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The French Revolution, studied through the 18th-century works that led to it, the memoirs, poems, plays and speeches written at the time, and the 19th-century literature that culturally digested it. Authors include Rousseau, Rétif de la Bretonne, Mercier, Robespierre, Staël, Michelet, Dumas and memoirs. This course uses a digital archive of the texts and an online writing workshop.