ENG 493S WHITMAN, DICKINSON, & AFTER

A deep exploration of the works of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, and their literary afterlives. Students will read both poets' oeuvres in relation to their lives and times, with particular attention to the contexts of gender, sexuality, science, the nonhuman environment, and the Civil War. Students will also consider their literary legacies by reading such writers as Allen Ginsberg, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, Marilynne Robinson, and Susan Howe.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as AMS 420/ES 420/GWS 423.

Registration Restrictions

Open to juniors and seniors.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 16 students.

Attributes

MOIB, MOIE, W