English 142 - Winter, 2016

Early American Literature

Class Information

Instructor: Wallis, Bryan
CRN: 43593
Time: MWF 2:10-3:00
Location: 113 Hoagland

Description

This course will be a survey of American literature of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Specific topics will include Puritan literature, the captivity narrative, and the gothic.

Texts

Norton Anthology of American Literature 8th ed. Vol. A
Wieland, Charles Brockden Brown
Charlotte Temple, Susanna Rowson
Hope Leslie: or, Early Times in the Massachusetts, Catharine Maria Sedgwick