On this blog I will list some (not all) notes for our class about 19th and 20th century American poetry. You will also find links to many of the poems we discuss in class, as well as links to other relevant and/or interesting sites. Make sure that you visit this site on a weekly basis. If you have questions, be sure to email me. My email is provided on your lecture plan.
In this class we will basically enjoy a cursory overview of modern American poetry, starting with the Romantics and working our up through the 20th century. We will touch on fifteen of America’s great poets and look at some of the great themes of the previous two centuries, like Romanticism, Imagism, Modernism, and Race and Gender Issues.
This class will also review the poetic devices and facilitate you to discuss and respond in academic writing to poems and literary topics.
I hope you enjoy this journey with me through some of the greatest modern English poetry.
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