| Assignment |
Author(s) and Title(s) |
| Part I |
- Errors and Errands: The Age of Discovery and Colonization.
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| 01 |
- John Smith, The General History of Virginia (pp. 102-114).
- John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity" (pp. 214-225).
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| 02 |
- William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation (pp. 164-204).
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| 03 |
- Anne Bradstreet, poetry and prose (pp. 246-283).
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| 04 |
- Mary Rowlandson, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (pp. 297-330).
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| 05 |
- Edward Taylor, selected poetry: Preparatory Meditations Prologue, # 8, # 16, # 38, and # 42; "The Soul's Groan to Christ for Succor," "Christ's Reply," "Upon Wedlock and Death of Children," "Upon a Wasp Chilled by Cold," and "Huswifery" (pp. 330-351).
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| 06 |
- Michael Wigglesworth, The Day of Doom (pp. 283-297).
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| 07 |
- Cotton Mather, The Wonders of the Invisible World (pp. 373-376) and Bonifacius (pp. 400-411).
- Jonathan Edwards, "Personal Narrative" (pp. 440-452), "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God" (pp. 474-485), and Images or Shadows of Divine Things (pp. 487-491).
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| 08 |
- Benjamin Franklin, "The Way to Wealth" (pp. 491-498), "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America" (pp. 516-520), and The Autobiography Part 1 (pp. 524-549).
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| 09 |
- Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography Parts 1 and 2 (pp. 549-585).
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| 10 |
- Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography Part 3 (pp. 585-596).
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| 11 |
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense and The Crisis (pp. 691-705).
- John and Abigail Adams, letters (pp. 675-691).
- Thomas Jefferson, "Declaration of Independence" (pp. 714-719).
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| 12 |
- J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, Letters From an American Farmer (pp. 640-665).
- James Madison, The Federalist #10 (pp. 746-751)
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| 13 |
- Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (pp. 751-786).
- Phyllis Wheatley, selected poetry ("On Being Brought from Africa to America," "To S.M. a Young African Painter," and "To His Excellency, General Washington" (pp. 824-835).
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| 14 |
- Susanna Rowson, Charlotte: A Tale of Truth, Ch. 1-17 (pp. 850-884).
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| 15 |
- Susanna Rowson, Charlotte: A Tale of Truth, Ch. 18-35 (pp. 884-916).
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| 16 |
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| Part II |
- American Renaissance: The Empire of the Sovereign Self.
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| 17 |
- Phillip Freneau, "The Indian Burying Ground," "On the Religion of Nature," and "Observing a Large Red-Streak Apple" (pp. 806-822).
- Washington Irving, "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (pp. 934-969).
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| 18 |
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (pp. 1069-1101).
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| 19 |
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance" (pp. 1126-1143) and selected poetry, "Each and All," "Uriel," "Hamatreya," and "Rhodora" (pp. 1215-1219).
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| 20 |
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Rappaccini's Daughter" (pp. 1285-1305) and "The Custom-House" (pp. 1306-1331).
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| 21 |
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter Chs. I-XII (pp. 1331-1391).
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| 22 |
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter Chs. XIII-XXIV (pp. 1391-1447).
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| 23 |
- Edgar Allan Poe, "Sonnet--To Science" (pp. 1480-1483), "The Raven" (pp. 1492-1495), "Ligeia," "The Fall of the House of Usher" (pp. 1499-1521), and "The Cask of Amontillado" (pp. 1567-1572).
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| 24 |
- Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, prefaces, Chs. 1-9 (pp. 1990-2026).
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| 25 |
- Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Chs. 10-11, Appendix (pp. 2026-2057).
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| 26 |
- Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Ch. 1 ("Economy") (pp. 1768-1810).
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| 27 |
- Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Chs. 2 ("Where I Lived"), 11 ("Higher Laws"), and 16-18 ("The Pond in Winter" to "Conclusion").
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| 28 |
- Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener" (pp. 2330-2355).
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| 29 |
- Walt Whitman, "Preface to Leaves of Grass" (2076-2094) and "Song of Myself," sections 1-15 (2198-2209).
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| 30 |
- Walt Whitman, "Preface to Leaves of Grass" (2076-2094) and "Song of Myself," sections 1-15 (2198-2209).
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| 31 |
- Rebecca Harding Davis, "Life in the Iron Mills" (2531-2560).
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