English 670
Summer 2003
Texts: Required
Mother Goose's Melodies (facsimile edition of the Munroe and Francis "Copyright 1833" version), introduction and bibliographic note by E. F. Bleiler. Dover 1970. (Very cheap.)
Gail S. Murray, American Children's Literature and the Construction of Childhood. Twayne, 1998.
This book is expensive--so I've put a copy on reserve at the TCNJ library. There are several used copies available at lower prices on Amazon.com.
Lydia Maria Child, The Girl's Own Book. Applewood Reprint ed., 1991.
Joseph E. Illick, American Childhoods. U. of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.
Horatio Alger Jr., Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward. Penguin Classics.
Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings. Penguin American Library.
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Bantam Classic.
Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Penguin Classics.
Additional readings will be available on SOCS or linked to the course website.
Also bring:
Any edition of Mother Goose you can find in a local bookstore or library or an online bookstore. Look for offbeat, revisionist, modernized, or traditional editions--whether complete or not.
On reserve:
Gloria T. Delamar, Mother Goose: From Nursery to Literature. McFarland 1987.
Gail S. Murray, American Children's Literature and the Construction of Childhood. Twayne, 1998.