NOTE: Unfortunately, I just realized that I never published this page. So I am updating it a bit before publishing it… I had the privilege of giving an open lecture series on the Renaissances of American Literature at Belarusian State University during the last of October and part of November. Some people here in Belarus know little about American culture, and others surprise me with how much they know. Included in this series are the following topics and Belarusian responses. (All dates are approximate, of course, and many of these movements had “second waves.” I invite any reader to fight with me about this!) AMERICAN RENAISSANCE (IN LITERATURE), 1830-1860 Of the “Big Five,” (the dead white men F.O. Mattheissen enshrined … Continued