pjssully Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Hi, I know there are tons of great literature for this time period. So I am looking for your BEST ones, that you feel draw the student into the time period. I know this is the best place to come for your opinions because their is such a wealth of wisdom here. Thanks so much pj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Washington Irving -- Rip Van Winkle, legend of sleepy holllow, Devil and Tom Walker Edgar Allen Poe -- your choice! Henry David Thoreau -- Walden (pub. In 1854) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Road to Rebellion by Shaara about the Revolution brings the time and people to life and demonstrates how uncertain a Declaration of Independence was. I like Unsinkables suggestions. I would add Frederck Douglas' Narrative of the Life of a Slave and/or part or all of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I would add Frederck Douglas' Narrative of the Life of a Slave and/or part or all of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Definitely one of those! The other one or two to add to that? Gee, that feels impossible :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie Q Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 If you haven't already covered any of Mark Twain's work, you definitely would want to do so. We studied both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn for that time period, in addition to The Last of the Mohicans and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 My favorite resource to survey this time period is an anthology i used in college: http://www.amazon.com/American-Tradition-Literature-Volume-alone/dp/0077239040/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1373979642&sr=8-3&keywords=the+american+tradition+in+literature I would encourage you not to choose just 2 or 3 long works but instead to try to cover bits of things over this time period. This way you get a real taste for each evolution of American literature. Start with Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, don't read the whole thing, just a section, Go to Anne Bradstreet's poetry. move onto to the early short story writers: Irving and Hawthorne. Add sections of longer works from Cooper. More poems from Longfellow, Whittier and Bryant. And so forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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