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Eng 150 U. S. Literature And Thought (19th C. American Literatue), Susan Amper
Eng 150 U. S. Literature And Thought (19th C. American Literatue), Susan Amper
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Why do so many women in 19th c. American fiction end up dead? Why are so many men in 19th c. American fiction single or why do they murder their wives to gain that status? Why does no superhero have a wife? The answers to all these questions and more can be found in this class. America, in the 19th c. had a literary Renaissance—a kind of rebirth. Most of the works we are going to study were produced in the short span of 35 years from 1835 to 1850. And not only was there a lot …