Course Guide ~ LIT 260 / Human Identity and the Natural World

Detail from Cranch, Christopher Pearse, 1813-1892. Illustrations of the New Philosophy : drawings, [ca.1837-1839] (MS Am 1506). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:11324577$4i

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Scholarly assessments of authors or their works

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Quick facts or background information on topics related to the natural world

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Works about geographic locations and their inhabitants

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