Literature is often pushed on allegedly reluctant men as a machine for empathy. I read it for a different reason.

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

This course provides a general introduction to American literature, where the main focus is on the nineteenth and the twentieth century. Primary attention will be given to how literary texts are ...

Attention will also be paid to the ways in which literary texts relate to various readers, developments in literary history, and the history of ideas. Learning outcome. After completing this course, ...