English 245 - Modern American Poetry

'A study of major figures and trends in American poetry from the early 1900s through the 1960s. Topics include tradition vs. experiment in poetic style; regionalism vs. cosmopolitanism; responses to the decline of faith and to social and political changes and controversies. Poets include Frost, Eliot, Moore, Stevens, Williams, Lowell, Bishop, and others.'

Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors