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Literature and Society, 1760-1850

Description:
A study of how popular culture reflected broad social and cultural changes in Britain. Emphasis given to expanding empire, technological advances, and increasing urbanization, which created a rapidly modernizing culture with changing class structures and literary audiences. Attention to how authors from Burns to the Bronts engaged and theorized the resulting pressures.

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