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W 1/8 Course Introduction
F 1/10 The Idea of America in Britain: William Blake: "America: A Prophecy" and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Pantisocracy" (handouts) M 1/13 Frances Trollope: Domestic Manners (7-65) W 1/15 Trollope: Domestic Manners (66-132) F 1/17 Trollope: Domestic Manners (133-204) R M 1/20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. Class Canceled W 1/22 Trollope: Domestic Manners (205-274) F 1/24 Trollope: Domestic Manners (275-322)
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 Fanny Trollope (1780-1863) |
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M 1/27 Washington Irving: specific
readings TBA
W 1/29 Irving: readings TBA F 1/31 Irving: readings TBA R M 2/3 The British in Alabama: Philip Gosse, Letters from Alabama (specific chapters TBA; available via eBooks) W 2/5 The British in Alabama: Gosse (specific chapters TBA) F 2/7 The British in Alabama: Harriet Martineau (from Retrospect of Western Travel, handout) R |
 Washington Irving (1783-1859) |
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M 2/10 Charles Dickens: American Notes (1-61) W 2/12 Dickens: American Notes (62-111) F 2/14 Dickens: American Notes (112-164) M 2/17 Dickens: American Notes (165-219) W 2/19 Dickens: American Notes (220-254) F 2/21 Mid-term Exam M 2/24 Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (4-61) W 2/26 Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court F 2/28 Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court |
 Charles Dickens (1812-1870) |
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Yankee in King Arthur’s Court W 3/5 Field Trip: Special Collections (details TBA) F 3/7 Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court M 3/10 Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court W 3/12 Dickens: Pictures from Italy (pages TBA) F 3/14 Class Canceled |
 Mary Seacole (1805-1881) |
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M 3/17 Dickens: Pictures from Italy (pages TBA) W 3/19 Dickens: "A Flight" and "Dullborough Town" (handouts) F 3/21 Dickens: Pictures from Italy (pages TBA) Spring Break (3/24 - 3/28) M 3/31 Mary Seacole: Wonderful Adventures (1-46) W 4/2 Seacole: Wonderful Adventures (46-124) F 4/4 Seacole: Wonderful Adventures (124-154) |
Henry James (1843-1916) |
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M 4/7 Seacole: Wonderful Adventures (154-200) W 4/9 Henry James: Selected travel writings (handout) F 4/11 James: Daisy Miller (47-79) R M 4/14 James: Daisy Miller (79-96) W 4/16 James: Daisy Miller (96-116) F 4/18 E. M. Forster: A Room with a View (3-44) |
Mark Twain (1835-1910) |
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W 4/23 Forster: A Room with a View (94-143) F 4/25 Guest Presentation: Dr. James Ryan, "Tourism and the M 4/28 Forster: A Room with a View (144-204) W 4/30 Course Conclusion: Evaluations, Exam Review W 5/7 Final Exam, 11-1:30 |
 E. M. Forster (1879-1970) |
