American Literature Module 3.4
The House of the Seven Gables
Study Guide: American Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 3)
Honors Texts: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Walden by Henry David Thoreau (if you did not read it in English II)
Context Resources
These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.
Readings
- http://hawthornessevengables.com/chapters/hawthorne-and-melville.html
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/hawthorne-and-his-mosses-by-herman-melville
The Author’s Life
- http://www.hawthorneinsalem.org/Introduction.html
- http://www.biography.com/people/nathaniel-hawthorne-9331923
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1988/09/11/landmarks-of-literary-new-england/1fd71f26-290c-461d-961d-e61a1b6b4d31/
- http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/hawthor.htm
- https://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/nh/hb00.html
Poetry
John Greenleaf Whittier
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/poetry-by-john-greenleaf-whittier
- “Massachusetts to Virginia”
- “For Righteousness Sake”
- “Laus Deo”
Oliver Wendell Holmes—
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/poetry-by-oliver-wendell-holmes-sr/
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/the-deacons-masterpiece-by-oliver-wendell-holmes-sr
- https://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/historyculture/ussconst.htm
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/old-ironsides-by-oliver-wendell-holmes-sr
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/to-john-greenleaf-whitter-on-his-80th-birthday-by-oliver-wendell-holmes
Ralph Waldo Emerson
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/ralph-waldo-emerson-poems
- “Concord Hymn”
- “The Day’s Ration”
- “Good-bye”
Audio
Video
Visual Arts
- https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/how-to-make-a-daguerreotype/
- http://www.ericmertens.com/what-is-a-daguerreotype/
- https://library.harvard.edu/collections/daguerreotypes-harvard
- https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.122.html#works
- http://www.asailorslifeforme.org/ironsides_explore.php
Music
- http://pdmusic.org/1800s.html
- Pandora.com: “Ludwig van Beethoven”
Places to Go
A Bit of Fun
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