Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Readings for next week

Jan. 25 early rumblings on this side of the atlantic
1. Mary Rowlandson, “Narrative of Captivity and Restoration…”
Available at: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/8/5/851/851.txt
2. Anne Bradstreet, “In Reference to Her Children, 23 June 1659,”
and “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House,
Juy 10th, 1666”
3. Daniel Shea, “The Prehistory of American Autobiography,” from Paul John Eakins, American Autobiography: Retrospect and Prospect, pp. 25-42.

Jan. 27 early variations in form
1. Elizabeth Ashbridge, “Some Account of the Fore Part of the Life of Elizabeth Ashbridge,” pp. 147-176.
2. Sidonie Smith and Julie Watson, Reading Autobiography: A Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, pp. 165-179

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