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He Knew He Was Right: Anthony Trollope
$240
Nathaniel Hawthorne marveled at Anthony Trollope’s talent for conveying the truth of human experience, declaring his fictional world to be “just as real as if some giant had hewn a great lump out of the earth, and put it under a glass case, with all its inhabitants going about their daily business, and not suspecting that they were made a show of.” Trollope was impressively prolific, publishing forty-seven novels, several volumes of short stories, an autobiography, plays, essays, and reviews. He Knew He Was Right (1869) is the story of Louis and Emily Trevelyan, whose marriage is ruined by Louis’s obsessive, stubborn jealousy. The novel is an incisive commentary on marriage, gender inequality, and the complexity of human relationships.
In this seminar we will explore the novel’s nineteenth-century historical and social context and consider the ways in which its themes continue to resonate for us today. We will also discuss the novel’s reception, influence, and adaptations.
Text:
He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope (Penguin ISBN: 9780140433913)
Reading Schedule
*Page references are to the Penguin Classics edition 2004
Session One: pp. 9-135 (Ch. 1-15)
Session Two: pp. 135-273 (Ch. 16-31)
Session Three: pp. 273-409 (Ch. 32-48)
Session Four: pp. 409-546 (Ch. 49-64)
Session Five: pp. 546-682 (Ch. 65-81)
Session Six: pp. 682-823 (Ch. 82 – end)
Access Program
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Sara Atwood
Sara Atwood teaches English literature and writing at Portland Community College and Portland State University. She is Co-Director of the Ruskin Society of North America and has lectured widely, both in the US and abroad, on John Ruskin, education, the environment, and language. Her work has been published in Nineteenth-Century Prose, The Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies, and Carlyle Studies Annual. She is the author of Ruskin’s Educational Ideals and has contributed essays to a number of books, including Teaching Victorian Literature in the Twenty-First Century, John Ruskin and Nineteenth-Century Education, William Morris and John Ruskin, and Victorian Environmental Nightmares.
