ENGH 454: Topics in Poetry

ENGH 454-001: Reading Modern Poetry
(Fall 2019)

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR

West Building 1007

Section Information for Fall 2019

Scared of poetry? Really scared of 20th-century verse? This course is designed to help you overcome this terror (and others like it). Both an introduction to poetry and a deep dive into 20th-century American poetry, this course will investigate what poems do, how they do it and ways of dealing with even the most intractable of texts. 

T.S. Eliot, John Ashbery, Wallace Stevens and Sylvia Plath (to name a few): what could go wrong?

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Study of selected topics, periods, or poets. Notes: May be repeated when topic is different with permission of department. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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