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Shortly after Matheissen's entrance into the Department, a fourth giant was added: Perry G. E. Miller, who made his Harvard debut by aiding Murdock with English 33 and later taking over Matthiesson's course in sectional American literature. Miller has since established himself as perhaps the foremost scholar on colonial literature, and has kept himself yoked to English 33 (or 7) for almost 25 years...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Study of U.S. Literature Comes of Age | 10/18/1957 | See Source »

...strengthened the department and greatly broadened the scope of its offerings. This was done by the continual change in the character of English 170 and 270: one year 170 would become Murdock's novel course; another year it would be Miller's course in American Romanticism; again, it became Matheissen's course in American poetry...

Author: By Richard N. Levy, | Title: Study of U.S. Literature Comes of Age | 10/18/1957 | See Source »

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