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How have people over the centuries construed their relationship to the natural environment? What literary and artistic traditions have shaped Western attitudes to nature, and how have these traditions and attitudes changed over time? "Into the Wild" will explore these questions through a range of textual and visual sources, including works in both verse and prose (e.g. pastoral and Romantic poetry, early exploration accounts, scientific treatises and works of science-fiction, short-stories and novels), paintings, engravings, music, and film. Course work includes visits to JHU’s Special Collections and to the Baltimore Museum of Art. Recommended background: AS.212.333 or AS.212.334 either previously or concurrent