English
Barbara S. Desmond
English
Barbara S. Desmond
M.Philosophy Yale UniversityAll But Dissertation Yale UniversityB.A. Wellesley...
Jane S. Cadwell
English
Jane S. Cadwell
B.A. Williams CollegeM.A.T. Smith CollegeM.Litt. Middlebury...
English
English
English
You’ll gain self-knowledge and learn to communicate with clarity through thought-provoking discussions of poetry, fiction, drama and creative...
Crime Fiction
English
Crime Fiction
This course introduces students to early works in the development of the “detective story” (Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) and the ways in which those early works help establish the foundations for a variety of...
Homer’s Odyssey
English
Homer’s Odyssey
In this interdisciplinary class, taught jointly by members of the Classical Languages Department and the English Department, we will read Homer’s Odyssey in translation and then trace its afterlife from antiquity to the present day. The hero Odysseus is...
American Political Literature
English
American Political Literature
Seniors participating in the spring term Washington Intern Program may elect to enroll in this English seminar which focuses on political literature and American...
Shakespeare in Stratford
English
Shakespeare in Stratford
This course is the centerpiece of the Stratford Program. Students attend performances of the plays produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace. The reading list is designed around the offerings of the...