- Course Introduction
- Grading Information and Glossary of Writing Terms
- Manifest Destiny (for Winthrop reading)
- America's Self-Portrait ( Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) July 2, 2006; Lexile Score: 870 ; 21K, SIRS Renaissance)
- Defining America U.S. News & World Report June 28/July 5, 2004; Lexile Score: 1300 ; 80K, SIRS Researcher.
- Morton reading
- Glorious Appearing and Letter to Editor (For Wigglesworth)
- The Return of the Warrior Jesus (For Wigglesworth)
David D. Kirkpatrick. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Apr 4, 2004. p. 4.1
- Bible Excerpt (for Wigglesworth)
- Sharon Begley "The Roots of Fear"
- William Wordsworth "The Tables Turned"
- It's Emerson's Anniversary and He's Got 21st-Century America Nailed; [Editorial] Adam Cohen. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: May 4, 2003. p. 4.12
- “Who's Afraid of Ralph Emerson? ” From an 1887 book of advice. This illustrates the hostility with which most people viewed transcendentalism.
- Dickinson Poems (The letters were handed out in class. If you need them, send me an email)
- Domestic Fiction
- The Cult of Domesticity and True Womanhood
- The Woman Question and 1848
- Video for Emily Dickinson. Scroll down towards the bottom of the page to #3 to access it. Click on the
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If prompted, use the following as a username and password
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Password: poetry
- Generation Sell; [Op-Ed] William Deresiewicz. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Nov 13, 2011. p. SR.1
- On the current state of American Exceptionalism: Scott Shane, New York Times, October 19, 2012
- Why/how your reading habits/tastes change. I Was a Teenage IlliterateSchine, Cathleen. New York Times Book Review (Feb 28, 2010): BR.23.
- On the American character: "Let's Get Lost" by William Vollmann.
- The Transformation of the American Dream -- City on the Hill indeed! Robert J. Shiller, August 4, 2017, New York Times,
- The Importance of National Myths The Chronicle of Higher Education. April 2, 2017.
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