Modern & Contemporary American Poetry

Al Filreis

This course is a fast-paced introduction to modern and contemporary U.S. poetry, from Dickinson and Whitman to the present. Participants (who need no prior experience with poetry) will learn how to read poems that are supposedly "difficult."

Dear FIX, Our live webcast session will begin in approximately 13 hours - starting at 10 AM eastern time. At that time, go here: https://class.coursera.org/modernpoetry/wiki/view?page=livewebcasts You'll see an embedded YouTube player, and you can click on that and watch. Instructions are on that page. If you use Twitter, you can follow us at @ModPoPenn. Julia Bloch will be tweeting and watching the twitter feed for your questions and responses. She and we will also of course be reading questions and comments posted to a special discussion forum, which will be set up on our forums page about an hour before we begin. More on Twitter: during the webcast, please use the hashtag #modpolive . And here is our Twitter link: https://twitter.com/ModPoPenn . If you are joining us at the Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia, try to arrive at least 15 minutes early. You can come as early as 9 AM. If you can't join us, watch a recording later. We will send out a link. - Al