ENG 3041 Modern Love Poetry
Twentieth-century and contemporary treatments of intimacy in poems from various traditions in English and in translation from other languages. Emphasis is on tenderness, erotic attraction, courtship, "falling in love", addiction, martyrdom, obsession, compulsion, fantasy, loving the self, living with loss and living together. Discussion of problems in communication, education, censorship. In-class readings required. Some strong language. NOTE: this counts as a genre course.