English
ENGL 348 Early Modern English Poetry (4)
This course introduces students to English poetry written in the 16th and 17th centuries. Exploration of this literary period and genre will attend to topics like the development of the sonnet cycle in English; the growth of English courtier culture and the rise of poetry as a profession; the role of women poets in responding to and complicating a traditionally male-dominated poetic canon; poetry as an expression of religious devotion and in ecclesiastical politics; the employment of poetry to negotiate private, erotic desire and public, political authority.
- General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Arts & Humanities
- Prerequisite: ENGL 101W or AES 150 or ANTH 356 or ARTH 362 or CINE 110 or CLAS 171 or FREN 340 or GERM 340 or JAPN 314W or JAPN 340 or MUSC 212 or MUSC 281 or PHIL 370W or REL 113 or RUSS 242W or RUSS 245W or RUSS 250W or RUSS 320W or RUSS 325 or SPAN 340 or THTR 213 or THTR 219 or THTR 318W or WGS 134 or WGS 245
- Offering: Occasionally
- Instructor: Staff