18th- and 19th-Century American Literature.

Catalog description

A focused survey of American literature of the 18th- and/or 19th-century, which may include address of topics including American literary nationalisms; activism and abolitionism in the print culture of the early republic; slavery and freedom in early American letters; indigenous rights, removal, and land use; Transcendentalism; American literary romanticism; and American literary realism. Students will read works in literary and historical context.