Prepared by M. Honochick for RJ Stangherlin.  All materials on this bibliography are available in the SHS library.
 

AMERICAN ARTISTS

John James Audubon

       Foshay, Ella M.  John James Audubon.  New York:  Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,
                1997.
598           Illustrated with more than one hundred full page colorplates of
Audabon     Audubon’s watercolors and oil paintings, this biography chronicles
                 the naturalist’s life and gives insight into his personality.

        Irmscher, Christopher, ed.  John James Audubon: Writings and Drawings.  New
                York: Penguin Pitnam Inc., 1999.
598          This work is the most comprehensive selection of Audubon’s writings
Audubon    ever published and includes his “Mississippi River Journal”, as well as
                excerpts from the “1826 Journal” and Ornithological Biography.
                Sixty-four full color plates and several manuscript sketches are included.

Mathew Brady

         Panzer, Mary. Mathew Brady and the Image of History.  Washington, DC
               Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.
770          This work charts Brady’s career from his early years as a daguerreotypist
Panzer      through the Civil War Years to his bankruptcy in 1872.  Renowned as a
               photographer of Civil War battlefields, Brady devoted most of his career
               to portraiture.  This book contains portraits and battlefield scenes.
 
 

ENGLISH ARTISTS

Julia Margaret Cameron

           J. Paul Getty Museum.  Julia Margaret Cameron: Photographs from
                the J. Paul Getty Museum.  Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1996.
779             This work contains fifty portraits by Cameron, a nineteenth century Cameron       pioneer of photography.  Each photograph is accompanied by a
                   commentary.

         Wolf, Sylvia.  Julia Margaret Cameron’s Women.  New Haven, Yale UP, 1999.
779              This work provides new information and insights about this visionary
Wolf              photographer, as well as many of her psychological portraits of women
                    during the Victorian period.

Joseph Mallord William Turner

         Kenner, Robert.  First Impressions: J.M.W. Turner. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
                  Publishers, 1995.
759.2          This work chronicles the life and work of one of England’s greatest
Kenner         painters, whose work foreshadowed the Impressionists.

         Walker, John.  Joseph Mallord William Turner.  Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
                  Publishers, 1983.
759.2          This volume contains forty-four colorplates and fifty black and white
Walker          reproductions of the most significant oil paintings, watercolors,
                  engravings, and drawings of Turner’s work.  Each colorplate is
                  accompanied by a commentary.
 
 

AMERICAN LITERATURE

Collections / Novels

        Oates, Joyce Carol and Robert Atwan, eds.  The Best American Essays of the
               Century.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000
814              This collection of fifty-five essays is a political, spiritual and personal
Best            record of “America’s modern age” by renowned artists, writers,
                  commentators and activists.

        Rather, Dan. The American Dream: Stories from the Heart of Our
               Nation. New York:  Harper Collins Publishers, 2001.
973.92        Eight stories of Americans whose dreams have been transformed
Rather         into reality through hard work, dedication and unshakable faith.
                   (5 COPIES)

        Sontag, Susan.  In America: A Novel.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
                   1999.
813              This novel is a travelogue in time, from the gilded age to the “brave new
Sontag          world.”
                    (2 COPIES)

James Fenimore Cooper

         Cooper, James Fenimore.  The Last of the Mohicans. New York:  Bantam
FIC                Books, 1989 (1826)
Cooper           This classic frontier story is Cooper’s most popular work.

FIC     -----The Pioneers: Or the Sources of the Susquehanna.
Cooper          New York: Penguin Group, 1980 (1823).
                    (2 COPIES)

Emily Dickinson

         Johnson, Thomas H. ed.  The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.  Boston:
811                  Little, Brown and Co., 1961.
Dickinson         This book contains Dickinson’s poetry, as well as biographical notes.

          Longsworth, Polly  The World of Emily Dickinson. New York: W.W.
                      Norton & Co., 1997.
811.4               Over 275 portraits, engravings and maps are useto illustrate
Longsworth      the life and work of Emily Dickinson.

         Sewall, Richard B.  The Life of Emily Dickinson. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1998.
821                  Primary documents are used to chronicle the life and work of Emily
Sewall              Dickinson.  This biography also includes a detailed chronology.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

         Atkinson, Brooks, ed.  The Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson.  New
                      York:  Random House, 1992.
814.3              These selections span Emerson’s career as author and traveling
Emerson          lecturer and chart the principles of transcendentalism,
                      individualism without egotism and anti-materialism.

