Spring 2011

The Poet's Prose

Listed in: English, as ENGL-92

Faculty

Daniel J. Hall (Section 01)

Description

We’ll be reading the letters, stories, and essays of writers who are much better known for their poetry, beginning with Walt Whitman’s Civil War diaries, Specimen Days.  Other writers will include Hart Crane (letters), Elizabeth Bishop (fiction), and Li-Young Lee and James Merrill (memoirs).  Three class meetings per week.

Spring semester.  Writer-in-Residence Hall.

Offerings

2022-23: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2011