ENGL 114. Early American Media Cultures

This course borrows some of the methods of new media studies to look anew at the multimedia culture of the 18th- and 19th-century United States. We will study newspapers, maps, wampum, photographs, songbooks, advertisements, and counterfeit money, alongside literary texts that thematize this rich media culture.
18th/19th c.
Humanities.
2 credits.
Catalog chapter: English Literature
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/english-literature

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