ENGL 55633 Love, Sex, and Power in Renaissance England
Prerequisites: ENGL 10803, ENGL 20803, and at least one additional 10000- or 20000-level ENGL/WRIT/CRWT course. An advanced course on the subject of romantic love, gender relations, and sexuality in literature of the English Renaissance. This course examines the political, cultural, and aesthetic contexts of love and sex that shaped representations of desire in some of the Renaissance's most enduring works, including drama and poetry by Shakespeare and others. Student cannot receive credit for ENGL 55633 and ENGL 40633.