AHS 232 - American Literature and Culture 17th 18th,19th Centuries

Institution:

Adelphi University

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Description:

4 credits A focused analysis of the four great trends—Religion, Reason, Romanticism, and Realism—that shaped the first 300 years of American life, literature, and culture. Authors to be studied will include Puritan writers such as Bradstreet, Sewall, and Mather; colonials such as Franklin, Paine, and Jefferson; Romanticists and Transcendentalists such as Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman; and late 19th century realists such as Twain, Howells, and Crane.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.ADELPHI.EDU

Phone Number:

(516) 877-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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