MSSU ENG272 - Spring 2025 Dashboard
Description
British 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, Spring 2025
The digital edition of Frankenstein for annotations and the map project can be found here: Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818)
Galleries, Timelines, and Maps
Individual Entries
Located in London, the Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the United Kingdom's Parliament. With more than 1000 years of history, the palace have been an important place for the political life of the English, Great Britain, the British Empire and the world, first as a residence for the monarchs and since the 13th century for the Parliament. The original building suffer damages on a fire in 1512, and was finally destroyed by a second fire on 1834 (except for some structures, including the Westminster Hall, which was added to the new building). After that the new Place was built between 1840 and 1870, and still exist nowadays.
Sources:
Riding, J. (2005). A palace for Parliament. All Change at the Palace of Westminster. BBC History.
UK Parliament Living Heritage. (2025). The Palace of Westminster. UK Parliament, website...
more
France is one of the most influential and powerful countries in Europe. With a history that extents thousands of years to the past, this country has passed through many events that changed it and the world through history. One of the most well known, was the French Revolution, one of the first of a series of process that changed the political structures of Europe and the world. Among the main legacies of the revolution, we have the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen", a law that established basic freedoms for French men, based on the concepts of Freedom and Equality, and that served as an antecessor for nowadays Human Rights. This declaration was made through drafts and discussions made around France and became effective in the whole country on August of 1789.
Sources:
Britannica. (2025...
more
The city of Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta is one of the biggest cities of India, located on the present state of West Bengal, to which the city is the capital. During the times of the East India Company and the British Raj, until 1911, it was the capital of the British India and the main commerce hub for Indian exports. At some point it even was the second largest city of the empire, only surpassed by London itself. The city was also an important cultural hub, because of the European influence during the Imperial Period, in which Indian-British literature flourish.
Sources:
Marshall, P. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire. Cambridge University Press.
Sinha, N. & Banerjee-Guha, S. (2025). Kolkata. Encylopaedia Britannica, website: ...
more