American Literature 201September 22

Michael SimpsonSection 051

The moral law lies at the centre of nature and radiates to the circumference. It is the pith and marrow of every substance, every relation, and every process. All things with which we deal, preach to us. [965]

Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nature”

Class Summary

Next Week’s Assignments

JSTOR as source

Benjamin Franklin (Part 2) Topics

Next Week’s Assignments

Schedule has been adjustedNo blogs next week – concentrate on paperTotal blogs for 1st half reduced to 4

September 27Read Harriet Jacobs “Incidents”

September 291st Draft of Research Summary Paper

Minimum of 1,000 words5 sources – one must be JSTOR source

Read Frederick Douglass “Narrative (1 thru VII)”

JSTOR as Source

More scholarly articles

Trial run for York Tech

How to initially access

Include as one of your sources

Franklin Franklin Autobiography (Part 2) Topics

Based on topics sheet

Last QuestionsRemember for September 27

Read Harriet Jacobs using topics sheet

It is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson *

* Sante, Luc. “The Fiction of Memory” The New York Times. March 14, 2010.