An examination of a number of English comedies of manners, mostly novels but also a few plays, within their social contexts. Authors we study might include Jane Austen, Anthony Trollope, Elizabeth Gaskell, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, Aldous Huxley, P.G. Wodehouse, Barbara Pym, and Henry Green.
The Comedy of Manners (LIT2207.01)
Brooke Allen
Prerequisites: None.
Credits: 4
M 4:10pm - 6:00pm; Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm
Maximum Enrollment: 20
Course Frequency:
This course is categorized as All courses, Four Credit, Literature, 2000, Brooke Allen, and tagged humor, writing intensive, Victorian, comedy.
Credits: 4
M 4:10pm - 6:00pm; Th 4:10pm - 6:00pm
Maximum Enrollment: 20
Course Frequency:
This course is categorized as All courses, Four Credit, Literature, 2000, Brooke Allen, and tagged humor, writing intensive, Victorian, comedy.