The Wounded Male: Literature

The Wounded Male

One of the other unusual things about American Literature are the sheer number of wounded men that populate it's pages. It's almost impossible to pick up a novel without finding some man who is clearly damaged goods. This unit will examine these men and the reasons for their "damage" Authors include: Hawthorne, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Salinger, and Joyce

Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter

We use an unusual reading for this novel, focusing on Dimmesdale. Obviously, you, as a student, should be aware of the other possible readings of the novel.

The Hawthorne Site has great resources on the man.
This essay has a far more standard reading. This essay also re-examines the work in a thoughtful way. Finally, this paper of many parts is a worthwhile assignment and a great resource.
Scarlet Letter. This is an e-text of the novel. This is a searchable copy of the whole thing. Here is the Atlantic's review of the work. In case you need it, here is the original title page of the work. if you need a dense and difficult to read biography you could read this.
Salem, Massachusetts. Salem has changed a great deal since Hawthorne's time. See the new power plant and factories!
Demi's Dream. yep, the Movie. Check out the promo material. In the same spurious vein, here is a spurious Cliff's Notes version of the novel. This is a review of all the new versions of the book that are out. Neat graphics.
The Puritan This is an exploration of what it means to be a Puritan. This book has been banned several times.

Ernest Hemingway; In Our Time This is a tremendous short novel that masquerades as a collection of short stories. It is the definitive novel of writing style.

Mungo Park and Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea from Cuba. Read a short essay on it. Walk through Hemingway's CubaMost importantly, here are my handouts.
Hemingway At Florida This is outstanding and should be your first stop..
Hemingway This is Poppa's home page, rife with fun stuff.
Poppa Page This is a great web site, with good graphics, great links, and audio.
Oak Park The Hemingway society of Oak Park put this site together. If you want to see Horton's Bay, and the Michigan Area, come here
Here is quick response paper to In Our Time, with some intriguing thoughts. Another essay also has some solid ideas. This is the medical take on the story. And, for the extreme, here are transcripts of online conversations about Hemingway and his writings. I hate the Code reading of Hemingway, but this essay explains the theory well.
Just an outstanding article on The Short Happy Life and the basis for the story in fact. Here is the medical take on "A Clean Well Lighted Place." More on "A Clean Well Lighted Place."
A Bad Hemingway story about chemotherapy Very, very interesting.

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby Possibly the finest novel written by an American, The Great Gatsby neatly brings both of our themes together.

Centennial This great site has a lot of information on Fitzgerald, much of it from a good college library
The Great Gatsby. A solid site, with some nice links.
The Hamptons West and East Egg are only vaguely hidden references to the Hamptons.
Diamond as Big as the Ritz. These are the lyrics to a Jimmy Buffet song, which refers to the famous story. A challenge is in here, somewhere.
Movie Review This is a review of the 1974 Redford movie.
Cyrano One of the finest web sites. Gatsby would send a love letter this way. In the same vein Dorothy Parker is also a nice read in order to help with Fitzy.

J.D Salinger: Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger's, novel is one of the greatest novels written, and the purest capture of adolesence since journals were invented. The book that most adults should reread when their kids hit age 12.

The curriculum, broken in two. The first part handles the prelimaries up to page 122. The second handles the rest, plus short stories.
Letters to Salinger My students and myself write to J. D. Salinger.
Catcher page This page has a great deal of tremendous information and essays on the novel. Very wide ranging. This site doesn't have a lot, but some interesting bits.
Bananafish is a good, legal Salinger site.
Salinger
The original bookcover
Look, it's in Italian. However, most of the links are in English and deal with more connections to the novel, as well as short stories.
Joyce Carol Oates The mantle of Salinger got passed to JCO. Check out Marya, a Life or "Where Are You Going..."
The Holden Server This used to be awesome. Now the Salinger Lawyers are all over it. Check it out, anyway.

James Joyce: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Just an amazing, mind blowing novel that requires as much help as humanly possible.

Portrait This is the novel, by chapter. Use that find feature.
Integritas A college essay on Stephan's theory of Beauty. Much more readable than Stephan's version
Joyce A thorough biography of the man, done creatively (??)
Work in Progress The original Joyce page, with lots and lots of information. Great resources here.
Pictures Colorful Joyce cartoons, focusing on his life.
The Brazen Head Another great Joyce site, with audio and pictures.
Trinity College, Dublin The college mentioned in Portrait.
Dublin Modern Day Dublin, in all its glory.
Catholic Information The Catholic information page, for religious information for Stephen and family.
irish Mythology Sometimes you need to know who Finn MacCool was.
Daedelus More than you need to know on the family name.