English Research Areas: 18th & 19th Century British Literature
18th- & 19th-Century British Literature
From the English Department:
The eighteenth- and nineteenth-century group encourages students to explore topics across more than one century. Students can define the temporal limits of their research in ways that most productively engage the subjects under investigation.
Students are encouraged to draw on the resources of the Center for the Book, which, in conjunction with the splendid eighteenth- and nineteenth-century holdings in the Special Collections of the University of Iowa's Main Library, provides material means for understanding print innovations ranging from the hand-press production of the early novel to the Victorian typography of William Morris.
Two English Ph.D. students in English are selected each year to attend the week-long Dickens Universe summer seminar held at the University of California at Santa Cruz the first week of August. The University of Iowa is one of over thirty international research universities that are members of the Dickens Project.
Suggested Search Terms
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- 19th century -- Themes, motives
- English poetry -- 18th century
- English drama -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Databases
- MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO Version) This link opens in a new window
Contextual Resources
- Eighteenth Century Journals: A Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals, c1685-1815 This link opens in a new window