ENGL5027 · English
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
Fulfills the pre-1900 & seminar requirements Walk the streets of Old Boston in this course that explores familiar and forgotten chapters of literary history. Spend a night at the Federal Street Theatre during the 1790s. Search early Boston magazines for forgotten treasures. Meet the poet buried on Boston Common. Find out why Edgar Allan Poe called members of the Boston literati "Frog-Pondians." And watch the American Renaissance flower. Authors studied will include Judith Sargent Murray, Lydia Maria Child, Charles Sprague, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and PoeBostonians all! Visits to literary sites and explorations of online archival materials will help transport us back in time.Note: Students may not receive credit for this course and ENGL4404: Literary Boston 1790-1860
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~5
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Spring 2024
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