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Skip to contentDepartment of EnglishMenu Close Search Undergraduate ProgramMFA in Creative WritingPhD in English & American LiteratureResearchStudent ResourcesOur PeopleLet your curiosity lead the way:Apply TodayHomeCoursesUpcoming EventsRecent NewsThe SpectacleContact Us Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies in A&S Topics in English and American Literature: ENGLISH LITERATURE 246 Who or what is haunting America? This course takes a tour of U.S. literature from the early nineteenth century to the present led by its many many ghosts. Spirits can confuse and confound the reality of literary texts, but they can also clarify the stakes of the stories we tell. Ghosts are figures for mourning and fear, but they are also the mediums through which American writers have often processed traumatic or unresolved histories. This course will take the ghostly perspective on American literature and history, from the Gothic golden age of Poe and Irving to writers who use apparitions and possessions to think about the legacies of slavery, the violence of Jim Crow, the American wars of the 20th century, the immigrant experience, the vexed visibility of gender and sexuality, and the existential crises of industrialization, climate change, and the ephemeral digital image. Course Attributes: EN H; AS HUM; FA HUM; AR HUM Section 01Topics in English and American Literature: INSTRUCTOR: MaciakM-W---- 11:30 AM | TBA View Course Listing - FL2023 View Course Listing - FL2024 Quick LinksNewsEventsOur PeopleFaculty BookshelfDepartment AwardsResourcesContactAdditional information Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies in A&SCopyright 2024 by:Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. LouisFollow Us Facebook Twitter Contact Us: Department of English [email protected] Visit the main Washington University in St. Louis website1 Brookings Drive / St. Louis, MO 63130 / wustl.edu