American Poetry, Twentieth Century and Beyond

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Study of poetry written in the twentieth century and after by a diverse set of American poets. This course will examine major developments in form and technique by poets influenced by transformative movements such as Imagism, Modernism, the Objectivists, Black Mountain poetics, New York School and subsequent developments. The course will situate poetry in key contexts, whether literary or cultural. Representative poets: T.S. Eliot, Kahlil Gibran, H.D., Langston Hughes, Frank O'Hara, C.D. Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, Yusef Komunyakaa, Agha Shahid Ali.