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from Jon Miller, Associate Professor of English, The University of Akron, Ohio, USA.

American Romantic Fiction, Spring 2007, All the words

Here are the first group of words for American Romantic Fiction.

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February 05, 2007 in American Romantic Fiction | Permalink

Cooper's Neutral Ground

Here's a Google Earth placemark to consider when beginning James Fenimore Cooper's 1821 historical romance, The Spy: A Tale of Neutral Ground.

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January 18, 2007 in American Literature 1, American Romantic Fiction, Geography | Permalink

American Romantic Fiction, Spring 2007

Here is the syllabus for American Romantic Fiction.

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January 16, 2007 in American Romantic Fiction, Syllabi | Permalink

American Romantic Fiction, Spring 2007, book order

Here are the books for next semester's American Romantic Fiction course.

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October 16, 2006 in American Romantic Fiction | Permalink

Thomas Hutchinson and Ezra Stiles on the Regicides (1764, 1794)

An edition by Ethan T. Jordan for Early American Literature (Spring 2006). This is number 5 in the series. This post contains the full text of this edition, which is also available in a more elegant PDF format.

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May 11, 2006 in American Romantic Fiction, Early American Literature, Editions, Student work | Permalink

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