Focuses on poetry and prose from the long eighteenth century (c.1660-1790). Considers how British literature develops during this time in relation to its rapidly changing socio-political, economic, and technological environments. Authors may include Dryden, Equiano, Finch, Gray, Johnson, Leapor, Milton, Lady Wortley Montagu, Pope, and Swift. May take an eco-critical approach or investigate literature's investments in colonial and anti-colonial perspectives.