4/3
CLASS CANCELLED
No Reflection due

4/5
Reading: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Heath 1578-1609,1621-38)
Quiz

Additional Resources on Emerson and his Circle: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/concord.htm

4/10
Reading: Washington Irving (Heath, 2143-2144, 2165-2184)
No Reflection - Autobiography Due

4/12
Reading: Nathaniel Hawthorne (Heath, 2242-2245, 2258-2267, 2276-2287)
Quiz

4/17
Reading: Herman Melville (Heath, 2621-2651)
Reflection: What is the significance of the word "prefer" in Bartleby's famous statement, "I would prefer not to"?  Is this story a satire?  If so, a satire of what? Lawyers? The Business World? Humanity in general?

4/19
Reading: Rebecca Harding Davis (Heath, 2836-2863)
Quiz

4/24
Reading: Walt Whitman (Heath, 2920-2982)
Reflection: To help us begin to tie up some of the topics we've covered this semester, what similarities do you see between Whitman's work and Thoreau's?

4/26
Reading: Walt Whitman (Heath, 3032-3041)
Quiz