American Literature I: Beginnings to 1890

Prerequisite(s): WRIT 105 or HONP 100; students in the SEEDS program can take ENGL 110, ENGL 111, ENGL 113, or ENGL 114 in place of WRIT 105. A survey of American literature from the beginnings to 1890, with attention to major and minor writers in their sociohistorical context.