Economic and Social Literary Criticism
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Work, Time and Stress: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives | These talks explore stress & overwork in both education and professional life in the Victorian… | Sally Shuttleworth, Marie Tidball |
| 2 | Race and Empire, 1660-1760 | In this introductory lecture, Ruth Scobie outlines some of the historical contexts of literature… | Ruth Scobie |
| 3 | Manuscript and Print, 1660–1760 | In this introductory lecture, Carly Watson outlines the material forms in which literary texts… | Carly Watson |
| 4 | Manuscript and Print, 1660–1760 | Carly Watson | |
| 5 | Manuscript and Print, 1660–1760 | In this introductory lecture, Carly Watson outlines the material forms in which literary texts… | Carly Watson |
| 6 | Manuscript and Print, 1660–1760 | Carly Watson | |
| 7 | Manuscript and Print, 1660–1760 | In this introductory lecture, Carly Watson outlines the material forms in which literary texts… | Carly Watson |
| 8 | Manuscript and Print, 1660–1760 | Carly Watson | |
| 9 | What is a Literary Period? | In this introductory lecture, Clare Bucknell considers how we define a literary period and… | Clare Bucknell |
| 10 | Nineteenth-Century Stuff: Dickens, Paperwork and Paper Sorrows | In this Open Day taster lecture, Sophie Ratcliffe investigates the material culture of the… | Sophie Ratcliffe |