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Exploring Jane Austen and Taylor Swift through their writing as teenagers

In the first-year seminar Juvenilia, taught by English faculty Melissa Jensen, students focus on early writings by now-famous authors, musicians, and artists. 
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English faculty Melissa Jensen created and taught a new course in the fall semester, Juvenilia, about the writings of now-famous authors, artists, and musicians when they were teenagers, including Jane Austen and Taylor Swift. Jensen taught from several books, which she routinely marks with notes on colorful paper.

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