American Literature Videos
Videos referenced in American Literature (E3):
Module 1
William Zeitler plays the glass armonica (an instrument invented by Benjamin Franklin)
Module 2
Poe’s poem “The Raven” read aloud by Christopher Walken, combined with Gustave Doré’s illustrations
Who was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? Video Biography by Dr. Timothy Bartel.
Longfellow’s heroine, Priscilla (Courtship of Miles Standish)
Module 3
1920 silent film of The Last of the Mohicans
Composer Hector Berlioz’s overture Le Corsaire rouge (Red Rover), named in remembrance of Cooper
Module 4
1940 movie trailer for The House of the Seven Gables
Module 5
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, set to music by Aaron Copland
Sea shantie sung by the group Bounding Main
Module 6
Huckleberry Finn movie trailers
The Adventures of Mark Twain Claymation movie trailer
Module 7
Video introduction to Edith Wharton’s Massachusetts home, The Mount
Module 8
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio discusses The Great Gatsby
Module 9
Ernest Hemingway as a letter-writer
