ENGLISH 307 SYLLABUS

Week 1: January 28th.

Introduction. John Winthrop, pp. 214-34; William Bradford, pp. 153-204.

Week 2: February 2nd to 4th.

Roger Williams, pp. 234-5, 245-6; Ann Bradstreet, pp. 246-56, 268-79; Edward Taylor, pp. 330-36, 348-9; Mary Rowlandson, pp. 297-330.

Week 3: February 9th to 11th.

Cotton Mather, pp. 373-85; Jonathan Edwards, pp. 440-52, 474-91, 436-40; Benjamin Franklin, pp. 491-569, 577-85.

Week 4: February 16th to 18th.

St. Jean de Crevecoeur, pp. 640-65; Tom Paine, pp. 691-711; Thomas Jefferson, pp. 714-33; Phyllis Wheatley, pp. 824-35.

Week 5: February 23rd to 25th.

Washington Irving, pp. 917-69; James Fenimore Cooper, pp. 980-96; Harriet Beecher Stowe, pp. 642-1706.

Week 6: March 2nd to 4th.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, pp. 1069-85, 1101-43.

Week 7: March 9th to 11th.

Henry David Thoreau, pp. 1749-1820; Margaret Fuller, pp. 1592-1642.

Week 8: March 16th to 18th.

Mid-Term Examination, MARCH 18th.

Edgar Allan Poe, pp. 1480-97, 1499-1535, 1942-67.

Week 9: March 23rd to 25th.

Spring Break. No classes.

Week 10: March 30th to April 1st.

Poe continued. Nathaniel Hawthorne, pp. 1220-73.

Week 11: April 6th to April 8th.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, pp. 1273-1305.

Week 12: April 13th to 15th.

Herman Melville, pp. 2356-73.

Week 13: April 20th to 22nd.

Herman Melville, Continued, pp. 2230-2427.

Week 14: April 27th to 29th.

Melville, Concluded.

Week 15: May 4th to 6th.

Emily Dickinson, poems #49, 67, 130, 185, 199, 214, 258, 280, 303, 315, 435, 449, 465, 501, 520, 712, 1129, 1670. Other poems to be assigned.

Week 16: May 11th.

To Be Announced.