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“Democracy” | A New-Made World
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Were it a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn upon that world. – Moby-Dick (Chase – The Third Day). English 245 (American Literature I). A City On a Hill. May 25, 2013. Two main currents of English political thought were circulating in the 17th Century, when the Puritans began to settle Massachusetts Bay – that represented by Thomas Hobbes’. And that represented by John Locke’s. Recently, after the...
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Faust | A New-Made World
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Were it a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn upon that world. – Moby-Dick (Chase – The Third Day). English 245 (American Literature I). What is “American Literature”? September 23, 2012. In as single Post, write a 2-3 paragraph response to each question that includes quotations. From the text (8-12 paragraphs total). Include your name in your Post. 4 How does Candide differ from Faust? You are com...
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Bartleby the Scrivener | A New-Made World
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Were it a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn upon that world. – Moby-Dick (Chase – The Third Day). English 245 (American Literature I). June 18, 2013. When the American author Herman Melville was writing his great novel. Read “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” p.1076-1101. What verbal walls does he face? What do the walls “mean”? This entry was posted in English 245. And tagged English 245. You are commen...
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What is “American Literature”? | A New-Made World
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Were it a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn upon that world. – Moby-Dick (Chase – The Third Day). English 245 (American Literature I). A City On a Hill →. What is “American Literature”? May 18, 2013. At first glance, these terms may seem easy to define, but what is exactly “American” about literature? Can we consider literature written by indigenous peoples? And what of “Literature”? Most people ...
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A City On a Hill | A New-Made World
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Were it a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn upon that world. – Moby-Dick (Chase – The Third Day). English 245 (American Literature I). What is “American Literature”? A City On a Hill. May 18, 2013. Read first about John Winthrop and then read his “A Modell of Christian Charity,” p153-154; p.155-156; and p.164-166 . View these scenes and read the links below. Also, view this clip from MSNBC. About...
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A New Semester! | A New-Made World
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Were it a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn upon that world. – Moby-Dick (Chase – The Third Day). English 245 (American Literature I). Paper #1 (English 121) →. December 31, 2009. Are listed above and include introductory information and links to syllabi. Click on your course Posts. This entry was posted in Ephemera. Paper #1 (English 121) →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.
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mbroek | A New-Made World
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Were it a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn upon that world. – Moby-Dick (Chase – The Third Day). English 245 (American Literature I). June 18, 2013. June 15, 2013. June 8, 2013. Ralph Waldo Emerson is probably the public intellectual most closely associated with the development of American literature, certainly previous to the 20th Century. He was a critic and poet, but most importantly he w...
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Slaves | A New-Made World
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Were it a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn upon that world. – Moby-Dick (Chase – The Third Day). English 245 (American Literature I). Whitman and Dickinson →. June 1, 2013. Race has been an issue at the heart of the American experiment since the founding of this country, and it is still so today. Some of you may remember this, but the speech was delivered during his first presidential campaign, ...
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Women | A New-Made World
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Were it a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn upon that world. – Moby-Dick (Chase – The Third Day). English 245 (American Literature I). May 25, 2013. What is the extended metaphor Bradstreet uses in the first poem? What is her attitude toward her own work? In the second poem, what is the source of her relief? How does she rationalize the loss of all her worldly possessions? Read from the bottom of...
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Whitman and Dickinson | A New-Made World
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Were it a new-made world, and made for a summer-house to the angels, and this morning the first of its throwing open to them, a fairer day could not dawn upon that world. – Moby-Dick (Chase – The Third Day). English 245 (American Literature I). Emerson and Thoreau →. June 8, 2013. Walt Whitman, whose first edition of. Read Whitman’s Song of Myself, Sections 1-6, 11-12, 24, and 48-52. (Beginning on page 1240.). Whitman’s “Song of Myself” is found in his book. Whitman wished to “suck out the marrow o...
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