English 460-011
Writers in American Literature, 1500-1900: Edgar Allan Poe
Instr: Bullock, Marcus
Office: CRT 589; 229-6993
e-mail: bullock@uwm.edu
Office hours: TBA and by appointment
Course Information: TWR; 2:00-4:13pm; MIT B14 (5/30-7/8)
Course Description
Edgar Allan Poe's short stories have long been enjoyed as the most fascinating and engrossing fiction in the American tradition. He has also been admired for having invented some of the most important genres in modern literature, such as the detective story and the science fiction tale. Yet for many generations his work was more influential in Europe than in the United States, and many features of his writing have exasperated some of the most prominent American literary scholars and critics in the 20th century. All this together makes him an extremely important figure to understand as well as a most rewarding author to read.
This course will concentrate on Poe's tales, but we shall also look at some of his essays and poems. Students will write three short papers.
