Seleccións de leitura primaria da antoloxía Norton:

 

1.1. Encountering (in) the New World

John Smith, from The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles.

1.2. Colonials and Native-Americans: Inhabiting America

Anne Bradstreet, “The Author to Her Book”, “Before the Birth of One of Her Children”, “In Memory of My Dear Grandchild Elizabeth Bradstreet”, “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House”.

Mary Rowlandson, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson.

 

Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography (Parts One & Two).

Thomas Jefferson, “The Declaration of Independence”.

Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle”.

 

2. American Literature 1820-1865: American (Re)naissance.

2.1. Self-making and nation-making

Ralph Waldo Emerson, selected writings.

Henry David Thoreau, selections from Walden

2.2. The captive self

Edgar Allan Poe, selected writings.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter.

Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener”.

2.3. The captivated self

Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself".

Emily Dickinson, selected poems:.

3. American realities

Mark Twain,