American Poetry: American Elegy
ENG 558
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This course examines the literary, social, political, and cultural importance of American mourning poetry. Covering mainly the antebellum period to the present, we explore the expanding role and enduring power of elegy as it evolves across a range of subgenres. Likely topics include deathbed elegies, child elegies, slave elegies, war elegies, lynch elegies, family elegies, eco-elegies, and anti-elegies.
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Section S01
- Type: Seminar
- Section: S01
- Status: O
- Enrollment: 8
- Capacity: 12
- Class Number: 21769
- Schedule: W 09:00 AM-11:50 AM - McCosh Hall 26