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American Literature 1, Summer 2009

Here is the syllabus.

The value of frequent classroom low-stakes quizzes

Quizzes work for me, so I enjoy reading about scholarship that concludes they are a good idea. All students might benefit from David Glenn's May 1, 2009 article, "Close the Book. Recall. Write it down," for the Chronicle of Higher Education.

American Literature 1, Spring 2009

Here is the syllabus.

American Literature 1: The books

This is all you need for my section of American Literature 1 in Spring 2009:

Nina Baym, general editor. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Seventh edition. Package 1: Volumes A & B. Norton, 2007. ISBN13 978-0393929930. Note: Earlier editions will not work for you. Make sure you get the seventh edition.

Emily Dickinson's love life

For Slate, Christopher Benfrey summarizes biographical scholarship by Carol Damon Andrews, Brenda Wineapple, Genevieve Taggard, and George F. Whicher on Dickinson's early love, George Gould.

American Literature 1, Fall 2008

Here is the syllabus.

American Literature 1, Fall 2008, All the words

Here are all the beautiful words.

American Literature 1, Fall 2008, All the dates

Here are all the dates you need to know.

American Literature 1 book order

Here are the books for my section (number 002) of American Literature 1, 3300:341.

Nina Baym, general editor. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Seventh edition. Package 1: Volumes A & B. Norton, 2007. ISBN13 978-0393929930. Note: Earlier editions will not work for you. Make  sure you get the seventh edition.

Walt Whitman, Franklin Evans, or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times. Ed. Christopher Castiglia and Glenn Hendler. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. ISBN13 978-0822339427. 

Classroom change

The classroom for American Literature 1 has been changed. We had this room, which is a bit big for 25 students. We now have Zook Hall 409. Zook is the home of the UA's College of Education. Find it here and here, right in the middle of campus and near the fountain.