Joseph Auciello, English teacher and department head in public and private schools,
Published journalist on literature, education and politics
Four Classes
10:30 – 12:00
March 8, 15, 22, 29
The poetry of this nation matured in the 19th century and grew to one of the glories of modernist literature in the 20th century. Our most famous poets: Frost, Whitman, Dickinson, Eliot, Hughes, to cite a few, are read and loved throughout the world. We will reacquaint ourselves with poems well known and discover new favorites.
* The text for the course is 101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Edition), supplemented by contemporary verse drawn from The Poetry Foundation and available online.