2. James Fenimo Cooper
From the Pioneers (Chapter 22)
3. Ralph Waldo Emerson
be self-reliant
4. nathaniel hawthorne
Minister's black veil
Rapaccini's daughter.
5. edgar allan poe
Ligia
The collapse of the old house in Asher
Philosophy of writing
6. henry david thoreau
Walden Lake or Forest Life
Resistance to the civilian government
7. walt whitman
Songs from myself (1, 6, 15, 16, 20, 2 1, 23, 24, 3 1, 33, 48, 52)
Cross the Brooklyn ferry
Get out of the cradle and swing endlessly.
When lilacs finally bloom in the yard
8. herman melville
Excerpted from Moby Dick (chapters 36, 4 1, 42, 72, 94, 1 19)
9.emily dickinson
Poetry (214,241,249,258,288,290,303,328,341,435,448,
465,520,569,632,640,675,709,7 12,72 1,754,764,883,937,
986, 1068, 1072, 1078, 1 129, 1463, 1545, 1593, 160 1, 1624,
1732)
10.[ Name] Mark Twain (American humorist, novelist, writer and speaker)
Excerpted from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (chapters 15, 16, 2 1, 3 1).
1 1. Henry James
From daisy miller (Chapters 3 and 4)
The Art of Fiction
12. Stephen clay
From the Red Medal of Courage (Chapters 1, 6, 9, 14, 18, 25)