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American Literature, 1607-1865 (Lance): Week Three

American Literature 1 (taught by Instructor Lance)

The New Republic

This week's selection of readings.

Autobiography
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
The Way to Wealth
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Autobiography
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Federalist Paper No. 1
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
The Coquette
Hannah Foster (1758-1840)
"Rip Van Winkle"
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
"Thanatopsis"
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
"To a Waterfowl"
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)