Reading Courses in American Literature (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Reading Courses in American Literature (Classic Reprint) written by Fred Lewis Pattee and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reading Courses in American Literature Frequent inquiries by members of reading circles, by college students, and others, for a systematic course of reading in the American Classics have led the author to the publication of the following pages, originally prepared for use with his elective courses. The value of systematic reading need not be dwelt upon, and the inability of the average reader to select his own path needs no comment. These courses, which cover only a small fraction of the great mass of our literature, aim to present to the reader only the very best products of American belleslettres. The endeavor has been to include nothing in Course I which has not stood the test of time, and which has not been admitted by the general consent of critics to the select list of American Classics. With six exceptions, those of Stoddard; Stedman, Aldrich, Mitchell, Burroughs, and Warner, all of whom have long since won for themselves secure places in the field of American letters, no living author has been included. The course as presented includes only those works of which no well-read American can be ignorant. A major and a minor amount of reading is offered in each course. The former requires a reading of all the works mentioned in the text, while the latter requires only those printed in full-faced type. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.