On these pages, you will find links to the lectures that go along with the readings. Please read the lectures carefully.
Lecture 1: Themes and issues in American Literature: 1865-1900
Lecture 2: Late 19th Century Fiction: Mark Twain
Lecture 3: Late 19th Century Fiction: Henry James
Lecture 4: Late 19th Century Fiction: Stephen Crane
Lecture 5: Early 20th Century Poetry: Eliot and Others
Lecture 6: Early 20th Century Fiction: Hemingway, Faulkner, and Others
Lecture 7: Early 20th Century Fiction: Fitzgerald and West
Lecture 8: Early 20th Century Fiction: Hammett
Lecture 9: Early 20th Century Fiction: Chandler
Lecture 10: Mid to Late 20th Century Poetry: Roethke, Ginsburg, and Others
Lecture 11: Late 20th and Early 21st Century Fiction: Short Stories and Novels