dear students
since the dates of the exam are approaching, here is a reminder of what to read and study
PRIMARY SOURCES:
Walt Whitman: “Song of Myself” from Leaves of Grass, First Edition (1855); “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” (1865). Mark Twain: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). Stephen Crane: The Red Badge of Courage (1895) and the short story “The Veteran”. Henry James: “The Aspern Papers”. Emily Dickinson: “After great pain, a formal feeling comes”, “One need not be a Chamber˗”, “Some keep the Sabbath going to Church”, “Wild Nights – Wild Nights!”, “There’s a certain Slant of Light”, “I dwell in Possibility –”, “She rose to His Requirement – dropt”. Kate Chopin: “Desiree’s Baby” (1883).
SECONDARY SOURCES:
1. R. Gray, A History of American Literature, Blackwell, 2004 for the cultural and historical context; introduction to the authors’ lives and work: Whitman: pp.232-237; Dickinson pp.237-244; Chapter 3, ‘The Development of American Literature 1865-1900’ pp. 245-250; Twain pp. 250-257; James pp. 287-296; Crane pp.303-305; Chopin K. pp.270-274 (page numbers may vary depending on the edition).
2. ON MOODLE: The essay(s) featured in the folders named 'ESSAYS' which were created for each author we discussed