English 306 - Writing and Society in the American Renaissance

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Colgate University

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Description:

L. Johnson A study of literary and non-literary texts in the context of American society from 1830 to 1860. Focusing on various reforms, especially abolition, utopianism, and women's rights, the course explores the impact of such social movements as revealed in addresses, essays, poetry, and fiction. The material includes works by Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Fanny Fern, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Thoreau, and Walt Whitman. (Post-1800 course.)

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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