What We Talk About When We Talk About Literature
What is literature? And why should we study it?
Reading the Greats: A History of Western Literature
That’s Ancient History: Classic Greek & Roman Literature
The story of the roots of the Western canon in Ancient Greece and Rome.
It’s Practically Medieval: Literature in the Early and High Middle Ages
How medieval writers developed the Western tradition from their classical predecessors.
The Dawn of Modernity: Late Middle Ages & Italian Renaissance Literature
The dawn of the Early Modern era.
Nothing But the Truth: The Victorian Era & Literary Realism
The long 19th century and the developments that came in the Victorian era.
Isn’t It Romantic(ism)?
The birth of Romanticism - an era of emotion and individual expression.
Light Bulb Moments: From Elizabethan to Enlightenment
How the Renaissance era gave way to Enlightenment values.
Break It Down Now: Postmodernism and Beyond
The second half of the 20th century and the radical upheaval of all assumptions.
Making It New with Literary Modernism
The revolution in literature that occurred in the early 20th century.
