#  English 90rv. Empire and Revolution, Sex and Gender, Race, Slavery, and Abolition 

 



 Instructor: [James Engell](/people/james-engell)  
Wednesday, 12:45-2:45pm | Location: Barker 269  
*Enrollment: Limited to 15 students*  
[Course site](https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/106182)

 The literatures of race and slavery, gender, empire, democracy, and revolution that shaped our modern world. Excerpts from Dryden, Astell, Behn, Pope, Swift, Montagu, Johnson, Equiano, Gibbon, Paine, Burke, Wollstonecraft, Blake, and Shelley. Some fiction as well.  
  
This course satisfies the English Concentration "Diversity in Literature" requirement for students on the “Common Ground” curriculum.

 This course satisfies the English Concentration "Migrations" requirement for students on the “Common Ground” curriculum.  
  
This course satisfies the “1700-1900 Guided Elective" requirement for English concentrators and Secondary Field students.



 



 

 See also:- [ 2022-23 ](/academic-year/2022-2023)
- [ Undergraduate Seminars ](/course-type/3-undergraduate-seminars)
- [ Guided Elective: 1700-1900 ](/meets-requirements/guided-elective-1700-1900)
- [ Diversity in Literature ](/meets-requirements/meets-diversity-literature-requirement)
- [ Migrations ](/meets-requirements/migrations)
- [ Fall 2024 ](/term/fall)