English Literature: The Romantics
 

What you'll learn
Improve your overall knowldge of English literature
Enhance your English language skills
Learn abouthe history and philosophy behind the Romatic movement
Doscover the language and literary structures of the Romantics
Encounter the scandalous life stories of the bad boys (and girls!) of poetry
Join a community of literature lovers through the Facebook page and Book Club associated with my courses
Requirements
Fluency in English is required
Description
'I wandered lonely as a cloud...'William WordsworthWould you like to put this famous poem and many others into context? This course is here to help you gain a firm understanding of an important period in the development of English literature.Did you read any romantic poetry at school? Perhaps you are interested in the lives and works of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Shelley and their circle or maybe you want to understand their place in history. In their generation, the world was changing so fast it was barely recognizable due to the French Revolution and Enlightenment philosophy.I'm Eve Williams and I hold undergraduate and Master's degrees in literature from the prestigious Queen's University of Belfast. I also lecture at Belfast's C.S. Lewis Festival. I'm going to be your guide to this fascinating period of literature. You will discover and rediscover some texts which revolutionised English literature.The texts on the course reading lists are mostly available for free on Project Gutenberg and poetry websites so there are no hidden costs to participation.Enroll today and like Wordsworth, '[find] your heart with pleasure fills/And dances with the Daffodils'.I'm looking forward to joining you on the course.
Who this course is for
Anyone who loves poetry
Those wshing to gain entry to an English Literature degree course
Creative writers
Literarure students
Anyone who loves to read
Those with an interest in the history of literature