Nineteenth Century Poetry and Drama-II

Paper Code: 
ENG 411
Credits: 
3
Periods/week: 
4
Max. Marks: 
100
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to:

  • Examine the trends in Victorian literature with emphasis on socio-cultural contexts
  • Develop a deeper insight into the representative poets and dramatists, their style and treatment
  • Relate the significance of the prevailing moral debates in the Victorian era and their representation in literature
10.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1

Robert Browning                                                        

My Last Duchess

The Laboratory

The Last Ride Together

9.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2

D.G. Rossetti                                                                 

The Blessed Damozel

The Woodspurge

Sudden Light

The One Hope

9.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3

C.A. Swinburne                                                          

The Garden of Proserpine

A Forsaken Garden

7.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4

Thomas Hardy

The Voice

Afterwards

The Darkling Thrush

I Found Her Out There

10.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5

G.B. Shaw  

Arms and the Man

Source Books: 

Source Books:

Allison, Barrow, Blake. The Norton Anthology of Poetry 3rd Ed. WW Norton, 1983.

Milford, Humphrey. Ed. Fifteen Poets. OUP, 1964.

SUGGESTED READINGS: 

Abrams, M.H.A Glossary of Literary Terms. Heinle, 1999.

Buckley, F.H. The Victorian Temper.Harvard University Press, 1969.

Chesterton, G.K. The Victorian Age in Literature. Williams and Norgate, 1913.

Dobree, B. The Victorians and After. The Cresset, 1930.

Duffin, H.C. Thomas Hardy. Manchester UP, 1921.

Ford, Boris ed. Pelican Guide to English Literature, Vol. VI (Dickens to Hardy) Penguin, 1958.

Prasad, B. A Background to the Study of English Literature.Macmillan, 1965.

Academic Year: 
2021-2022