The reader and the reader’s response to a text is the focus of this time period. Writers began to experiment with form and structure in order to evoke a particular response from readers.

Click here to download a short research activity which also offers you an opportunity to pass course competency # 2.

In this period, all junior English classes will explore one or more literary works by Ernest Hemingway.

 A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

In Our Time

by Ernest Hemingway

Links

The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park - a "Hemingway Around the Web" site with valuable links for research.

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure - a neat site from PBS, this resource will help you draw connections between the author's work and his life.

Why Hemingway Still Matters to Cubans - a an interesting article from CNN which might provide an interesting "text to text" connection for The Old Man and the Sea. 

"The Dangerous Spring: Ernest Hemingway's Spring"- an interesting article from the Washington Post. 

Nobel e-Museum: Ernest Hemingway - visit the official website of the Nobel Foundation and read Hemingway's biography, his Nobel prize acceptance speech and more. 

The Great War - a fantastic site from PBS. This site offers insight on this war and the impact this war had on the last century and this new century. This will help you approach Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms and understand the many text to world connections.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Short Story: "In Another Country" -p. 809

Audio Book/MP3 

  Sadly, Hemingway's novels aren't available for free. Click here to download the MP3 for a fee.

We may also explore one or more of the following literary works available as a hardcopy text:

The Great Gatsby

by

F. Scott Fitzgerald

:

 Links 

The F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Home Page - a very useful site from the University of South Carolina.

American Masters: F. Scott Fitzgerald - a great site from PBS all about Fitzgerald.

The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society - click here and link to all sorts of e-texts of Fitzgerald's works and more.

Jazz - the PBS companion site to the film Jazz by Ken Burns. Click here and learn all about the music Gatsby played at his parties.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Short Story: "Winter Dreams" -p. 742 

Audio Book/MP3 

 F. Scott Fitzgerald at Librivox- follow this link to download  MP3 files of Fitzgerald's works.

Sadly, The Great Gatsby isn't available for free. Click here to download the MP3 of The Great Gatsby for a fee.

  The Grapes of Wrath

by

John Steinbeck

Cannery Row

by

John Steinbeck

 Links 

  John Steinbeck: The California Novels- The Grapes of Wrath  & John Steinbeck: The California Novels - Cannery Row-  one of my favorite (and most frequently visited) sites from a former professor of Western Washington University. The links are extensive, comprehensive and 99% accurate- a must see if you're reading or researching Steinbeck.

Nobel e-Museum: John Steinbeck - visit the official website of the Nobel Foundation and read Steinbeck's biography, his Nobel prize acceptance speech and more.

The National Steinbeck Center - visit this site guaranteed to make you want to jump the next plane to California.

 The Cannery Row Foundation- take a look at Cannery Row's past and present.

Ed Ricketts and the 'Dream' of Cannery Row: The Legacy of Steinbeck's 'Doc' Endures in Monterey- interesting article from NPR (National Public Radio)

The Dust Bowl - learn what the dust bowl really looked like at this site from the Wind Erosion Multimedia Archive of Kansas State University.

 The Bible Gateway - an essential tool to help you explore the many references to biblical events and passages.

 Surviving the Dustbowl- great multi-media resource from PBS.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Excerpt from Novel: "The Turtle” (Chapter 3 of The Grapes of Wrath) -p. 766

Audio Book/MP3 

  Sadly, The Grapes of Wrath isn't available for free. Click here to download an MP3 of the ADAPTED VERSION  of The Grapes of Wrath for a fee. (CAUTION: Many pages and even chapters that we will focus on have been skipped.  Hopefully, there will be an unabridged MP3 version someday soon.)

We will also explore some of these authors and their works:

Sherwood Anderson

 Links  

  Sherwood Anderson, A Brief Biography- from The Sherwood Anderson Foundation

Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life- links to the full e-text from Bartleby.com

Perspectives in American Literature: Sherwood Anderson- a great research source from California State University

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Short Story: "The Corn Planting" -p. 815

W.H. Auden

 Links 

  W.H. Auden- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

 .Poem: "The Unknown Citizen" -p. 777

e.e. cummings

 Links 

  e.e. cummings- a page from the Academy of American Poets with biographical information and e-texts.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Poem: "old age sticks" -p. 774

Poem: "anyone lived in a pretty how town" -p. 775

H.D.

