Romanticism 1800 - 1860 (in America, to 1832 in England). Choose one collection to read.
Collection 1 -Read and study:
1. The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne - a short novel. It is
optional to read "The Customs House" which prefaces the novel. Available
at most libraries and all new and used bookstores.
2. Two selections from American Romanticism, Readings on the Scarlet
Letter , or The Norton Critical Edition of The Scarlet Letter all
on reserve in the Skyline High library. Submit notes from your reading
on the last class day of the month.
3. "American Romanticism," pp. 137-150 and "The American Renaissance,"
pp.206-214 in Elements of Literuature available for reading in Room
35. Submit notes from your reading on the last class day of the month.
Collection 2 -
1. Life in the Woods - Henry David Thoreau - a non-fiction account
of his two years living at Walden Pond.
2. Two selections from American Romanticism or Thoreau or Whitman
all on reserve in the Skyline High library. Submit notes from your
reading on the last class day of the month.
3. "The American Renaissance," pp.206-214 and "A New American
Poetry," pp. 342-346, in Elements of Literuature available
for reading in Room 35. Submit notes from your reading on the last class
day of the month.
Collection 3 -
1. The Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave - Frederick Douglass
- available through the text book room at Skyline.
2. Two selections from American Romanticism or The Norton Critical Edition
of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass on reserve in the Skyline
High library.
3. "The American Renaissance," pp.206-214 and "Melville"
pp. 311-312, in Elements of Literuature available for reading
in Room 35. Submit notes from your reading on the last class day of the
month.
