English 318 - Post World War II American Poetry

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Colgate University

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P. Balakian An exploration of major poets of the post World War II era. The course contextualizes the poets within the major social and political climates of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s - the Cold War, McCarthyism, the Civil Rights movement and the rise of the Black Arts Movement, and the second wave of Feminism. Poets include Roethke, Lowell, Ginsberg, Berryman, Bishop, Plath, Sexton, Rich, Brooks, Baraka, Hayden, and others. This course is offered in the spring term. (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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