Seminar students getting an early start on the Fall semester will want the readings from the first of our seven books.
Washington Irving, History, Tales, and Sketches. New York: Library of America, 1983. Includes materials from 1802 to 1819. ISBN 0940450143.
Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle Gent.
Letter II (November 20, 1802), 7-9.
Letter III (December 1, 1802), 10-13.
Letter IX (April 23, 1803), 39-43.
Salmagundi, or, The Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. & Others
from No. III, Feburary 13, 1807: the first Mustapha letter, 77-82.
from No. VII, April 4, 1807: Mustapha on the government, 143-50.
from No. VIII, April 18, 1807: Will Wizard on style, 162-70.
from No. IX, April 25, 1807: Mustapha on parties, 177-83.
from No. X, May 16, 1807: Langstaff's election blues and his letter from Demy Semiquaver, 189-95.
from No. XI, June 2, 1807: Mustapha on an election, 202-09.
from No. XIV, September 19, 1807: Mustapha on how to talk politics, 254-61.
from No. XV, October 1, 1807: Langstaff on greatness, 278-85.
from No. XVI, October 15, 1807: Mustapha on political dinners, 291-98.
from No. XVIII, November 24, 1807: Mustapha on women talking, 320-26.
The Sketch Book
"Rip Van Winkle," 767-85.
I have another list of dozens more passages we might examine or discuss in class, but only the items on the above list are currently scheduled as assigned readings.
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