ENGL 7205 - Studies in American Literature: 1800-1860
3credit hoursSurveys literature associated with the Romantic period in American literary history, from the beginning of the nineteenth century through the 1860’s. Writing across a variety of genres including essays, short stories, poetry, novels, and slave narratives. Authors of this era answered the calls that had been made since the nation was founded for an artistically sophisticated and distinctive national literature.