Economic and Social Literary Criticism

This section brings together resources from the across the Great Writers Inspire site to illustrate how these can be used as a starting point for exploration of or classroom discussion about economic and social literary criticism. The 'Economic and Social Literary Criticism' essay introduces a series of topics and questions and gives examples of resources to explore. It is aimed at teachers, students and anyone who is interested in literature who wants to put text into context and be inspired by Great Writers.

#	Title	Description	Contributor
31	Ben Jonson: Renaissance Playwright, Renaissance Man	Ben Jonson 1572-1637) was an early modern playwright whose popularity rivaled that of Shakespeare…	Kate O'Connor
32	Spiritualism, Science and Atavism	In the Victorian era, Gothic fiction had ceased to be a dominant literary genre. However, the…	Charlotte Barrett
33	Course: Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus	Online course from the Open University. Description: "What does Christopher Marlowe's Doctor…
34	Mary Leapor	Dr Jennifer Batt talks about Mary Leapor, an 18th Century kitchen maid who wrote accomplished…	Jennifer Batt
35	Mary Leapor	Dr Jennifer Batt talks about Mary Leapor, an 18th Century kitchen maid who wrote accomplished…	Jennifer Batt
36	Christopher Marlowe (works of)	Edited by Havelock Ellis ; with an introduction by J. A. Symonds. Description: General…
37	A Tale of Two Cities
38	Renaissance Theatre	When John Brayne built the Red Lion Theatre in London’s Whitechapel in 1569, he could hardly have…	Emma Smith
39	Why Dickens?	Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst talks of Dickens' life and influences and why these have made his works…	Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
40	18th Century Labouring Class Poetry	Dr Jennifer Batt gives a talk on Stephen Duck, one of the 18th Century labouring-class poets	Jennifer Batt

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