Resources for Poetry Unit

• General
  • Poetic Devices Handout
  • Introduction to Poetry and the Sonnet Discussion
  • Thesis Statements for Essay #1
  • Structuring Essay #1 – A Basic Template for Planning Your Essay
  • Developing Your First Essay
  • Essay #1 Sample Student Writing
  • Basic Fill-In Template for Essay #1 (.docx)
  • General Peer Review Guidelines (.docx)
• Some Supplemental Material
  • The Crisis, Feb. 1920, Lynching Statistics and Map
  • Emily Dickinson Manuscript of “I felt a funeral in my brain”
  • Danez Smith Reading “Dear White America”
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Maps” Music Video

Resources for Shakespeare and Othello Unit

• General
  • Introduction to Shakespeare and Othello
  • Othello, By William Shakespeare (Full Text DOC)
  • Othello, By William Shakespeare (Full Text PDF)
  • Folger Shakespeare Library General Resources
  • Critical Readings On Othello
• Some Performance Material
  • Act 3, Scene 3, Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Act 5, Scene 2, The Globe
  • Act 5, Scene 2 (short), Royal Shakespeare Company
• Othello and Race
  • Is Othello a Racist Play? Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Othello and Blackface (Podcast and Transcript)
  • A Visual Overview of Blackface in Othello
  • Actor Raul Julia as Othello
  • “200 Years of Authenticity in Casting” (featuring Olivier as Othello in blackface)

Resources for Nella Larsen and Passing Unit

• General
  • “Sanctuary” by Nella Larsen
• Supplemental Historical Material
  • Judgment in Plessy v. Ferguson
  • Plessy v. Ferguson (archival object image)
  • When is a Caucasian not a Caucasian?
  • “5,000 Negroes Cross Color Line Each Year” (article)
  • Letter about Rhinelander Case
  • “Kip Rhinelander is Given Divorce” (article)
  • “Kip, Alice Near Settlement” (article)
  • “Kip Rhinelander, Figure in a Sensational Divorce Suit, Dies of Pneumonia” (article)

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Hunter College Resources

• Hunter College Library
• English 220 Library Guide
  • Recommended Databases for English 220 Research Assignment
• Hunter College Writing Center

General Writing Resources

• Purdue OWL MLA Style Guide
• MLA Sample Paper
• MLA Sample Works Cited Page