Introduction to American Literature

Instructor: Adam McCune

Syllabus

1. Overview
2. Participation Contract
3. Schedule

Readings

In addition to Norton Anthology, Miller's The Crucible, and the Course Pack

• Trollope, from Domestic Manners of the Americans
• Genesis 1:1 - 4:15
• Longfellow, "Paul Revere's Ride"
• Poe, "Pit and the Pendulum"
• Twain, "How to Tell a Story"
• Twain, Innocents Abroad, ch. 19
• Dunbar, "The Poet"
• Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Millay, "Recuerdo"