Listed in: English, as ENGL-301
Formerly listed as: ENGL-49
Kim Townsend (Section 01)
[before 1800] The moral essay is a genre situated somewhere between literature and philosophy, between stories and sermons. “The essay interests itself in the narration of ideas,” one critic writes, “in their unfolding.” The moral essay is not about morals per se but about manners, about the way people live--and die. We will read essays by Montaigne, Bacon, Emerson, and Simone Weil.
Limited to 25 students. Spring semester. Professor Emeritus Townsend.
Section 01
Tu 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM WEBS 217
Th 08:30 AM - 09:50 AM WEBS 217