John Ruskin The Stones of Venice, London (Pallas Athene) 1991.
Walter Pater The Renaissance, Oxford (Oxford University Press World's Classics) 1998.
The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2002.
William Morris News from Nowhere and Other Writings, London (Penguin) 1998.
Oscar Wilde The Soul of Man under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, London (Penguin) 2001.
Oscar Wilde Complete Shorter Fiction, Oxford (Oxford University Press) 1979.

The Pre-Raphaelites, London (Tate Gallery/Penguin) 1984
Tim Barringer The Pre-Raphaelites, London (Everyman) 1998
The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde (Cambridge University Press) 1997

Teaching will be through lectures, workshops and seminars. You will work independently (on research, preparation of lectures, seminars and seminar presentations) and in pairs or small groups (on seminar assignments and presentations).

In this module we investigate programmes and practices of aesthetic opposition to 'alienated' forms of capitalist cultural and economic production in Victorian Britain. We will examine theoretical concepts of cultural renewal through art and literature from Ruskin and Pater to Morris and Wilde, and sample different forms of 'alternative' aesthetic practice connected with these theories: the paintings and poetry of the Pre-Raphaelites, the works of William Morris's Arts and Crafts Movement, the fiction writings of Morris and Wilde, Beardsley's illustrations of Wilde's texts.

A Coursework Essay [Learning Outcomes 1,2,3]
A Group Presentation [Learning Outcomes 4]

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