Literary London: From the Great Fire to the Great Exhibition

Eighteenth century London was home to one in every twelve Britons and was the centre of a burgeoning global empire. A site of progress and politeness, but also danger and disease, the conflicted character of the ever-expanding metropolis exerted an imaginative grip upon the literary culture of the long eighteenth century. From Daniel Defoe and John Gay, to Mary Shelley and Charles Dickens, we will discuss literary and visual representations of London life, examining themes such as contagion, criminality, apocalypse, and poverty.

Tutor: David Barrow BA MA (new tutor)

• Term: Autumn
• Day: Tuesday
• Start Date: 01 October 2019
• Time: 7-9pm
• No. of weeks: 10
• Full fee: £82

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