ENG 273H - American Poetry to 1900

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University of Maine at Farmington

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Description:

This course will introduce students to wide range of American poetry from its beginnings in the literature of exploration in the early seventeenth century to the late nineteenth century. We will be spending most of the course investigating the richness of the early American poetic tradition that provides an important backdrop to the emergence of better-known American poets, such as Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Walt Whitman, or Emily Dickinson. Throughout the course, we will consider how poetry reflects and considers contemporary concepts of gender, race, class, sexuality, and national identity. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100; for students in CWR, ENG, SEN, or ELE-Language Arts, ENG 100 and ENG 181. At least once in a three-year cycle. Credit: 4

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umf.maine.edu

Phone Number:

(207) 778-7000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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