We'll read and discuss an assortment of novels, memoirs, sermons, journals, treatises and other writings by American authors of the Colonial and Early National Periods. Students will be expected to attend class regularly, keep up with reading assignments, and take part in open discussion. Written work will consist entirely of between five and ten brief in-class essays done in response to study questions handed out in advance.

Texts:

• John Tanner. THE FALCON.
• Benjamin Franklin. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND OTHER WRITINGS.
• Michael Kammen, ed. THE ORIGINS OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION.
• Charles Brockden Brown. WIELAND.
• Susanna Rowson. CHARLOTTE TEMPLE AND LUCY TEMPLE.
• Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN FARMER.
• Hannah Foster. THE COQUETTE.
• Washington Irving. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND OTHER STORIES.