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Edgar Allan Poe School of English.

English B1: American Poetry and Prose: English A1 or A2 or A3
prerequisite.—1. American essays and orations. 2. American poetry, with
a study of verse forms. 3. American prose narratives, with emphasis on
the short story.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Associate Professor
Johnson.

English B2: The English Comic Tradition: English A1 or A2 or A3
prerequisite.—1. Chaucer and mediaeval humor: The Canterbury Tales and
other literature from the middle ages. 2. Shakespeare's Comedies. 3.
Certain Restoration and eighteenth-century comedies and novels. Lectures,
collateral reading, and the study of the texts. In the literature of the
mediaeval period some works will be read in the original and some in translation.—
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Associate Professor Hench.

English B3: Composition: English A1 or A2 or A3 prerequisite.—1.
Current usage in composition: a study of thought expression and the correct
use of English, with reading in current prose and frequent written exercises.
2. Exposition and narration: a continuation of the course in
general composition, with emphasis on the writing of clear reports and
narratives. 3. Special kinds of writing; application of the principles studied
thus far to more specialized writing; descriptive narratives, reviews, and
the special article.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Associate Professor
Hench and Mr. Davis.

English C1: The Novel: Any two courses in the Schools of English
Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. The English novel of the nineteenth
century. 2. The American novel. 3. The contemporary novel. Professor
Wilson and Professor Metcalf.

English C2: Old English and Middle English: Any two B courses in
the Schools of English Language and Literature prerequisite.—1. Old English
prose. 2. Old English poetry: Beowulf. 3. Middle English prose and poetry.
Associate Professor Hench.

English D1.—Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Hours by appointment. Professor Wilson. (Omitted in 1924-'5.)

English D2.—Shakespeare and his Times. Hours by appointment. Professor
Wilson.

English D3.—(1) Old English: The Cynewulf poems. (2) Early English
metrical romances. Hours by appointment. Professor Wilson. (Given
upon application of four or more graduate students.)