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| | American Literature I: Spring 2000 Syllabus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Edwards and the Transition to Enlightenment: "Early American Literature, 1620—1820" (156—58, through the section entitled "The Great Awakening"); Leonard Marsak, "The Enlightenment" (reader); John Locke, Excerpts from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (reader); Jonathan Edwards, Introduction (440—41), "Personal Narrative," "A Divine and Supernatural Light," "Letter to Rev. Dr. |
 | | The American Enlightenment: "Early American Literature, 1620—1820" (158—61); Francis Scott Key, "The Defense of Fort McHenry" (reader); Thomas Jefferson, Introduction and "The Declaration of Independence" from the Autobiography (712—19); Benjamin Franklin, Introduction (491—92), The Autobiography, parts one and two (523—85); |
 | | American Gothic (III): "American Literature, 1820—1865" (915—31); Philip Freneau, "To a New England Poet" (823); Washington Irving, Introduction (934—36), A History of New York Bk. |
| www.nyu.edu /classes/amlit/spring00/amsyl.htm (922 words) |
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