English 370 - American Literature of The Early Republic

Institution:

Macalester College

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Description:

This course focuses on American literature from the late 18th century to just before the Civil War. It will be concerned with the ways in which the attempt to build a democratic republic is taken up and critiqued in a range of literature from the period. Included will be such writers as Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, Susanna Rowson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Susan Warner, and Herman Melville. Alternate years. (4 credits)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.macalester.edu

Phone Number:

(651) 696-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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