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London’s History Through Literature

This course examines London’s history through the work of writers who have lived in London, who have written about the city, or who have used London as the background or setting for their work. As well as secondary literature on the city’s development, there will be a range of primary texts from John Stow to Monica Ali. By the end of the term, students will have a good knowledge of London’s history, an appreciation of the works of a number of important writers, a sense of different historical periods, and a knowledge of the variety of locations that go to make up the textual map of London.

This was a Year 2/3 10-class course I taught at Goldsmiths for a couple of years. Below are lecture slides and seminar handouts. I used to play music from the time before each class – the links on the first page are to those recordings.

LHTL Syllabus 19-20Download
LHTL Bibliography 19-20Download
Wk1. Stow’s LondonDownload
Wk1. Stow’s London handoutDownload
Wk2. Restoration LondonDownload
Wk2. Restoration London handoutDownload
Wk3. Georgian LondonDownload
Wk3. Georgian London handoutDownload
Wk4. Romantic LondonDownload
Wk4. Romantic London handoutDownload
Wk4. Romantic London Handout imagesDownload
Wk5. Great WenDownload
Wk5. Great Wen handout – completeDownload
Wk6. The JagoDownload
Wk6. Jago HandoutDownload
Wk7. Woolf’s LondonDownload
Wk7. Woolf’s London HandoutDownload
Wk8. SuburbiaDownload
Wk8. Orwell in Suburbia HandoutDownload
Wk9. Windrush LondonDownload
Wk9. Windrush London HandoutDownload
Wk10. Postcolonial LondonDownload
Wk10. Postcolonial London handoutDownload
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