The Victorian period (c. 1830-1901) was a time of unprecedented change. Revolutionary developments in technology, politics, and everyday life catapulted Britain into a position of global supremacy. In this course, we will read widely in the extraordinary literature that arose in response to these transformations. Texts will include fiction by Dickens, Stevenson, and Eliot; poetry by Tennyson and the Brownings; and drama by Wilde and Shaw. (Group III)