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These writers infused their writing with “fancy, imagination, emotion, nature, individuality and exotica” (The American Experience). Transcendentalism and anti-transcendentalism are hallmarks of this era as many of these writers explored man’s relationship to nature and his desire to reach a higher consciousness outside traditional theology. |
In this period, all junior English classes will explore one or more literary works by Edgar Allan Poe. |
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Short Story: "The Fall of the House of Usher" -p. 312
Poem: "The Raven" -p. 330
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We may also explore one or more of the following literary works available as a hardcopy text: |
The Scarlet Letter
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne - from Gonzaga University, this is the ultimate Hawthorne site. Links include e-texts of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter as well as other works.
The Scarlet Letter - the complete e-text of Hawthorne's novel from Bartleby.com.
The House of the Seven Gables - take a virtual tour of Hawthorne's birthplace.
Colonial House - Learn about life in 17th century New England with this great PBS site. |
Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Short Story: "The Minister’s Black Veil" -p. 340 |
Moby-Dick
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Herman Melville
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E-Text of Moby-Dick - Forget your copy of the novel? Never fear! Click here and access the full text.
Literary Map of Moby-Dick - Can't wait to see how the novel turns out? Check out this neat artifact from the Library of Congress.
How to Read Herman Melville's Moby-Dick - the best resource I've ever encountered for first time readers of this American classic.
IMDB - Moby-Dick - check out Star Trek's Captain Picard as Ahab in stills from the film version we'll watch in class.
The New Bedford Whaling Museum - discover the true meaning of "Thar she blows!" and anything else you ever wanted to know about whaling but Melville was afraid to tell you.
- Overview of American Whaling - from the New Bedford Whaling Museum, a great resource which will help you identify a right whale from a sperm whale and know your bow from your aft. Anyone up for a gam?
- The Lagoda- from the New Bedford Whaling Museum, take a look at the "largest ship model" in existence and get a sense of what a whaler looked like in Melville's time.
- Scrimshaw - from the New Bedford Whaling Museum, take a look at this art form fashioned from a whale's tooth.
Whale Songs - this great site offers lots of information on whales form a scientists perspective.
Listen to Moby - Cetacean Research offers this great site which will let you listen to various whale songs.
Sperm Whales: Deep Divers of the Ocean - this site from the Oceanic Research Group offers lots of neat information and pictures.
The Life and Works of Herman Melville - a valuable resource for the study of Melville. - a valuable resource for the study of Melville.
Original Book Review for Moby-Dick - discover what the original critics had to say about Moby-Dick.
The Bible Gateway - an essential tool to help you explore the many references to biblical events and passages.
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World- interesting resource from PBS.
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Excerpt from Novel: Moby Dick -p. 358
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Moby Dick - it's a whale of a download (tee- hee-hee) but you've got to give "props" to the readers who took this one on. Listen along and download the e-text.
Herman Melville at Librivox- this link will lead you to some poems and short stories all by Melville and available as MP3 files at Librivox.
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Walden
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Henry David Thoreau:
Walking
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Henry David Thoreau
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Excerpt from Nonfiction: Walden -p. 406
Excerpt from Essay: "Civil Disobedience" -p. 416
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We will also explore some of these authors and their works. |
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Louisa May Alcott- learn about the author of Little Women and the Alcott family from the Louisa May Alcott Memorial Association. |
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Poem: "Thanatopsis" -p. 277
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Emily Dickinson - biographical information and e-text of some of her most famous poems from the Academy of American Poets.
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Poem: "Because I could not stop for Death" -p. 426
Poem: "I heard a Fly buzz - when I died" -p. 428
Poem: "There’s a certain slant of light" -p. 430
Poem: "My life closed twice before its close" -p. 430
Poem: "The Soul selects her own Society" -p. 431
Poem: "The Brain – is wider than the Sky" -p. 432
Poem: "There is a solitude of space " -p. 433
Poem: "Water, is taught by thirst" -p. 434
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Excerpt from Essay: “Nature” –p. 390
Excerpt from Essay: "Self-Reliance" -p. 393
Poem: "Concord Hymn" -p. 395
Poem: "The Snowstorm" -p. 396
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"Concord Hymn" - you'll have to scroll down a bit but it's here for you to listen to along with a link to the e-text.
Ralph Waldo Emerson at Librivox- this link will lead you to all the Ralph Waldo Emerson works available as MP3 files at Librivox.
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Margaret Fuller - was America's "first true feminist" and a colleague of Emerson, Thoreau and Alcotts. This site from PBS, this will give you a sense of who Fuller was and a brief look at selections of her work. |
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Poem: "Old Ironsides" -p. 280 |
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Short Story: "The Devil and Tom Walker" -p. 258
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Poem: "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" -p. 275 |
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Excerpt from Nonfiction: "Preface to the 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass" -p. 440
Excerpt from Poem: "Song of Myself" -p. 442
Poem: "When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer" -p. 446
Poem: "By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame” -p. 447
Poem: "I Hear America Singing" -p. 448
Poem: "A Noiseless Patient Spider" -p. 450 |
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Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience - Selected Textbook Resources
Excerpt from Poem: "Snowbound" -p. 282 |
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.
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