ASH3002y Reading Assignment
May 3, 1999
Abraham Lincoln and the House Divided
During this final class meeting, we'll finish our discussion of women and reform, then
talk about the Civil War and wrap up the course. We'll also allow time for you to
present your final projects, so be prepared with a two-minute tour of your
presentation's highlights. (I will be strict about the time, as we'll have a lot to
do.)
Required reading:
- Abraham Lincoln, "A House Divided: Speech Delivered at Springfield, Illinois,
at the Close of the Republican State Convention, June 16, 1858"; "Address
Delivered at the Dedication of the Cemetery at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863";
"Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865"; in The Norton Anthology of
American Literature, 5th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1580-1589.
- The Valley of the Shadow:
Two Communities in the American Civil War:
- Walking tours of the pre-war
years and the Civil
War years can help to orient you to this rich site. See especially the sections
on Lincoln's
election, the beginning of
the war, and the Civil War images
collection.
- Your classmates' projects. Follow links from their home pages, as I may not have all the links up
from the project listings page.
Optional reading:
- Walt Whitman, selections from Drum-Taps and "When Lilacs Last in the
Dooryard Bloomed" in The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 5th
ed., vol. 1, pp. 2168-2181.
- Herman Melville, selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of War, in The
Norton Anthology of American Literature, 5th ed., vol. 1, pp. 2428-2431.
Also, be sure that the reading assigned for our last class is reasonably fresh in your
mind. As a reminder, the reading assignment included the following required and
optional items:
Required reading:
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, chapters 7 and 9 (Norton
Anthology of American Literature, 5th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1648-1669) and Chapter 45
"Concluding Remarks" (in Uncle Tom's Cabin on reserve or on
line)
- "Declaration of Sentiments" (1848) and Appendix, "New York: Seneca Falls
and Rochester Conventions" in History of Woman Suffrage, ed. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, vol. 1, 70-73 and 802-810 (Reserve)--Some of this material is available in Report of the Woman's Rights Convention
Held at SENECA FALLS, N.Y., July 19th and 20th, 1848 ( this site includes the Declaration of Sentiments)
- Sojourner Truth, "Ain't
I A Woman?"
- Rachel Davidson, "THE SPLIT IN THE 19TH
CENTURY WOMAN SUFFRAGE
MOVEMENT," Concord Review (Winter, 1988)
Please review as well the first chapter of Beecher's Treatise on Domestic Economy.
Further (optional) reading on other reform movements:
Resources for further study: