If you've been inspired to explore your creative interests or artistic abilities, we've selected a number of Open University courses which could help you explore the Romantics ideals further.

An Introduction to the Humanities (A103) (Including an online version)(AZX103)
This course provides a stimulating and wide-ranging foundation for study of eight subjects: art history, literature, music, philosophy, classical studies, history, religious studies and the history of science.

Start Writing Poetry (A175)
This course uses examples, exercises and games to familiarize students with the ‘tools of the trade’, and is suitable for beginners.

Creative Writing (A215)
This course offers strategies for aspiring authors to develop their skills in fiction, poetry and life writing, and gives valuable information about how to get work published.

From Enlightenment to Romanticism (A207)
This is an interdisciplinary, cultural-based course covering the period c. 1780-1830, with the focus on seven Arts disciplines.

Approaching Literature (A210)
This course has four sections: the Realist Novel, Romantic Writings, Literature and Gender, and Shakespeare, Aphra Behn and the Canon.

State, Economy and Nation in Nineteenth-Century Europe (A221) examines the history of nineteenth-century Europe, enabling students to develop their insight into historical methodology and equipping them for studies at a higher level.

The Nineteenth-Century Novel (AA316)
This course explores twelve classic texts from England, France and the USA, placing them in their contexts and considering the development of the novel as a genre.

Reading Political Philosophy (AA311)
This course examines works by seven influential figures: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Engels and Mill.

Studies in Music (AA314)
This course focuses on analytical and interpretative methods of studying music from the period 1750-2000, highlighting the diversity of musical material and approaches.

The Eighteenth-Century Novel (A811)
This is a Postgraduate course which introduces students to the emergence and development of the novel in England, and assesses the set books in their social and historical contexts.