ENGL 40324 - Garden to Ecosystem: Nature Poetry, 1650-2008

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

A study of the changing role of the natural world in the poetic imagination of English and American writers from Andrew Marvell and James Thomson to Denise Levertov and Gary Snyder. Other writers to be studied may include Charlotte Smith, William Wordsworth, John Clare, Emily Dickinson, G.M. Hopkins, Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, Robinson Jeffers, Ted Hughes, Maxine Kumin, Seamus Heaney, Mary Oliver, and Pattiann Rogers. Attention to the history of the idea of nature and ecological awareness as well as to poetic representation and expression.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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