ENG-335 American Renaissance
This course explores the literary movement that
scholars have designated as crucial to the
development of a truly "American" literature,
focusing roughly on the years 1836 to 1865. In
addition to studying canonical authors, students
will explore those writers who worked, in the
words of one critic, "beneath" the American
renaissance, focusing on issues of concern to
women, Native Americans, and African Americans.
Authors will include Emerson, Frederick Douglass,
Margaret Fuller, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau,
Whitman, and Lydia Maria Child.(Literature
Seminars)
Prerequisites: 200-level Introduction to Literary
Studies course (any version).