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Literature history with reading list
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Module 1
Foundations: English Poetic Traditions and Colonial Beginnings
1
Metaphysical Poetry: Donne & Herbert
Analyze the use of metaphysical conceits and devotional themes in the poetry of John Donne and George Herbert.
2
From English Shores: 17th-Century Verse & Colonial American Poetry
Examine the formal characteristics of 17th-century English verse as a foundation for colonial American poetry.
3
Puritan Poetics: Faith, Form, and Function
Analyze the major characteristics of Puritan poetry and its religious-didactic purposes.
4
Bradstreet's Typology and Imagery
Analyze the use of typology and biblical imagery in Anne Bradstreet's poetry.
5
Puritan Theology and Poetic Form in Edward Taylor's Preparatory Meditations
Explain the relationship between Puritan theology and poetic form in Edward Taylor's Preparatory Meditations.
6
Analyzing Wheatley's Neoclassical Verse
Analyze the structure and rhetorical strategies in Phillis Wheatley's neoclassical verse.
7
Colonial American Poetry: Constraints and Comparisons
Compare the formal constraints of colonial American poetry with English Metaphysical and neoclassical models.
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