Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 21L.704 (Fall 2002) 
• Course Title:
• Studies in Poetry: "Does Poetry Matter" 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Literature 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. John Hildebidle
   
• Course Introduction:
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  21L.704 Studies in Poetry: "Does Poetry Matter"
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2002

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course includes guidelines to assist students in completion of course assignments, which are located in the study materials section of this site.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  The landscape we will explore is the troublesome one of the relevance, impact, and importance of poetry in a troubled modern world. We will read both poetry and prose by several substantial modern writers, each of whom confronted the question that is the subject's title.

  
  

  *Some translations represent previous versions of courses.