ENGL 55553 American Novel I
The American novel from its beginnings to 1890. Topics examined include the Gothic and sentimental novelists (Brown, Rowson), the early national novel (Cooper), the Romantics (Hawthorne, Melville), Realism and the Realists (Twain, James, Howells), and the early Naturalists (Norris). Student cannot receive credit for ENGL 55553 and ENGL 70503.