          Richardson, Robert D. Jr.  Emerson: The Mind on Fire.  Berkeley: U of CA P,
                      1995.
921                  Using Emerson’s published works, notebooks, journals, and letters,
Emerson           this book chronicles the life of Emerson and his influence onThoreau,
                       Dickinson, Frost and others.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

         Miller, Edwin Haviland.  Salem Is My Dwelling Place.  Iowa City Press, 1991.
                      Through primary sources, such as letters and previously unpublished
921                 manuscripts, this work provides extensive biographical
Hawthorne        information about interpretations of many of his stories, and
                       descriptions and explanations of the political events and social
                       issues of the time.

Washington Irving

         Irving, Washington.  Irving: Bracebridge Hall; Tales of a Traveller; The
                   Alhambra.  New York: Literary Classics of the United Statets, Inc.
                      1991.
FIC               Bracebridge Hall was published under the pseudonym Geoffrey
Irving              Crayon and centers on an English manor, its inhabitants, and the
                      tales they tell.  Tales of a Traveller (1824) is Irving’s last work of
                      fiction before he turned to writing history, biography and
                      adaptations of folktales.  The Alhambra (1832) is a series of tales
                      based on Irving’s stay in Granada.

FIC               The Sketch Book.  New York:  Penguin Group, 1981 (1819).
Irving               In this work, Irving chronicles his travels in England.
                      (3 COPIES)

Herman Melville

         Berthoff, Warner, ed.  Great Short Works of Herman Melville. New York,
                      Harper & Row Publishers, 1969
FIC                  In addition to an introduction, selected bibliography and chronology,
Melville            this anthology contains twenty two of Melville’s short works of
                      fiction, including Billy Budd, Sailor.
                      (2 COPIES)

         Parker, Hershel  Herman Melville: A Biography; Volume I, 1819-1851.
                      Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1996.
921                  This is the first of two volumes that chronicles Melville’s tumultuous
Melville             life through the 1851 publications of his masterpiece Moby Dick.
                       Presented with accuracy and completeness, the details of
                       Melville’s life are used to examine his role in American literature.

         Rollyson, Carl and Lisa Paddock  Herman Melville A to Z: The Essential
                    Reference to His Life and Work.  New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2001.
813                Arranged in alphabetical order, this work includes synopses of his
Rollyson          short and long fiction; descriptions of his characters; details about
                      his family, friends and associates.  The book also features a
                      chronology of Melville’s life and work, a select bibliography and
                      photographs and illustrations.
                      (SUPPLEMENTAL)

Edgar Allan Poe

         Doren Stern, Philip Van, ed.  The Portable Poe.  New York: Penguin Book,
818                 1945.
Poe                 This work compiles Poe’s greatest writings.
 

        Silverman, Kenneth.  Edgar A. Poe:  Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance.
                      New York:  Harper Collins, 1992.
921                 This compelling and carefully researched biography chronicles the
Poe                 life of Edgar Allan Poe.

        Sova, Dawn B.  Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z.  New York:  Facts on File, Inc. 2000.
818                 Arranged in alphabetical order, this work includes synopses of his
Sova               tales, poems and critical works; descriptions of his characters;
                      details about his family and places that influenced Poe.
                      (SUPPLEMENTAL)

        Winwar, Frances.  The Haunted Palace.  New York: Harper & Row, 1959
921                  This biography of Poe also examines his works and the circumstances
Poe                  of their creation.

Henry David Thoreau

         Thoreau, Henry David.  The Variorum Walden and The Variorum Civil
                    Disobedience.  New York: Washington Square Press, 1969
                    (1854).
   818            This work includes comprehensive notes based on the research
   Thoreau       and criticism of the past century.

        Bode, Carl, ed.  The Portable Thoreau.  New York: Viking Press, 1964.
818               In addition to a chronology, this volume contains the works of the
Bode             poet-philosopher.

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

         Emerson, Everett.  Mark Twain: A Literary Life. Philadelphia: U of PA P, 1999.
921               This work examines the biographical context of Twain’s writings.
Twain             Using letters and autobiographical writings, Emerson has Twain tell
                    his own story.

