Materials . . .

American Women Poets, Fall 2005

In this twice-listed graduate/undergraduate seminar, most classes featured one or two students leading discussion by reading or otherwise presenting one of their many "perspicuity papers." We placed two desks, at the front of the room, with myself at one and the student or two at the other. The desks faced tablet chairs arranged in a circle. This seating arrangement, with students informally presenting short papers daily, helped generate a lot of good, easy class discussion.

American Literature 1, Fall 2005

Less Franklin, more Hawthorne in this one. Blithedale, which I admired in the Poe and Hawthorne seminar, works well in the survey.

Classic and Contemporary Literature, Fall 2005

This is a 200-level general education course.

American Literature 1, Summer 2005

Here is a one-month version of the American Literature survey.

Poe and Hawthorne, Spring 2005

This graduate seminar ran in the Spring of 2005.

American Poetry to 1900, Spring 2005

This is a graduate/undergraduate seminar & the Spring 2005 version from me.

American Literature 1, Spring 2005

This syllabus I used in the Spring of 2005. It also features a lot of Benjamin Franklin.

Whitman and Dickinson, Fall 2004

Here is a graduate seminar that ran in the Fall of 2004.

American Literature 1, Fall 2004

More syllabi for sections of this survey can be found through my old site. This section includes much Franklin; earlier sections featured Whitman.

Politics in American Literature, Fall 2004

I've taught this in the fall every even-numbered year since 2000. Here is the Fall 2004 edition. It will run again in the Fall of 2006; I am still working on the reading list and book order for the forthcoming section.