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ENGL:2359 A Question of Identity: Fiction of the Fin de Siècle - Stapleton, Spring 2022: Home

Resources to support coursework in ENGL:2359, Victorian Literature - A Question of Identity: Fiction of the Fin de Siècle, with Dr. Anne Stapleton, Spring 2022

Oscar Wilde

Black and white photo of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde, Photographed by Napoleon Sarony, circa 1882. Source: Library of Congress via Wikimedia (public domain)

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Black and white photo of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Unknown photographer. Source: New York Public Library via Wikimedia (public domain)

Welcome!

Welcome to the course guide for ENGL:2359 A Question of Identity: Fiction of the Fin de Siècle, Spring 2022, with Dr. Anne Stapleton. 

This guide provides assistance with starting your research, writing an annotated bibliography, and citing articles and books using MLA style. 

The research tab is intended to help you get started, indicate which databases might prove most helpful for primary and secondary sources, and provide other ideas and links to facilitate your quest. You are not required to use the examples provided under each group tab and should definitely research beyond them.

The annotated bibliography and citation tabs are intended to facilitate your preparation of the annotated bibliography due the day you give your presentation with fellow group members.

Queen Victoria

Portrait "Queen Victoria" by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, 1859

"Queen Victoria" by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1859. Source: WikiArt

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Olive Schreiner

Black and white photograph of Olive Schreiner

Olive Schreiner, Unknown photographer, Source: Victorian Web

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