Current Courses

Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding 20 (formerly Literature and Arts A-22). Poems, Poets, Poetry

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Spring

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2013

Catalog Number: 5808
Helen Vendler (University Professor; English)
Half course (spring term). M., W., (F.), at 1, and a weekly section to be arranged. EXAM GROUP: 6

*English 90jk. The Poetry of John Keats: Seminar - (New Course)

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Spring

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2013

Catalog Number: 47859 Enrollment: Limited to 15.
Helen Vendler
Half course (spring term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
A study of most of the poetry, focusing on influences, genre-changes, poetics, and the Keatsian lexicon.

*English 249. The Poetry and Prose of Robert Lowell: Graduate Seminar - (New Course)

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Fall

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2012

Catalog Number: 23055
Helen Vendler
Half course (fall term). Tu., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 15, 16
A study of the lyric poetry and some prose by Robert Lowell, emphasizing intellectual, thematic, and generic change.

*English 52. Poets: Personal and Impersonal Lyric: Shakespeare, Herbert, Blake, Keats - (New Course)

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Fall

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2012

Catalog Number: 54851 Enrollment: Limited to 27. This course does not fulfill the Shakespeare requirement.
Helen Vendler
Half course (fall term). W., 1–3. EXAM GROUP: 6, 7
A study of several poets’ uses of the personal and impersonal lyric genres.

Helen Vendler

Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor

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