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Fictions and Frauds: Literature and the Historical Imagination

Spring 2010 ENGL 0600K S01

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Instructor: Philip Gould

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Course Description

What happened at the Salem witchcraft trials? How and why did the American Revolution begin? Why were slave narratives so easily forged? This course looks at the role American fiction and historical writing have played in telling the "truth" about the nation's past. Students should register for ENGL 0600K S01 and may be assigned to conference sections by the instructor during the first week of class.