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Studies in Fiction: Rethinking the American Masterpiece

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21L.702
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2007English
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What has been said of Moby-Dick—that it’s the greatest novel no one ever reads—could just as well be said of any number of American “classics” like The Scarlet Letter, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This course reconsiders a small number of nineteenth-century American novels by presenting each in a surprising context.

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