ENGL205G American Literature I

Survey of major American writers from Colonial period to the Civil War, including works from Edwards, Jefferson, Wheatley, Franklin, Douglass, Emerson, Fuller, Thoreau, Poe, Dickinson and Whitman. Emphasis is on texts but with attention to historical, cultural, and intellectual backgrounds. Prereq. - ENGL151. Core: AH, WI, D.