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Academic Year 2004/2005
American Masculinities Through the Victorian Era
HIST 270 FA
This interdisciplinary course surveys the history of manhood in America from the seventeenth century through the Oscar Wilde trial of 1895. In addition to reading literature and history, students will analyze and
discuss
letters and diaries, as well as some of the most controversial paintings and photographs of the nineteenth century. The course will explore the emergence of male homosexuality as a category of self-identification and
the
history of homo-social relationships more generally, particularly in times of war and in the context of American industrialization.
MAJOR READINGS
Henry Abelove, THE EVANGELIST OF DESIRE
Henry Adams, THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS
Lord Chesterfield, LETTERS TO HIS SON
Bernard DeVoto, ed., THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK
Benjamin Franklin,
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Ned Katz, LOVE
STORIES
Herman Melville, BILLY BUDD
Anthony Rotundo, AMERICAN MANHOOD
Darrel Sewall, et al., THOMAS EAKINS
Annette Tapert, ed., BROTHERS' WAR
Walt Whitman, POETRY AND PROSE
Oscar Wilde, DE
PROFUNDIS
Graham Robb, STRANGERS: HOMOSEXUAL
LOVE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Faithful attendance, two short essays, one in-class presentation, and a longer final paper.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Swinehart,Kirk Davis
- Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC421;
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 35)
- SR. major: 7 Jr. major: 8
- SR. non-major: 5 Jr. non-major: 5 SO: 10 FR: 0
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Speaking
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Last Updated on MAR-21-2005
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