Early American Poetry and Short Stories

$129.00

Early American Poetry and Short Stories: A 6-session workshop that focuses on American authors from the early-mid 19th century. Weekly webinars are 50 minutes long.  Recordings are available for students who must miss a session.

 

Early American Poetry and Short Stories: A 6-session workshop that focuses on American authors from the early-mid 19th century. Weekly webinars are 50 minutes long.  Recordings are available for students who must miss a session.

Readings include:

  • Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle”
  • Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”
  • Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven”
  • Emerson and Thoreau’s Transcendentalist poetry
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride” and “The Village Blacksmith”
  • William Cullen Bryant’s “The Poet” and “To a Waterfowl”

All readings are provided online for students enrolled in the class.