ENG 272 LogoBritish Literature II: Revolution, Reaction, Reform examines British literature from the late eighteenth century to the present, a period that witnessed the American and French Revolutions, slave revolts such as the Haitian Revolution, a “revolution in female manners,” the Industrial Revolution, the twentieth-century revolutionary wave in Europe, as well as World War I and World War II, and, of course, artistic revolutions. We will consider how the authors and literary works of this period might be reacting to change, advocating for reform, or participating in literary revolutions—whether revolution is understood in the sense of “revolving” or of “revolting,” going full circle to return to a previous (more perfect?) time or experiencing/effecting a great alteration or rupture.

Access the works for annotations assignments in COVE Studio here: ENG 272, Fall 2025

The digital edition of Frankenstein for annotations and the map project can be found here: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818)

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What Makes Us Human? Finding Goodness in British Literature | Map

This map will feature various locations that are tied to the historical moments from my timeline. 

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British Literature & Important Woman Ailyn Reyes | Timeline

This is a timeline of British Literature important woman from this course. There are two women from the romantic period, two from the Victorian period and two from the 20th to the 21st period. I did my search over all the female in this class and have picked the ones I found the most interesting and the ones I thought were the most impactful. 

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British Literature and Human Rights | Gallery Exhibit

My exhibit is meant to provide imagery that personifies and makes realisitc the things described in British Literature by authors who advocated for human rights. Such descriptions often described the conditions of those in need of human right acknowledgement, and these images are meant to depict those conditions. 

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Major Historical Events Involving What it Means to be Human | Gallery Exhibit

This gallery exhibit displays images depicting six major historical events that relate to what it means to be human during the Romantic period, the Victorian Era, and the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The events included in this exhibit are the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, the French Industrial Revolution, the Great Exhibition, May Day, the rise of Christianity, and… more

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British Literature and Human Rights Kennedy Williams | Timeline

My timeline will present events that connect to the wrting of British Literature authors who advocated for human rights. The events on the timeline aim to prove the importance of the writing the authors produced by placing events in time that happened in direct relevance to the authors' work, as they voiced their opinions surrounding the same human rights issues that appear in these events.…

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What Makes Us Human? Finding Goodness in British Literature | Timeline

My timeline will look closely at how British Literature and its writers found light in difficult situations. Each entry shows how joy, imagination, and connection were used in order to maintain their sense of humanity and remind themselves that goodness still exists even when the world around them feels unstable.

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Final Project Map Sample - Amy Gates | Map

Your map name should be the title of your project followed by your name or initials. Link your map entries to your timeline.

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Final Project Timeline Sample - Amy Gates | Timeline

For your timeline, map, and gallery, give each the title of your project, followed by your name or initials. Work on linking the elements from the three tools, so you can walk us through your timeline during your presentation. Your timeline should link to your gallery items and your map locations. 

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Never Let Me Go Timeline Project - Fall 2025 | Timeline

Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go takes place in an alternative "England, late 1990s".  While some elements of setting are richly imagined, there is little connection to the places and events of the "real world." This timeline invites us to explore historical events that might have informed Ishiguro's writing or our interpretation of Never Let Me Go.

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Frankenstein Mapping Project - Fall 2025 | Map

Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein is "a profoundly geographical text," as Jason M. Kelly puts it in his introductory comments on A Frankenstein Atlas. Characters in the novel are remarkably mobile, and they refer to many more locations than they visit. This class mapping project identifies many of the named locations and explains their importance to the novel…

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