After learning about early U.S. literary movements during Unit 1, we split into groups to create playlists for texts from the American Gothic, Romantic, Naturalist and Realist traditions. Happy listening!

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Jamie’s Playlist: “I measure every Grief I meet” by Emily Dickinson

Group 1: “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe

Group 2: “The Rats in the Walls” by H.P. Lovecraft

Group 3: McTeague: A Story of San Francisco (ch. 18-19) by Frank Norris

Group 4: “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane

Group 5: “The Wives of the Dead” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Group 6: “Beyond the Bayou” by Kate Chopin