Metaphysical Poetry: The Seventeenth-Century Lyric and Beyond
ENGLISH 90QM
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Description
In an age of scientific and political revolution, how do poets respond when common beliefs about God, humans, cosmic and social order, consciousness, and gender have been taken away? Modern poetry starts in the seventeenth century when poets, notably women poets, sought new grounds for poetic expression.
Class Notes
This course satisfies the “Pre-1700 Guided Elective" requirement for English concentrators and Secondary Field students.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
English
Course Component
Seminar
General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Arts and Humanities
Course Level
Primarily for Undergraduate Students
