Approaches to American Culture, 1607-1865
Reading Assignments

Click on the date at left to see that day's reading assignment. 

NA=Norton Anthology of American Literature,   5th edition, volume 1

Click on the (C) next to the date to see notes from our class discussion.

The following texts have been ordered at the Columbia University Bookstore and Labyrinth Books.  Please note that at the Columbia University Bookstore, they are shelved under ENG 3002y.  Please contact me immediately if you have difficulty finding the course texts.

• Baym et al. Norton Anthology of American Literature, 5^th edition, volume I (Norton)
• David D. Hall, Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth- Century New England; A Documentary History,1638-1692 (Northeastern UP)
• Thomas J. Schlereth, Material Culture Studies in America (AltaMira Press)
• Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, or, The Whale (Penguin 1992 edition)
• Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin (NAL-Dutton)

In addition, various documents and images will be available through the course website. 

We'll be reading Moby-Dick throughout the term.   When our Melville selections interact with our other readings in interesting ways, we'll connect the two in our class discussions.