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Poetry in America: Whitman

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4 weeks
Price
99 USD
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Poetry in America: Whitman

This module, the third installment of the multi-part _Poetry in America _series, focuses on the poetry of Walt Whitman, a quintessentially American writer whose work continues to bear heavily upon the American poetic tradition. We will explore Whitman’s relationship to the City, the Self, and the Body through his life and poetry. Distinguished guests in this module include Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, and Whitman scholar Karen Karbiener.

Led by Harvard Professor Elisa New,Poetry in Americasurveys nearly 400 years of American poetry. Through video lectures, archival images and texts, expeditions to historic sites, interpretive seminars with large and small groups, interviews with poets and scholars, and conversations about poems with distinguished Americans,Poetry in Americaembarks on a journey through the literature of a nation. Distinguished guests, including President Bill Clinton, Elena Kagan, Henry Louis Gates, Eve Ensler, John McCain, Andrea Mitchell, Michael Pollan, Drew Faust, Tony Kushner, and Nas, among others, bring fresh perspectives to the study of American Poetry.

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  • Self-paced Online
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Course delivery details

This course is offered through Harvard University, a partner institute of EdX.

3-5 hours per week

Costs

  • Verified Track -$99
  • Audit Track - Free

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What you'll learn

  • Whitman's formal and thematic innovation and its place within the American poetic tradition
  • How to identify poetic devices
  • Develop strategies for approaching a poem
  • How to make observations, understand structure, situate a text in history, and learn to enjoy language

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