Toolbox: The Triumph of Nationalism / The House Dividing



Carlisle High School
2002 Summer Seminar
July 29-August 2, 2002

Scholars    Tyra Seldon and Robert Winston
Dept. of English and American Studies
Dickinson College
Sessions   
I.   Culture of the Common Man          July 29
II.   The Cult of Domesticity July 30
III.   Religion July 31
IV.   Expansion August 1
V.   America in 1850 August 2

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I. Culture of the Common Man Location pp.
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1885, Ch. 21-22 Common Man, Text 2 12
Thomas W. Dorr, An Address to the People of Rhode Island, 1834, excerpts Common Man, Text 3 2
Richard Allen, Confession of John Joyce, 1808, selection
David Walker, David Walker's Appeal, 1830, excerpts		 Common Man, Text 5 14
James Fenimore Cooper, The American Democrat: A Treatise on Jacksonian Democracy, 1838, four chapters Common Man, Text 7 13
Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance," 1841, excerpts Common Man, Text 8 10
John C. Calhoun, "A Disquisition on Government," 1851, excerpts Common Man, Text 9 6
Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself," Sections 1-15, in Leaves of Grass, 1855 Common Man, Text 10 9
 
II. The Cult of Domesticity Location pp.
Caroline Gilman, "The Planter's Bride," Ch. 35 in Recollections of a Southern Matron, 1838 Domesticity, Text 2 5
Catharine Beecher, "Peculiar Responsibilities of American Women," Ch. 1 in A Treatise on Domestic Economy, 1841 Domesticity, Text 3 10
Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, 1861, Ch. 5-7, 10-11, 14-17 Domesticity, Text 4 35
Godey's Lady's Book, six issues of 1850, selections Domesticity, Text 6 ~8
Rev. Theodore Parker, "Of the Public Function of Woman," 1853, second half Domesticity, Text 7 8
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Address known as "Seneca Falls Address," 1848 Domesticity, Text 8 15
*Frances Anne Kemble, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839, ed. John A. Scott, 1961; 1975 American Library ed., pp. 37-39 *Added Text - handout
[FYI: online excerpts]		 3
 
III. Religion Location pp.
Philip Freneau, "On the Universality and Other Attributes of the God of Nature," 1815
William Cullen Bryant, "To a Waterfowl," 1817		 Religion, Text 1 2
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835/1840, Vol. I, Ch. 17, Sections 6, 4, 5 (reading order) Religion, Text 3 10
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of an American Slave, 1845, Appendix Religion, Text 4 6
George Fitzhugh, Sociology for the South; or, The Failure of Free Society, 1854, Ch. 6, 8 Religion, Text 5 6
Henry David Thoreau, Walden; or, Life in the Woods, 1854; second half of Ch. 2: "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" Religion, Text 7 6
*Charles Grandison Finney, Lectures on Revivals of Religion, ed. William G. McLoughlin (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1960), pp. 9-12, 293-305 *Added Text - handout 13
 
IV. Expansion Location pp.
Elias Boudinot, "An Address to the Whites," May 26, 1826 Expansion, Text 3 7
Lewis Cass, "Removal of the Indians," North American Review, January, 1830, excerpts Expansion, Text 4 8
George Fitzhugh, Sociology for the South; or, The Failure of Free Society, 1854, Ch. 5, "Negro Slavery" Expansion, Text 6 10
Henry David Thoreau, "Economy," Ch. 1 of Walden, 1854, excerpts Expansion, Text 7 24
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ch. 1 of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852 Expansion, Text 8 9
*Catherine Haun, Oregon Trail journal, excerpt: "A Woman's Trip Across the Plains in 1849," in Lillian Schlissel, Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey (Schocken Books, 1992), pp. 166-185 *Added Text - handout 20
 
V. America in 1850 Location pp.
John C. Calhoun, Speech in the U.S. Senate on the Clay Compromise Measures, March 4, 1850 America 1850, Text 1 5
Daniel Webster, Speech in the U.S. Senate, March 7, 1850 America 1850, Text 2 7
Henry Clay, "General Review of the Debate on the Compromise Bills," Speech in the U.S. Senate, July 22, 1850 America 1850, Text 4 4
Frederick Douglass, "What to a Slave Is the Fourth of July?" July 5, 1852 America 1850, Text 7 *16
*Herman Melville, Benito Cereno, 1856 *Added Text - Web site 51
*William Lloyd Garrison, "Declarations of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society," in R. F. Wallcut, ed., Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison (orig. pub. 1852; 1968 ed., Negro University Press), pp. 66-71 *Added Text - handout 6
*Text added by seminar consultants or participants.
*Reformatted page totals (single-spaced, 1" margins, 12-point type). Printout length of
  the Douglass speech from the site: 23, with wide margins or spacing.

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