        Kaplan, Justin.  Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography.  New York:
                    Simon & Schuster, 1983 (1966).
921                In addition to chronicling the life of Mark Twain, this biography
Twain             provides analyses of his personality and work.

         Miller, Arthur.  Introduction.  Mark Twain: Chapters from My Autobiography.
                 Samuel Clemens.  New York: Oxford UP, 1996.
921             This work first appeared in 26 installments in the North American
Twain           Review.  According to Miller, Twain, “…who more than any other writer
                  marked the boundaries of American literature,” reflects on his childhood,
                  career as a writer and role as husband and father.
 

         Neider, Charles, ed.  The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain. Samuel
FIC              Clemens.  New York:  Doubleday, 1957.
Twain

       Mark Twain A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work.  New York:
                   Facts on File, 2.
813              Arranged in alphabetical order, this work include synopses of his short
Twain            and long fiction; descriptions of his characters; details about his
                   family, friends, associates, and places that influenced Twain.  The
                   book also features a chronology of Twain’s life and work, a select
                   bibliography and photographs and illustrations.
                   (SUPPLEMENTAL)

Phillis Wheatley

         Jensen, Marilyn.  Phillis Wheatley: Negro Slave of Mr. John Wheatley of
                  Boston. Scarsdale: LION Books, 1987.
921             This biography chronicles the life of Phillis Wheatley, “the first black
Wheatley      poet in colonial America.”
                  (Anthologies containing her poetry are available.)

Walt Whitman

         Callow, Phillip.  From Noon to Starry Night: A Life of Walt Whitman.
                  Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Inc. 1992.
921             This work utilizes a broad range of sources and quotations from
Whitman      Whitman’s poems, to recreate the poet’s life and provide interpretations
                  of his poetry.

         Van Doren, Mark.  The Portable Walt Whitman.  New York: Viking Press,
                  1969 (1945).
811.3           This work includes the best Whitman and most representative selections
Whitman      of Whitman’s poetry, prose and reminiscences.

John Greenleaf Whittier

         Warren, Robert Penn.  John Greenleaf Whittier’s Poetry: An Appraisal and a
                Selection.  Minneapolis:  U of MN P, 1971.
811              Using thirty-six of Whittier’s poems, Warren discuss the significance of Warren        Whittier as a writer.  Warren provides biographical information and
                  shows that Whittier’s commitment to humanity profoundly influenced
                  his poetry.

         Whittier, John Greenleaf.  The Complete Poetical Works of Whittier.  Boston:
                  Houghton Mifflin Company, 1894.
811              This edition contains a biographical sketch, Whittier’s poetry, and notes
Whittier       at the end of the volume.
 

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Jane Austen

        Austen, Jane.  Mansfield Park.  New York:  Bantam Books, 1993.
FIC              First published in 1814, this book contains some of Austen's wittiest
Austen        and most perceptive character studies.

FIC    -----Northanger Abbey, Lady Susan, The Watsons, and Sandition.  New
Austen        York:  Oxford UP, 1980.
                  First published in 1817, Northanger Abbey is the earlist of Austen's
                  comedies and makes fun of the excesses of the Gothic novel.  The other
                  comedies followed.

        Lane, Maggie.  Jane Austen's World: The Life and Times of England's
              Most Popular Author.  Holbrook, MA:  Adams Media Corporation.
914.2        This work provides insights into the author's life and takes the reader on
Lane         a tour of the England of Jane Austen's lifetime.

        Meyer, Valerie Grosvenor.  Jane Austen:  Obstinate Heart.  New York: Arcade
                Publishing, 1997.
921          Using letters, family memories and excerpts from her novels, this
Austen     biography provides information and insights about the legendary author
               Jane Austen.

John Keats

         Garrod, H.W., ed.  The Poetical Works of John Keats.  John Keats.  London:
821          Oxford UP, 1961 (1908).
Keats      This work contains all of Keats’s poetry.

         Motion, Andrew.  Keats.  New York: Farror, Strauss and Giroux, 1997.
921          To chronicle the life of Keats, this biography utilizes the poet’s letter and
Keats      examines the social and political aspects of the time.
 

