Studies in Literary Symbolism

English 496a, Section 2

Close study of symbolic structures, myths, and images in selected poems such as Donne's Anniversaries, Blake's Mental Traveler, Baudelaire's Invitation to the Voyage, and Eliot's Waste Land. Each student will lead a seminar discussion, write two short essays, and complete a research project related in some way to the symbolism and poetry studied in the course.

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Charles Baudelaire