Rise of the American Novel

3 credits · Undergraduate

Early foundations of the American novel through the post-Civil War period. How authors like Lydia Maria Child and Charles Brockden Brown invented genres such as American Gothic and Historical Romance and addressed crises like Indian Removal and slavery. Novels that shaped America's collective imagination and envisioned alternative histories and futures. [3] (AXLE: HCA) (CORE A, C) (LE HFA)