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ENGL 142 - The American Renaissance, 1820-1860

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A study of a period in American literary history so rich, it as been called “the American Renaissance.” Works by such authors as Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Poe, Hawthorne, Douglass, Stowe, Whitman and Dickinson. The development of a distinctively American literature is studied in the context of the revolutionary changes and deep conflicts that characterized American life in this period.

Prerequisites & Notes
ENGL 1 and 2. Open only to students who have fulfilled the English Proficiency Exam requirement.

Credits: 3 s.h.


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