300-400 LEVEL COURSES 408 - American Romanticism #6916

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University of Massachusetts-Boston

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MWF 10:00 STOEHR CATEGORY: D NEW CATEGORY: ** In this course we will read major works of American authors from the period known as "the American Renaissance," roughly 1840 to 1860, including such classics as Nathaniel Hawthorne ? Scarlet Lette r, Herman Melville 's Billy Bu dd, Frederick Douglas s's Narrative of the Life of an American Sl ave, and Henry David Thore au's Wal den. Among the topics raised by these works are Civilization vs. the Primitive; Puritanism and Sexuality; Problems of Technology and Urbanism; Obsession, Madness, and Despair; Social Reform; Racism; Sexism; War and the State. We will attempt to find connections between these issues as nineteenth-century authors saw them, and as they continue to exist in our own day. There will be daily quizzes, short weekly papers, and one longer paper. Regular and prompt attendance is requi

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umb.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 287-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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