Books for English 356/456 Fall 2008
 
 







  
Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)17 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dover Publications, 1993

Broad-minded and radical thoughts

+ Self reliance
+ Great find in Great condition!
+ Individualism based upon a foundation of moral truth
  
  











  



  
Nineteenth-Century American Poetry (Penguin Classics)2 reviews

Penguin Classics, 1996

The greatness of nineteenth century poetry

+ Great Book to have as a collector

This anthology contains a varied selection of close to twenty American nineteenth century poets. It gives the greatest amount of space to Whitman, Dickinson, and Melville. It also contains poems by Emerson, Thoreau, Longfellow, Bryant, Crane, Whittier and others less well- known. My own feeling ...
  
  











  



  
The Gold-Bug and Other Tales (Dover Thrift Editions)5 reviews
Edgar Allan Poe

Dover Publications, 1991

Nine Great Tales by the Master of the Macabre

+ How can you go wrong??
+ Free SF Reader
+ Great Stories That Could Use Some Footnotes
+ Edgar
  
  











  



  
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)326 reviews
Herman Melville

Penguin Classics, 2002

Classic for a reason

+ Very Deep
+ a challenge to read and understand; requires some pondering...
+ Get back to the Pequad please!
  
  











  



  
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Thrift Edition)4 reviews
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Dover Publications, 2005

A Real Classic!

+ used paper back book
+ Informative

Most of the classics you read are long and boring and definitely not easy reading. Uncle Tom's Cabin is not one of those books! It is a book you can read before you go to sleep at night, without your brain hurting from trying to decipher what is going on (Wuthering Heights anyone?). Bottom line, I ...
  
  











  



  
Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)6 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dover Publications, 1992

A potent sampling of Hawthorne's tales

+ Good Condition
+ Virtue vs. vice and fabulous storytelling
+ Witchcraft, Revenge, Guilt, Artistic Obsession, and Humor - Distinctly Hawthorne
+ The Artist's consciousness...the soul's examination...
  
  











  



  
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)326 reviews
Herman Melville

Penguin Classics, 2002

Classic for a reason

+ Very Deep
+ a challenge to read and understand; requires some pondering...
+ Get back to the Pequad please!
  
  











  



  
Nineteenth-Century American Poetry (Penguin Classics)2 reviews

Penguin Classics, 1996

The greatness of nineteenth century poetry

+ Great Book to have as a collector

This anthology contains a varied selection of close to twenty American nineteenth century poets. It gives the greatest amount of space to Whitman, Dickinson, and Melville. It also contains poems by Emerson, Thoreau, Longfellow, Bryant, Crane, Whittier and others less well- known. My own feeling ...
  
  











  



  
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Thrift Edition)4 reviews
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Dover Publications, 2005

A Real Classic!

+ used paper back book
+ Informative

Most of the classics you read are long and boring and definitely not easy reading. Uncle Tom's Cabin is not one of those books! It is a book you can read before you go to sleep at night, without your brain hurting from trying to decipher what is going on (Wuthering Heights anyone?). Bottom line, I ...
  
  











  



  
Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)17 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dover Publications, 1993

Broad-minded and radical thoughts

+ Self reliance
+ Great find in Great condition!
+ Individualism based upon a foundation of moral truth
  
  











  



  
Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)6 reviews
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dover Publications, 1992

A potent sampling of Hawthorne's tales

+ Good Condition
+ Virtue vs. vice and fabulous storytelling
+ Witchcraft, Revenge, Guilt, Artistic Obsession, and Humor - Distinctly Hawthorne
+ The Artist's consciousness...the soul's examination...
  
  











  



  
The Gold-Bug and Other Tales (Dover Thrift Editions)5 reviews
Edgar Allan Poe

Dover Publications, 1991

Nine Great Tales by the Master of the Macabre

+ How can you go wrong??
+ Free SF Reader
+ Great Stories That Could Use Some Footnotes
+ Edgar
  
  











  






   



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