ENG 358 - Studies in American Literature before 1900

3 credits
Advanced studies in American literature prior to the First World War. Topics may include the evolution of a distinctive American literature, slave narratives, poetry, and topics such as the emergence of Transcendentalism, westward expansion, and industrialization and increased economic and class tension. Authors may include Bradstreet, Crane, Dickinson, Dreiser, Emerson, Hawthorne, Jacobs, Melville, Poe, Stoddard, Stowe, Twain, and Whitman, depending upon the focus in any given semester.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 151