Catalog, 1958-1959 - Hoover Library

Western Maryland College 1957
307. INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL BACKCROUNDS OF AMERICAN
LITERATURE.
A wrvey of American culture from colonial times to the
present, with particular emphasis the relationships among social
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conditions, intellectual history, and literature.
Three periods a week. Credit, three semester hours.
Alternates with English 301. Offered in 1958.1959.
31 1. MASTERS IN LITERATURE.
study of one major figure A in English or American literature.
A different subject is selected each year; in 1958'1959, the
subject wi!! be Eugene O'Neill.
Three periods a week. Credit, three semester hours.
312. THE ACE OF CHAUCER.
Selections from the great British mediaeval literature, with
particular emphasis on the work.of Chaucer.
Three PFTWds ioeck, Credn,. three semester 1/ hours.
Offered in 1958'1959 and in alternate years.
!J21. MILTON AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
Main currents of seventeenrh-cemurv literature, with particular
emphasis Milton's poctry and prose.
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Three periods a week. Credit, three semester hours.
Alternates with English 323. Not offered in 1958'1959-
::\22. EICHTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE.
Poetry and prose of the eighteenth century, with emphasis
the Neoclassic writers and the forerunners the Romantic
upon of
Movement.
Three periods a week, Credit, three semester hours.
Alternates with English 324.. Not offered in 1958-1959.
323. ROMANTIC LITERATURE.
Major writers in British verse and prose from 1798 to 1832.
Three periods a week. Credit, three semester hours.
Alternates with English 31!1. Offered in 1958.1959.
324. VICTORIAN LITERATURE.
probre~~r~t~l~e P;~;:s ~~:~~e~efi1V~2 t~~t~j~~~~phies and social
Three periods a week. Credit. three semester hours.
Alternates with English 322. Offered in 1958-1959.
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