Required Texts
Gates, Jr., Henry Louis, ed. The Classic Slave Narratives. New York: Mentor/Penguin, 1987. ISBN: 0451627261.
[Download Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass, a version of Frederick Douglass's Narrative, or download Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs, a version of Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl from Project Gutenberg.]
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. ISBN: 0140390030.
[Download Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, a version of this text from Project Gutenberg.]
Melville, Herman. "Benito Cereno." In The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Selected and Edited by Paul Lauter, et al. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. ISBN: 0618109196.
Gates, Jr., Henry Louis, ed. Three Classic African-American Novels. New York: Vintage Books, 1990. ISBN: 0679727426.
[Download Clotelle; or, the Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; or, the President's Daughter, a revised version of William Wells Brown's Clotel, download The Marrow of Tradition, a version of Charles Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition, or download Iola Leroy, a version of Frances Harper's Iola Leroy from Project Gutenberg.]
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Dred. New York: Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN: 0140439048.
Delany, Martin. Blake: or, the Huts of America. Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. ISBN: 080706419X.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. ISBN: 0140390464.
[Download The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, a version of this text from Project Gutenberg.]
Twain, Mark. Pudd'nhead Wilson and Other Tales. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN: 0192818066.
[Download Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain, a version of this text from Project Gutenberg.]
Table for Readings Section
1 |
Introduction |
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2 |
Frederick Douglass, Narrative (1845) |
Gates, Jr., Henry Louis, ed. The Classic Slave Narratives. New York: Mentor/Penguin, 1987. ISBN: 0451627261. |
3 |
Douglass |
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4 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) |
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. ISBN: 0140390030. |
5 |
Stowe |
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6 |
Stowe (cont.) |
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7 |
Wells Brown, Clotel (1853)
Research Workshop |
Gates, Jr., Henry Louis, ed. Three Classic African-American Novels. New York: Vintage Books, 1990. ISBN: 0679727426. |
8 |
Brown |
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9 |
Melville, "Benito Cereno" (1853, 1856)
Submit topic (choice of passage) for first essay. |
Melville, Herman. "Benito Cereno." In Melville's Short Novels: Authoritative Texts, Contexts, Criticism. Selected and Edited by Dan McCall. New York: Norton, 2002. ISBN: 0393976416. |
10 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dred (1856) |
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Dred. New York: Penguin Books, 2000. ISBN: 0140439048. |
11 |
Stowe |
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12 |
Stowe (cont.) |
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13 |
Martin Delany, Blake (1861) |
Delany, Martin. Blake: or, the Huts of America. Boston: Beacon Press, 1970. ISBN: 080706419X. |
14 |
Delany |
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15 |
Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861)
Submit topic (author and research question) for second essay. |
Gates, Jr., Henry Louis, ed. The Classic Slave Narratives. New York: Mentor/Penguin, 1987. ISBN: 0451627261. |
16 |
Jacobs |
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17 |
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) |
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Penguin Books, 1986. ISBN: 0140390464. |
18 |
Twain |
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19 |
Twain (cont.) |
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20 |
Frances Harper, Iola Leroy (1892) |
Gates, Jr., Henry Louis, ed. Three Classic African-American Novels. New York: Vintage Books, 1990. ISBN: 0679727426. |
21 |
Harper |
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22 |
Conference Day |
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23 |
Mark Twain, Puddn'head Wilson (1894) |
Twain, Mark. Pudd'nhead Wilson and Other Tales. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. ISBN: 0192818066. |
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Twain
Submit topic for final essay and be prepared to report on your progress. |
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25 |
Charles Chesnutt, The Marrow of Tradition (1901) |
Gates, Jr., Henry Louis, ed. Three Classic African-American Novels. New York: Vintage Books, 1990. ISBN: 0679727426. |
26 |
Conference Day |
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27 |
Chesnutt |
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28 |
Conclusion |
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