Economic and Social Literary Criticism

This section brings together resources from the across the Great Writers Inspire site to illustrate how these can be used as a starting point for exploration of or classroom discussion about economic and social literary criticism. The 'Economic and Social Literary Criticism' essay introduces a series of topics and questions and gives examples of resources to explore. It is aimed at teachers, students and anyone who is interested in literature who wants to put text into context and be inspired by Great Writers.

#	Title	Description	Contributor
1	Work, Time and Stress: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives	These talks explore stress & overwork in both education and professional life in the Victorian…	Sally Shuttleworth, Marie Tidball
2	Race and Empire, 1660-1760	In this introductory lecture, Ruth Scobie outlines some of the historical contexts of literature…	Ruth Scobie
3	Manuscript and Print, 1660–1760	In this introductory lecture, Carly Watson outlines the material forms in which literary texts…	Carly Watson
4	Manuscript and Print, 1660–1760		Carly Watson
5	What is a Literary Period?	In this introductory lecture, Clare Bucknell considers how we define a literary period and…	Clare Bucknell
6	Nineteenth-Century Stuff: Dickens, Paperwork and Paper Sorrows	In this Open Day taster lecture, Sophie Ratcliffe investigates the material culture of the…	Sophie Ratcliffe
7	Great expectations	ebook version of Great expectations
8	Dickens' Railways	Professor Stephen Gill, Lincoln College, gives a talk about the influence the Railways had on…	Stephen Gill
9	Are traditional texts always what they seem? Great Expectations pt2 (lecture)	Video lecture by Simon Swift, University of Leeds and discussion board. In this second part of…	Simon Swift
10	Commerce and Culture, Lecture 2: Shakespeare's Theater	Lecture 2 from a ten-lecture course presented by Paul A. Cantor, Clifton Waller Barrett Professor…	Paul A. Cantor

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