English 333 - SEM:MAJOR BRIT OR AMER WRITER
Spring
2016
02
4.00
Michael Gorra
T 03:00-04:50
Smith College
41428-S16
SEELYE 310
mgorra@smith.edu
"It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe." So Henry James wrote in 1872, and for the rest of his life he would explore that complexity and that superstition alike. A reading of his stories, criticism and travel writing, along with three major novels: The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians and The Ambassadors.
Topic: Henry James. Instructor permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores