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American Romanticism

Course #: ENGL 408

Description:
A study of literature as a reflection of social and cultural changes occurring from the 1830s through the 1860s. Attention to both the most famous traditional "romantics" (Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman) and to the important "minority" writers whose works, published in the same period, helped to change the tradition (Fuller, Douglass, Truth, Stowe, Jacobs, and others).

Pre Requisites: Pre-req = ENGL 200 or 201 or 202

Offered in:

2026 Fall

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 10193 TuTh
11:00 - 12:15 pm
Edelstein,Sari Wheatley-Peters W01-0056
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 09/08/2026 - 12/11/2026
Capacity: 24
Enrolled: 16
Status: Closed
Credits: 3/3
Class Notes:
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite: ENGL 200 or 201 or 202
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