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Whitman’s Civil War: Writing and Imaging Loss, Death, and Disaster

Offered By: University of Iowa via NovoEd

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Welcome! On July 18, 2016, the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa will open the new MOOC Whitman's Civil War: Writing and Imaging Loss, Death, and Disaster. This free open online course will embark upon a journey through Walt Whitman's writings on the American Civil War. Through Whitman's lens, we will explore how writing and image can be used to examine war, conflict, trauma, and reconciliation - in Whitman's time and today. Join us!


Taught by

Christopher Merrill and Ed Folsom

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