 Links  

  H.D.- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of her works

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Poem: "Pear Tree" -p. 735

Poem: "Heat" -p. 736 

T.S. Eliot

 Links   

 Modern American Poetry: T.S. Eliot - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism

T.S. Eliot-  from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Poem: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" -p. 716

William Faulkner

 Links  

William Faulkner, Biography- from the Nobel Foundation

Mississippi Writers Page: William Faulkner -from the English Department of the University of Mississippi, an extensive biography and more.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Short Story: "A Rose for Emily" -p. 862

Speech: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech  -p. 875

Robert Frost

 Links  

Robert Frost- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works

Modern American Poetry: Robert Frost - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism

Perspectives in American Literature: Robert Frost- a great research source from California State University

Robert Frost Farm: Derry, NH - Never been there? Here's a virtual look at what's just 20 minutes away from LHS.

Robert Frost: Online Resources - comprehensive, multi-media resources from the Library of Congress.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Poem: "Birches" -p. 882

Poem: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" -p. 885

Poem: "Mending Wall" -p. 886

Poem: "Out, Out" -p. 888

Poem: "The Gift Outright" -p. 890

Poem: "Acquainted With the Night" -p. 892

Archibald MacLeish

 Links  

Archibald MacLeish- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Poem: "Ars Poetica" -p. 796

Edgar Lee Masters

 Links  

Modern American Poetry: Edgar Lee Masters - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Poem: "Lucinda Matlock" -p. 663

Poem: "Richard Bone" -p. 664

Marianne Moore

 Links  

Marianne Moore- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of her works

Modern American Poetry: Marianne Moore- from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Poem: "Poetry" -p. 798

Ogden Nash

 Links  

Ogden Nash Online - selected works and lots of links.

Katherine Anne Porter

 Links  

American Masters: Katherine Anne Porter-  interesting information from PBS

Perspectives in American Literature: Katherine Anne Porter-  a great research source from California State University.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Short Story: "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” -p. 848

Edwin Arlington Robinson

 Links  

Modern American Poetry: Edward Arlington Robinson - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Poem: "Luke Havergal" -p. 660

Poem: "Richard Cory" -p. 662

Wallace Stevens

 Links 

Wallace Stevens- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works.

Modern American Poetry: Wallace Stevens - from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Poem: "Of Modern Poetry" -p. 794

Poem: "Anecdote of the Jar" -p. 795

James Thurber

 Links  

The Thurber House: A Literary Center for Writers and Readers- an interesting site offering lots of information on Thurber.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Essay: "The Night the Ghost Got In" -p. 898

Eudora Welty

 Links  

Mississippi Writers Page: Eudora Welty -from the English Department of the University of Mississippi, an extensive biography and more

The Eudora Welty Foundation

Perspectives in American Literature: Eudora Welty-  a great research source from California State University.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Short Story: "A Worn Path" -p. 820

William Carlos Williams

 Links  

William Carlos Williams- from the Academy of American poets, biographical information and links to some of his works.

Modern American Poetry: William Carlos Williams- from the Department of English at the University of Illinois, this site offers biographical information as well as links to selected works and analysis/criticism.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Poem: "The Red Wheelbarrow" -p. 733

Poem: "The Great Figure" -p. 733

Poem: "This is Just to Say" -p. 734

Thomas Wolfe

 Links  

The Thomas Wolfe Web Site- from the University of North Carolina, lots of great information on Wolfe

Thomas Wolfe Memorial

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Short Story: "The Far and the Near" -p. 784

E.B. White

 Links  

New York Times Books: Life & Times- E.B. White- an extensive resource with many great links.

Meet the Author: E.B. White- a resource from Houghton Mifflin.

E.B. White: Biography- a resource from Scholastic.

Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources

Excerpt from Essay: "Here is New York" -p. 903

Overall "Text to World" & "Text to Text" Connections for this Literary Period

American Masters: The American Novel Literary Timeline- a great site from PBS, this link offers lots of information on the various movements, periods, novels and authors of American literature.

American Memory Timeline - from the Learning Page at The Library of Congress, this link will help you connect American history to American literature.

Works Cited

 “1920s-Mid-1930s Harlem Renaissance.”   American Masters: The American Novel. 2007. Public Broadcasting Network. 20 June 2007 <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/ timeline/ harlemrenaissance.html >.

The American Experience. New Jersey.  Prentice Hall Literature, 1991.