In this course we explore one of the great elegiac novels of the mid-twentieth century. In Brideshead Revisited, an outsider is adopted by a wealthy family and is spellbound by their glamorous lifestyle, yet also exposed to unsuspected worlds of pain, conflict and loss. We will explore the ways in which Waugh works within and […]

Awe inspiring in its density of allusion and encyclopaedic detail, Moby Dick is one of the greatest literary achievements of the nineteenth century. This course will guide you through the novel’s expansive seas, exploring its presentation of ambition and demagoguery through the infamous character of Captain Ahab; its more philosophical mediations on mysticism and fate; and […]

Awe inspiring in its density of allusion and encyclopaedic detail, Moby Dick is one of the greatest literary achievements of the nineteenth century. This course will guide you through the novel’s expansive seas, exploring its presentation of ambition and demagoguery through the infamous character of Captain Ahab; its more philosophical mediations on mysticism and fate; and […]