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Campion American Literature
You have reached the official discussion + research blog for Campion high school's American Literature course, 2009-10, under the direction of Bartleby -- Mr. Rose.
The blog takes its name from the eponymous Wall Street copyist from Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener." The motto is taken from Bartleby's famous reply: "I would prefer not to."
Class website
The blog takes its name from the eponymous Wall Street copyist from Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener." The motto is taken from Bartleby's famous reply: "I would prefer not to."
Class website
Student Videos
The Literary Movements
The Authors We Study
- Washington Irving (1783-1859)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
- Herman Melville (1819-1891)
- Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
- Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
- Willa Cather (1873-1947)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
- John Cheever (1912-1982)
- Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
- Ray Bradbury (1920- )
The Works We Read
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Irving (1820)
Rip Van Winkle - Irving (1820)
The Minister's Black Veil - Hawthorne (1836)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Poe (1841)
The Masque of the Red Death - Poe (1842)
The Tell-Tale Heart - Poe (1843)
The Birth-Mark - Hawthorne (1843)
William Wilson - Poe (1845)
Ethan Brand - Hawthorne (1850)
The Scarlet Letter - Hawthorne (1850)
The House of Seven Gables - Hawthorne (1851)
Bartleby the Scrivener - Melville (1853)
Billy Budd - Melville (1886)
A Retrieved Reformation - O. Henry (1903)
Ethan Frome - Wharton (1911)
The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald (1925)
Neighbour Rosicky - Cather (1932)
The Crucible - Miller (1953)
The Enormous Radio - Cheever (1953)
Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury (1953)
The Swimmer - Cheever (1964)
Rip Van Winkle - Irving (1820)
The Minister's Black Veil - Hawthorne (1836)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Poe (1841)
The Masque of the Red Death - Poe (1842)
The Tell-Tale Heart - Poe (1843)
The Birth-Mark - Hawthorne (1843)
William Wilson - Poe (1845)
Ethan Brand - Hawthorne (1850)
The Scarlet Letter - Hawthorne (1850)
The House of Seven Gables - Hawthorne (1851)
Bartleby the Scrivener - Melville (1853)
Billy Budd - Melville (1886)
A Retrieved Reformation - O. Henry (1903)
Ethan Frome - Wharton (1911)
The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald (1925)
Neighbour Rosicky - Cather (1932)
The Crucible - Miller (1953)
The Enormous Radio - Cheever (1953)
Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury (1953)
The Swimmer - Cheever (1964)
The Themes
The Palimpsests
- Rip Van Winkle -- film (1896)
- The Headless Horseman -- silent film (1922)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue -- film (1932)
- The House of Seven Gables -- film (1940)
- Tell-Tale Heart -- animation (1953)
- Billy Budd -- film (1962)
- Masque of the Red Death -- film (1964)
- Fahrenheit 451 -- film (1966)
- The Swimmer -- film (1968)
- The Great Gatsby -- film (1974)
- Tell-Tale Heart -- monologue (1985)
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue -- tv (1986)
- Billy Budd -- opera (1989)
- Ethan Frome -- film (1993)
- The Scarlet Letter -- film (1995)
- Legend of Sleepy Hollow -- film (1999)
- Legend of Sleepy Hollow -- musical (2002)
- The Enormous Radio -- radio play (2008)
- Masque of the Red Death -- play (2008)
- Bartleby the Scrivener -- play (2009)
Literary Resources
Word & Grammar Resources
- Apostrophe Protection Society
- AskOxford.com
- Barrel Full of Words
- Basics of Sentence Diagramming
- British Library: Language & Literature
- Dictionary of American Regional English
- Grammar Girl's Quick & Dirty Tips
- Grammar Monkeys
- Grammar News in The New York Times
- Grammarphobia.com Blog
- SPOGG
- Tips on How to Compose an Email
- Vocabula Review
- Word Spy
- World Wide Words
Word Humour
American Folklore
Related Cultural Links
American Radio Drama
The Archives
- May 23 - May 30 (1)
- May 2 - May 9 (2)
- April 25 - May 2 (5)
- April 18 - April 25 (3)
- April 11 - April 18 (3)
- April 4 - April 11 (3)
- March 28 - April 4 (3)
- March 21 - March 28 (3)
- March 14 - March 21 (5)
- March 7 - March 14 (5)
- February 28 - March 7 (4)
- February 21 - February 28 (2)
- February 14 - February 21 (4)
- February 7 - February 14 (8)
- January 31 - February 7 (4)
- January 24 - January 31 (7)
- January 17 - January 24 (4)
- January 3 - January 10 (3)
- December 27 - January 3 (1)
- December 20 - December 27 (4)
- December 13 - December 20 (3)
- December 6 - December 13 (5)
- November 29 - December 6 (4)
- November 22 - November 29 (4)
- November 15 - November 22 (4)
- November 8 - November 15 (3)
- November 1 - November 8 (5)
- October 25 - November 1 (9)
- October 18 - October 25 (5)
- October 11 - October 18 (5)
- October 4 - October 11 (5)
- September 27 - October 4 (5)
- September 20 - September 27 (10)
- September 13 - September 20 (14)
- September 6 - September 13 (11)
- August 30 - September 6 (12)
- August 23 - August 30 (8)
- August 16 - August 23 (1)
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