This course surveys British literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the eighteenth century. Readings in representative texts from the Old English, Medieval, Renaissance, and Neoclassical periods introduce Cadets to the development and complexity of the British tradition. Cadets explore the development of literary forms, British culture and history, and the history of the English language. Topics may include chivalry and the medieval warrior ethos, commerce and empire, and the eighteenth-century rise of the novel.
