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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, Spring 2025

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

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The Role of Religion- A Gradual Decline | Timeline

This timeline looks at different events spanning from the mid 1600s to the end of the 20th century that all affect the religious beliefs of English individuals.

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Echoes of Empowerment: Women’s Journey Through British Literary History-KW | Timeline

This project will demonstrate how British literature has both reflected and influenced the evolving roles of women over the past 250 years. By examining these texts, we can gain a deeper understanding of the challenges women have faced and the progress that has been made in the fight for gender equality.

Through their groundbreaking works Anna Letita Barbauld, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary…

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A Timeline of Atrocities in Auxiliary | Timeline

The timeline for my final project in British Literature 272, in which I analyze literature through its approximation to the awful acts and cascading impacts that humans are capable of.

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The Job of Witnessing: Writers and the Voices of the Oppressed | Timeline

By Ford Madox Brown - http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/brown/brown_work.jpg.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4454264

This timeline follows writers who observed injustice, and those who experienced it. Through these events, I follow writers who felt they had a responsibility to call out systemic issues within the British Empire; to change…

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What Art Dares to Do: A Literary Timeline of Risk and Resistance-MK | Timeline

Throughout British literature, art serves as both a mirror and a weapon: it reflects personal and cultural crises while also offering a means of resistance, survival, and redefinition. These timelines trace key moments when art refuses to remain passive, when it dares to protest, to heal, mislead, or to confront. Drawing from major works across British…

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The fluctuating value of people and individuals - HM | Timeline

In Great Britain, on the almost 250 years of history that we reviewed in this class, the value given to individual by society, government and individuals themselves have vary through time, as well as for other factors like sex, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, nationality, etc. This is actually reflected on many of the texts that we analyzed, either directly by addressing the topic or…

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What Makes us Human? - M Deremo | Timeline

This timeline is related to British Literature as a whole, and the entries on this timeline will have to do with the subject of why certain pieces of British literature allude to themes of humanity. 

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Never Let Me Go Timeline Project - Spring 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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