The British canon and national tradition

Change and expansion during the 14th and 15th century Food for thought: 1. How is marriage viewed in these two readings? How are they similar or dissimilar? 2. What sources of power are available to women in this period?

Poetry of learning and conceit

The early beginnings of a new genre

Overstepping the limits

The search for the sublime

The advent of realism

The mind turning inwards

Playing with the fragments of civilization

Britain after Brexit