Emily Balch Seminar: American Gothics

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  General

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  • Select activity Announcements

    

    Announcements Forum
  • Select activity Announcements

    

    Announcements Forum
  • Select activity Library Guide: ESEM Resources

    

    Library Guide: ESEM Resources URL

    A resource guide provided by BMC Libraries, designed especially for ESem students. 

• Select section General Resources

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  General Resources

  • Select activity Start of Term Survey

    

    Start of Term Survey URL

    Please complete this survey by Thursday, September 4th

  • Select activity Course Syllabus

    

    Course Syllabus URL

    Will be updated, keep an eye on Moodle!

• Select section Week 1: What is Gothic?

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  Week 1: What is Gothic?

  • Select activity For Thurs, 9/3: Jones, "The Canniness of the Gothic"

    

    For Thurs, 9/3: Jones, "The Canniness of the Gothic" File PDF

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• Select section Week 2: English Gothic

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  Week 2: English Gothic

  • Select activity For Tue, 9/8: Walpole, Castle of Otranto, Part I

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    For Tuesday, 9/8, please read Walpole, Castle of Otranto, Part I

  • Select activity For Thurs, 9/10: Castle of Otranto

    For Thursday, 9/10, please finish reading The Castle of Otranto

• Select section Week 3: New England

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  Week 3: New England

  • Select activity For Tue, 9/15: Hawthorne, "The Black Veil"

    

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  • Select activity For Tue, 9/15: Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown"

    

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  • Select activity For Tue, 9/15: Hawthorne, "Roger Malvin's Bones"

    

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  • Select activity For Thurs, 9/17: Jackson, Pt 1

    For Thursday, 9/17--

    please read the first 5 chapters of Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle, pages 1- 73.

• Select section Just for Fun: Extra Reading of Related Interest

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  Just for Fun: Extra Reading of Related Interest

  • Select activity Philly Fringe Festival: LIGEIA by Edgar Allan Poe

    

    Philly Fringe Festival: LIGEIA by Edgar Allan Poe URL

    This production has student discount tickets and runs September 16-19th. Based on this short story by Poe.