| Call Number | 01097 |
|---|---|
| Day, Time & Location | View Class Schedule & Location in Vergil |
| Points | 4 |
| Grading Mode | Standard |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | James G Basker |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Course Description | Drawing on poems, plays, slave narratives, fiction and other genres, by both famous and non-canonical writers from 1660 to 1865, this seminar explores the ways that writers helped end slavery. Authors include Behn, Defoe, Johnson, Wheatley, Haynes, Equiano, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Longfellow, Alcott, Stowe, Douglass, William Wells Brown, and Harriet Jacobs, among others. Details about specific readings will be handed out in class each week. The average reading load per week will be about 50 pages, with no week surpassing 100 pages. |
| Department | English @Barnard |
| Enrollment | 0 students (16 max) as of 9:07PM Thursday, October 29, 2026 |
| Subject | English |
| Number | BC3905 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Barnard College |
| Section key | 20271ENGL3905X001 |