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Intimacy Matters: The Reform Aesthetic in Victorian America AMST 326 Fall 2014 not offered This seminar examines the ways in which popular literature mapped the terrain of social reform in 19th-century America and explores the relationship between narratives grounded in a sentimental aesthetic (one frequently gendered feminine and often produced by women) and the transformation of the radical politics of the antebellum era into the genteel reforms of late Victorianism. Efforts by novelists to reshape popular attitudes and influence public policy toward disadvantaged groups will be juxtaposed to an analysis of the cultural empowerment that the production of such narratives conferred upon both writers and readers. Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS AMST Course Format: Seminar Grading Mode: Graded Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None Fulfills a Major Requirement for: (AMST)(FGSS) Drop/Add Enrollment Requests Total Submitted Requests: 0 1st Ranked: 0 2nd Ranked: 0 3rd Ranked: 0 4th Ranked: 0 Unranked: 0

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