ENGL BC 3140y - Seminars on Special Themes Doubt,Death,and Desire in 17th century Prose

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Barnard College

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Reading, from multiple perspectives, the great "metaphysical writers" on these big issues: will include John Donne's Devotions and selected Sermons; Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy( i.e., madness and depression); Sir Thomas Browne, Urne Buriall, and Richard Crashaw's bizarre poems "St. Mary Magdalene or The Weeper" and "Hymn to St. Teresa." - A. Guibbory and M. Gordon Prerequisites: Will be offered in the spring of the 2009-10 academic year. 3 points

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3.00

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Lecture

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www.barnard.edu

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(212) 854-5262

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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