Anoka Ramsey Community College -- Coon Rapids Campus
English 2230: American Literature to 1865
Course Handouts -- The Romantic Period
General Information:
Notes on the Introduction to American Literature 1830-1865
Application of "Notes on Romanticism" / Characteristics of Romanticism
Romanticism vs. Realism Comparison Table
Notes on the Introduction to the Era of Reform
More Notes on Transcendentalism -- from A Handbook to Literature
Slave Narratives -- Longer Version
Slave Narratives -- Shorter Version
Notes on the Introduction to American Literature 1830-1865
American Facts and American Fiction
Romanticism vs. Realism Comparison Table
Romance vs. Novels Information
Shifting from Romanticism to Realism
Specific Authors (alphabetical by last name):
Apess:
William Apess -- Reading Notes
William Apess -- More Notes and Discussion Questions
William Apess -- Group Work Analysis
William Apess -- Group Work Analysis -- Scott's Responses
Bryant:
Davis:
Rebecca Harding Davis Discussion Topics
Dickinson:
Groups/Themes of Dickinson's Poems
Douglass:
Frederick Douglass Discussion Questions -- Part One
Frederick Douglass Discussion Questions -- Part Two
Frederick Douglass -- Slave-Owner Strategies
Frederick Douglass -- Common Themes and Images
Frederick Douglass -- Elements of Literary Romanticism
Emerson:
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Notes on Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Other "Famous" Quotations from Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Discussion Questions
Fern:
Fanny Fern Discussion Questions (NAAL)
Fanny Fern Discussion Questions (BAAL)
Fuller:
Margaret Fuller -- Discussion Questions
Hawthorne:
Discussion Questions for Hawthorne's "My Kinsman, Major Molineux"
Irving:
Reading Notes on Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"
Lecture Notes on Irving's "Rip Van Winkle"
Jacobs:
Harriet Jacobs Discussion Questions
Longfellow:
Notes and Questions on Longfellow's Poetry
Melville:
Discussion Questions and Theories about Melville's "Bartleby"
Poe:
Notes on Poe -- NAAL Introduction Notes
Discussion Questions for Poe's Ligeia
Discussion Questions for Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado"
Notes on Poe -- "The Purloined Letter"
Notes on Poe -- Notes on "The Philosophy of Composition"
Notes on Poe -- Poe on Poetry and Fiction
Edgar Allan Poe -- General Notes
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Philosophy of Composition
Edgar Allan Poe -- Notes on "The Philosophy of Composition" -- version 2
Edgar Allan Poe -- On Poetry and Fiction
Edgar Allan Poe -- Discussion Questions for "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Edgar Allan Poe -- Discussion Questions for "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Sedgwick:
Reading Notes on Sedgwick's "Cacoethes Scribendi"
Catharine Maria Sedgwick Discussion Questions
Thoreau:
Henry David Thoreau -- Discussion Questions and Notes
Henry David Thoreau -- More Discussion Questions
Henry David Thoreau -- On Slavery -- for Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs
Whitman: