Sense and Sensation: The Picture of Dorian Gray & Perfume
The livingroom Percy Road, London'O for a life of sensations rather than thoughts', exclaimed John Keats in 1817. This course is dedicated to exploring the ways in which writers present sensory pleasure. Concentrating on the work of Keats, Oscar Wilde, and Patrick Suskind, we will examine how the senses are used to convey valances of moods as well as […]
Sense and Sensation: The Picture of Dorian Gray & Perfume
The livingroom Percy Road, London'O for a life of sensations rather than thoughts', exclaimed John Keats in 1817. This course is dedicated to exploring the ways in which writers present sensory pleasure. Concentrating on the work of Keats, Oscar Wilde, and Patrick Suskind, we will examine how the senses are used to convey valances of moods as well as […]
Fin de Siecle Angst: Dracula and Heart of Darkness
The livingroom Percy Road, LondonThe nineteenth-century fin de siècle proved a catalyst for a series of anxieties that emerged during the Victorian period. Loss of religious faith, rise of the occult, fears about the effects of an expanding metropolis and a declining Empire, apocalyptic predictions for the future and concern about technological advances all found expression in two of the […]
Sense and Sensation: The Picture of Dorian Gray & Perfume
The livingroom Percy Road, London'O for a life of sensations rather than thoughts', exclaimed John Keats in 1817. This course is dedicated to exploring the ways in which writers present sensory pleasure. Concentrating on the work of Keats, Oscar Wilde, and Patrick Suskind, we will examine how the senses are used to convey valances of moods as well as […]
Fin de Siecle Angst (Part i): Dracula
The livingroom Percy Road, LondonThe nineteenth-century fin de siècle proved a catalyst for a series of anxieties that emerged during the Victorian period. Loss of religious faith, rise of the occult, fears about the effects of an expanding metropolis and a declining Empire, apocalyptic predictions for the future and concern about technological advances all found expression in one of the […]
Heart of Darkness
The livingroom Percy Road, LondonThe nineteenth-century fin de siècle proved a catalyst for a series of anxieties that emerged during the Victorian period. Loss of religious faith, rise of the occult, fears about the effects of an expanding metropolis and a declining Empire, apocalyptic predictions for the future and concern about technological advances all found expression in one of the […]
Sense and Sensation: The Picture of Dorian Gray and Perfume
The livingroom Percy Road, London'O for a life of sensations rather than thoughts', exclaimed John Keats in 1817. This course is dedicated to exploring the ways in which writers present sensory pleasure. Concentrating on the work of Keats, Oscar Wilde, and Patrick Suskind, we will examine how the senses are used to convey valances of moods as well as […]
Fin de Siecle Angst: Dracula and Heart of Darkness
The livingroom Percy Road, LondonThe nineteenth-century fin de siècle proved a catalyst for a series of anxieties that emerged during the Victorian period. Loss of religious faith, rise of the occult, fears about the effects of an expanding metropolis and a declining Empire, apocalyptic predictions for the future and concern about technological advances all found expression in two of the […]
Fin de Siecle Angst (Part ii): Heart of Darkness
The livingroom Percy Road, LondonThe nineteenth-century fin de siècle proved a catalyst for a series of anxieties that emerged during the Victorian period. Loss of religious faith, rise of the occult, fears about the effects of an expanding metropolis and a declining Empire, apocalyptic predictions for the future and concern about technological advances all found expression in one of the […]