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ENGLISH 4140W: American Romanticism Summer 2012 University of west Georgia RADICAL ROMANTICISMS Assignments Close Reading--Detailed Description Critical Source Paper and Literary Analysis Final Project (Oral Presentation and Essay) Reading and Discussion Questions Central Questions for the Entire Semester Norton Anthology--Introduction The New Poet, The New Poetry (Emerson, "The Poet," Whitman, "Preface" to Leaves of Grass) Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney Thoreau, "Walking" and "Economy" (from _Walden_) Thoreau, Resistance to Civil Government; Melville, "Bartleby" Race, Slavery, and the Making of American Literature Additional Readings William Wordsworth, excerpt from Lyrical Ballads Henry David Thoreau, "Walking" Slide Shows/Powerpoint Presentations Emily Dickinson--Critical Currents The African American Slave Narrative
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