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
21	A Room of One's Own
22	Stephen Duck	Briefly, in 1730, the most talked about poet in England was an agricultural labourer. The story of…	Jennifer Batt
23	Mary Leapor	A servant maid who died in relative obscurity at the age of just twenty-four, Mary Leapor (1722…	Jennifer Batt
24	Eighteenth century labouring-class writing	By Jennifer Batt In 1758, Samuel Johnson noted that the itch of scribbling had seized the nation.…	Jennifer Batt
25	Dickens’s law makers and law breakers: Barnard's Inn and beyond	Free public lecture from Gresham College. Available as video, audio and transcript. Overview…	Andrew Sanders
26	Charlotte Brontë: A Wish for Wings	Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) was born on April 21, 1816, the third daughter of Rev. Patrick and…	Erin Nyborg
27	Ben Jonson: Renaissance Playwright, Renaissance Man	Ben Jonson 1572-1637) was an early modern playwright whose popularity rivaled that of Shakespeare…	Kate O'Connor
28	Spiritualism, Science and Atavism	In the Victorian era, Gothic fiction had ceased to be a dominant literary genre. However, the…	Charlotte Barrett
29	Course: Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus	Online course from the Open University. Description: "What does Christopher Marlowe's Doctor…
30	Mary Leapor	Dr Jennifer Batt talks about Mary Leapor, an 18th Century kitchen maid who wrote accomplished…	Jennifer Batt

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