NINETEENTH CENTURY WRITINGS

        Collins, Wilkie.  The Moonstone. New York: Penquin Books, 1998 (1868).
FIC          T.S. Eliot called this work “the first, the longest, and the best of modern
Collins     English detective novels.”
              (2 COPIES)

FIC   -----Miss or Mrs.?, The Haunted, Hotel, The Guilty River. New York: Oxford UP,
Collins      1999.

FIC   -----The Woman In White.  New York: Penguin Books, 1999. (1860)
Collins

        Cox, Michael and R.A. Gilbert, eds.  Victorian Ghost Stories. New York:
              Oxford UP, 1991.
823       An anthology of thirty-five traditional ghost stories from the nineteenth
Cox        and early twentieth centuries.
             (2 COPIES)

        -----The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories.  New York: Oxford UP,
823       1989.
Cox       This collection presents a full range of classic English ghost fiction.

         Crow, L. Charles, ed.  American Gothic:  An Anthology 1787-1916.
810.8      The collection contains over fifty short stories, novellas and poems by
Crow       some of America's best known authors as well as writers long associated
              with suspense.

         Gilbert, Sandra M. and Susan Gubar.  The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman
            Writer and the Nineteenth Century Literary Imagination. 2nd edition.  New
              Haven:  Yale UP, 2000.
820.9     This work reexamines and reinterprets the works of nineteenth century
Gilbert    women writers, such as Austen, Shelley, the Brontes, Eliot and Dickinson
              in a feminist perspective.

        Hillerman, Tony and Rosemary Herbert, eds.  The Oxford Book of American
           Detective Stories.  New York: Oxford UP, 1996.
813        This work contains thirty-three tales that illustrate both the evolution
Oxford    of crime fiction in the United States and America’s unique contribution
             to this genre.

        Maturn, Charles Robert.  Melmoth the Wanderer.  New York: Penguin Books,
FIC          2000 (1820).
Maturn    This work is labeled “the Gothic romance to end all Gothic romances.”

        Terry, Elizabeth, ed.  American Gothic.  New York: Barnes & Noble, 1997.
              These twenty-five stories by master storytellers, including Hawthorne,
FIC          Poe, Crane, Wharton, are drawn from a century of American writing.
Terry       These tales horrify, not by blood and gore, but by exposing the evil in
              our world.
              (2 COPIES)

        Osborne, Hugh and David Skilton, eds.  Barchester Towers. Anthony
FIC          Trollope.  London: J.M. Dent, 1994 (1857).
Trollope   Judged to be one of the funniest of all Victorian novels.
 

AMERICAN POLITICS

Daniel Webster

         Remini, Robert V.  Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time.  New York:
                  W.W. Norton Co., 1997
921             This work provides an exhaustive examination of the man and his time as
Webster       they tangle in issues such as westward expansion, growth of democracy,
                  market revolution, slavery and abolitionism and the National Bank.  His
                  speeches are fully discussed as are his relationships with Henry Clay
                  and John C. Calhoun.

Andrew Jackson

         Remini, Robert V. The Life of Andrew Jackson.  New York: Penguin Books,
                  1990.
921              This work is an on-volume abridgement of the previously published three
Jackson        volume biography on the life and presidency of Andrew Jackson.  The
                   book includes a chronology, maps, photographs and excerpts from
                  primary source material.

Thomas Jefferson

          Cunningham, Noble E., Jr.  In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas
                  Jefferson.  New York: Ballantine Books, 1987.
921             This comprehensive biography includes photographs and excerpts from
Jefferson     letters and speeches.

          Ellis, Joseph J. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson.
                  New York: Random House, 1998.
921             Primary source material is used to examine the contradictions of the
Jefferson    Jeffersonian character.

         Mayer, David N.  The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson.
                  Charlottesville:  UP of VA, 1994.
973.4         Using excerpts from letters speeches and essays, this work examines the
Mayer         constitutional issues and problems of Jefferson’s time.

          Wills, Garry (Introduction). Thomas Jefferson: Genius of Liberty.  New
                  York:  Penguin Putnam, Inc. 2000.
973.4         Using Jefferson’s own words and contemporary commentary by
Jefferson    prominent scholars, this work explores Jefferson’s public career and
                 private life.
 

AMERICAN SOCIAL ISSUES --- SLAVERY/ABOLITIONISM

Harriet Beecher Stowe

         Coil, Suzanne M.  Harriet Beecher Stowe. New York: Franklin Watts, 1993.
921              This work chronicles Stowe’s life, her development as an author, the
Stowe          creation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the turbulence of the Civil War years.

