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ENGL405: The American Renaissance
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Unit 1: The American Renaissance in Context
Unit 2: Continuity and Change in Poetic Form
Unit 3: The Invention of the Short Story
Unit 4: The Development of the Novel and its Various Forms
Unit 5: Nature and Technology: Creating and Challenging American Identity
Unit 6: The Question of Women's Place in Society
Unit 7: The Slavery Controversy and Abolitionist Literature
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ENGL405: The American Renaissance
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ENGL405: The American Renaissance
Time: 127 hours
Free Certificate
Explore American literature published between the 1830s and 1860s, focusing on the socio-cultural contexts that led to the dramatic outburst of literary creativity in this era.