English 240 - American Literature I
Fall
2018
01
4.00
Christopher Benfey
TTH 11:30AM-12:45PM
Mount Holyoke College
104606
Clapp Laboratory 225
cbenfey@mtholyoke.edu
A survey of American literature from the;literature of exploration to the Civil War, with;special attention to the formation of an American;literary tradition, along with the political,;social, and religious contexts that helped shape;the imaginative responses of American writers to;their culture.
Course limited to sophomores, juniors and seniors
meets English department 1700-1900 requirement