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Calendar

Week #	Topics	Readings	Important Dates
1	Introduction
2	Two Views of American Revolution: Blake and Washington	William Blake. America: A Prophecy. George Washington. "The Farewell Address." (Handout)
	Melville. "Etymology," "Extracts."	Ch. 1-23
3	Melville	Ch. 24-50
	Melville	Ch. 51-79
4	Melville	Ch. 80-108
5	Melville	Ch. 109-Epilogue
		Hawthorne. "Rapaccini's Daughter." (Handout)	Essay 1 (5 pages)
6	Hawthorne	Preface-Ch. 14
	Hawthorne	Ch. 15-29
7	Stowe	Ch. 1-11	Revision (Required)
8	Stowe	Ch. 12-20
	Stowe	Ch. 21-34
9	Stowe	Ch. 35-45
10	William Wells Brown	Ch. 1-29
			Essay 2 (5 pages)
11	Sarah Orne Jewett	Ch. 1-18
12	Jewett	Ch. 19-24	Revision (Optional)
	Faulkner	Ch. 1-4
13	Faulkner	Ch. 5-7
	Faulkner	Ch. 8-9
14	Morrison	pp. 3-165
	Morrison	pp. 169-235
			Conference Day
15	Morrison	pp. 239-275
	Conclusion		Essay (10 pages)

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