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A Literary Tour of the United States

Summary

Begin the course by considering core themes of American life that figure in the nation's literature, exploring the theme of travel and the road trip as seen in works by early American writers as well as later writings by Jack Kerouac, Vladimir Nabokov, Cormac McCarthy, and others. Grasp how notions of self-discovery and self-reinvention have characterized the American imagination.

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