Category Archives: 19th c. American Literature
Week 1: Thomas Cole and the sublime
THE passion caused by the great and sublime in nature is astonishment, and astonishment is that state of the soul in which all its motions are suspended, with some degree of horror. The mind is so entirely filled with its … Continue reading
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A Return to Sympathy in the 19th Century.
I’ve taken over 19th Century American Literature this semester for a colleague (Effie), who usually teaches the course. Week 1 was just a general discussion about the time period; students were asked to respond to the prompt, “What do you … Continue reading
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