ENGL 437 - Seminar: Ars Poetica: Poetry, Art, Thought

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 4 HU, WR

What are poems for? What good do they serve? How do poets describe, explain, or justify their art? The questions will guide us in a broader inquiry into poetry and its place among other arts. Poets will include Horace, Shakespeare, Pope, Wordsworth, Dickinson, Stevens, Bishop, Ashbery, Graham. Critics will include Lu Chi, Plato, Coleridge, Jakobson, Vendler, Bloom, Grossman. 1700-1900 OR Post-1900 (not both). Consent of instructor required. Enrollment limit: 12.
Instructor: D. Harrison
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: For complete prerequisites, please refer to the English Program section titled “Senior Tutorials and Seminars.”