The Triangle Fire

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This course examines the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of March 1911. Students study representations of the fire in the context of early twentieth-century social history, investigating how the memory and significance of the fire reverberated nationally and internationally in literature, art, politics, and culture for over a century. Fulfills the Capstone Seminar requirement for Gen Ed. (Previously NJCU Course ENGL-319)