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HIST330
Nineteenth-Century American Utopias
HIST330 SP
Crosslistings: RELI330, WMST330, AMST333
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Next Offered in 9899 SP
This seminar will examine expressions, both religious and
secular, of the utopian impulse in American culture.
Communitarian experiments launched by Shakers, Mormons,
Transcendentalists, Perfectionists, and feminists will be
studied as manifestations of social and religious turmoil
and will be compared with their literary analogues.
MAJOR READINGS
Lawrence Foster, RELIGION AND SEXUALITY:
THREE AMERICAN COMMUNAL EXPERIMENTS OF THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY
Hawthorne, THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE
Foster, RELIGION AND SEXUALITY
Taylor, EVE AND THE NEW JERUSALEM
Kern, AN ORDERED LOVE: SEX ROLES AND SEXUALITY IN
VICTORIAN UTOPIAS
Hayden, THE GRAND DOMESTIC REVOLUTION
Nordhoff, THE COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED
STATES
Edward Bellamy, LOOKING BACKWARD
Gilman, HERLAND
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
A brief class presentation
and a substantial research paper will be required of each
student. Participation in discussion will be reflected in
the final grade.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
About the Photo:
Reference:
Commager, Henry Steele, ed. in chief. THE AMERICAN
CHARACTER, VOLUME 4: THE TWENTIES. U.S.A.:
Danbury Press, 1976
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