         Stowe, Harriet Beecher.  Uncle Tom’s Cabin. New York: Bantam Books, 1981
                  (1851-52).
FIC              When it first appeared, this book so polarized the abolitionist and anti-
Stowe          abolitionist debate, some claim it to be one of the causes of the Civil
                   War.

Essays on Slavery /Abolitionism

         Coffin, Levi.  “The Underground Railroad.” Reminiscences. 2nd Edition.
                  Cincinnati, 1880, pp 298-311.
(In Folder)   Coffin was one of the leaders of the underground railroad.  He worked in
                  Indiana and Ohio to help slaves escape.  This essay describes the
                  operation of the road around 1850.

         Mann, Horace.  “Slavery in the Territories.” Slavery: Letters and Speeches.
                  Boston, 1851, pp. 180-225.
(In Folder)    Mann’s speech was in opposition to the extension of slavery into newly
                  acquired territory.  Many of his abolitionist positions were utilized by
                  Lincoln in his debates with Stephen A. Douglas.

         Washington, Booker T.  Up From Slavery: An Autobiography.  Williamstown:
921              Corner House Publishers, 1971 (1900).
Washington
 

MISCELLANEOUS [Post-Modern American Transcendentalism]

         Collins, Terah Kathryn.  The Western Guide to Feng Shui: Room by Room.
                  Carlsbad:  Hay House, Inc., 1999.
133.3          This work explains how to incorporate Feng Shui into every room of your
Collins         house.

        Englebert, Clear.  Feng Shui:  Demystified.  Freedom:  The Crossing Press,
133.3          2000.
Englebert     This work presents a step-by-step guide to the practice of Feng Shui.

        Linn, Denise.  Feng Shui for the Soul.  Carlsbad:  Hay House, Inc. 1999.
133.3          This work is a comprehensive look at both centuries – old techniques and
Linn             the latest research.

         Too, Lillian.  Easy-to-Use Feng Shui: 168 Ways to Success.  London, Colins
                  and Brown, 1999.
133.3          Through the use of charts, calculations, and artwork, the author offers
Too             suggestions on how to achieve success and well-being.

          -----. Feng Shui: How to Apply the Secrets of Chinese Wisdom for Health,
                Wealth and Happiness.  New York: Barnes and Noble Books: 2000.
133.3          The author explains the principles and practice of living in harmony with
Too              your environment and how changes to your surroundings can foster
                  health and happiness.

         Webster, Richard.  Feng Shui for Beginners.  St. Paul:  Llewellyn Publications,
                  2000.
133.3         This work is an easy-to-follow practical guide to the ancient art of Feng
Webster     Shui.
 

2002 American Additions:

FIC     Fitzgerald, F. Scott.  The Great Gatsby.  NY: Siimon & Schuster, 1995
        (1925).
 
         -----.  The Last Tycoon.  NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953 (1941).

         -----.  Tender is the Night.  NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962 (1933).

813    Irving, Washington.  The Complete Tales of Martk Twain.  NY: DaCapo P, 1975.
Irving

921    Twain, Mark.  The Autobiography of mark Twain.  NY: Random House, Inc. 2002.
Twain

FIC    Twain, Mark.  Mark Twain's Library of Humor.  NY: Random House, Inc. 2000.
Twain
 

2002 English Additions:

FIC    Austen, Jane.  Pride and Prejudice.  NY: 1945 (1813).
Austen

         -----.  Sense and Sensiblility.  NY: 1945 (1811).

FIC    Bronte, Charlotte.  Jane Eyre.  NY: Penguin Books, 1985 (1847).
Bronte

FIC    Bronte, Emily.  Wuthering Heights.  NY: Simon & Schuster: 1973 (1847).
Bronte

FIC    Eliot, Grorge.  Middlemarch.  NY: Bantom Books, 1992 (1871).
Eliot
         -----.  Adam Bede.  NY: Dood, Mead & Co., 1947 (1859).

         -----.  The Mill on the Floss.  NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1960 (1860).

Stangherlin Copies [on order for SHS library compliments of Miss Honochick]

Diamond, Jared.  Guns, Germs, and Steel: The fateas of Human Society.
    NY: Norton, 1999.

The Geography of Settlement.

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