ENG 887 Sem: American Poetry Mid-20th Century
Course Description for ENG 887: American Poetry of the Mid-Twentieth Century This course is an in-depth study of the significant developments in American poetry during the mid-twentieth century, set in political and social milieu and examining the aesthetic experimentation that developed in this milieu. Among poets to be studied are Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, the Beat poets, The Deep Image poets, Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, James Merrill, Gwendolyn Brooks, Amiri Baraka, and Adrienne Rich.