ENG 223 Topics:Early Amer Literature

Explores any of a number of Early American literary and cultural contexts, such as religious faith, Native and Euramerican relations, slavery, women's writing, or the American frontier. Selected readings may include translations of Native American oral narratives; colonial writers such as Bradstreet, Taylor, Wheatley, and Franklin; and early nineteenth century writers like Emerson, Thoreau, and Poe. (L04)