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Politics in American Literature, Fall 2006, book order

This upper-level seminar studies works of creative literature with political themes. The readings will be works of fiction mainly.

American Literature 1, Fall 2006, book order

Here are the books for my section of the American literature survey.

Fiction Appreciation, Fall 2006, book order

This will be a 200-level course, a literature elective for non-majors.

American Literature 1: All the words

Here are all the words for American Literature 1.

Early American Literature, Spring 2006

This spring, I teach a graduate-level seminar in American Litearture to 1800.

Thoreau, Emerson, and Their Circle, Spring 2006

This seminar is listed with a graduate as well as an undergraduate number. I've defined "their circle" in different ways over the years. This time, we study mentors and friends such as  Sampson Reed, W.E. Channing, Margaret Fuller, and Bronson Alcott.

American Literature 1, Spring 2006

Here's the syllabus for my Spring 2006 section of American Literature 1.