ENGL 373: Victorian Sexualities

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Prerequisite: Completion with a 2.0 or better of at least three units in ENGL, including one unit numbered ENGL 220 to ENGL 289; or permission of instructor.
An exploration of how Victorians wrote and thought about sexuality and gender. Authors typically include Tennyson, Rossetti, Carroll, Collins, Stevenson, Wilde, and Gissing. Discussions address such topics as Victorian marriage, “fallen women,” imperial desire, sexual violence, and homosexuality.