ENG457H1F: The English Language in the 1770s Abstracts of research papers

Department of English, University of Toronto December 2001

Class members: Claire Baldwin, Angela Davis, Katie Fraser, Joel Grothe, Steven Lee, Vivien Lee, Julia Marko, Julie Reitsma, Yasmin Siddiqui, Dana Snell

• Claire Baldwin, To learn a language: Anna Laetitia Barbauld's children's works.
• Angela Davis, William Marshall's Minutes of Agriculture and eighteenth-century agricultural writing.
• Katie Fraser, Trade names: the toponymy of the Northwest Coast from 1778 to 1792.
• Joel Grothe, Shakespeare's King Lear in the 1770s.
• Steven Lee, The influence of professional vanity: the motivations behind Boswell's editing for publication of Tour of the Hebrides.
• Vivien Lee, ZOUNDS! "Special" English as a dramatic tool in Sheridan's major comedies.
• Julia Marko, The mad poet: William Cowper's private pain in the public sphere.
• Julie Reitsma, Reconstructing a history: a look at the development of English-based West Indian Creoles during the 18th century.
• Yasmin Siddiqui, "At least to expose hypocrisy" - Sentiment and Honour in Sheridan's The Rivals and School for Scandal.
• Dana Snell, Everyone's an original: the problem of originality in 18th century novels.