'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 […]

'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 […]

The 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 […]

'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 […]

The 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 […]

'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 […]

The 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 […]