, presents innovative, practical approaches to teaching traditional and newer aspects of the curriculum and is essential to anyone teaching Romanticism at university level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230224858
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/13/2010
Series:	Teaching the New English
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	201
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

STEPHEN C. BEHRENDT George Holmes Distinguished University Professor of English, University of Nebraska, USA SALLY BUSHELL Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of The Wordsworth Centre, Department of English and Creative Writing, Lancaster University, UK BRYCCHAN CAREY Reader in English Literature, Kingston University, UK SUE CHAPLIN Senior Lecturer in English, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK STEVE CLARK Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, University of Tokyo, Japan THOMAS C. CROCHUNIS Assistant Professor of English, Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania, USA JOHN GOODRIDGE Professor of English, Nottingham Trent University, UK HARRIET KRAMER LINKIN Professor of English Literature, New Mexico State University, USA MURRAY PITTOCK Bradley Professor of English Literature, University of Glasgow, UK MASASHI SUZUKI Professor of English, Kyoto University, Japan SOPHIE THOMAS Associate Professor of English, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada SARAH WOOTTON Lecturer in English Studies, Durham University, UK

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables vii

Acknowledgements viii

Series Preface ix

Notes on the Contributors xi

Chronology xiv

Introduction David Higgins Sharon Ruston 1

Part I The Changing Canon

1 Labouring-Class Poetry John Goodridge 11

2 Romantic Theatre Thomas C. Crochunis 24

3 Scottish, Irish and Welsh Romanticism Murray Pittock 38

4 European Romanticism David Higgins 49

5 Gender and Sexuality Sharon Ruston 62

6 Slavery, Empire, Race Brycchan Carey 75

Part II Approaches to Teaching Romanticism

7 Teaching Romanticism and Visual Culture Sophie Thomas 91

8 Teaching Wordsworth in the Lakes: the Literary Field Trip Sally Bushell 104

9 Teaching Romanticism with ICT Stephen C. Behrendt 120

10 Close Reading Romanticism Sarah Wootton 134

11 Theorizing Romanticism Sue Chaplin 146

12 Postgraduate Study of Romanticism in the UK, US and Canada: Posting and Positing a Twenty-First Century Romanticism Harriet Kramer Linkin 161

13 Teaching Romanticism in Japan Steve Clark Masashi Suzuki 177

Guide to Further Reading 191

Index 196

Editorial Reviews

'Teaching Romanticism is intelligently divided into thematic essays ('new approaches') and case studies in teaching practice. It is most impressive as a compendium of pedagogical experience and constitutes an invaluable source of ideas for anyone faced with the prospect of developing a new module on British Romantic period literature. What emerges from the editors' overview, and from the volume as a whole, is an optimistic, research-led teaching culture, which has benefited from the variousness and curiosity of historicism, and which is open to considerations of gender, class, nationality, marginalised writers and cultures, and interdisciplinarity...' - Anthony Howe, Birmingham City University, British Association for Romantic Studies

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