English 201: New York: Narrative and Power
E-Reserve Instructions:
1) Access the John Jay Library E-Reserve Website: http://eres.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/eres/courseindex.aspx?&page=instr
2) Search by Instructor, “Smith”
3) Select: ENG201/Composition II /English/Smith/
4) You will be prompted to enter a password. The password: newyork
5) A list of the scanned readings will appear. Use the syllabus to guide you to the proper reading.
6) You are strongly encouraged to print a copy of the reading. Printing out copies will allow you to follow along in class.
The following is a list of materials on e-reserve for this class.
SECTION I
Burrows, Edwin G. & Wallace, Mike. (1999). GOTHAM: A History Of New York City To 1898. New York, New York: Oxford University Press.
- “MY CITY!” Walt Whitman (LISTED UNDER: “GOTHAM” with no subtitle)
SECTION II
Asbury, Herbert & Borges, Jorge Luis. (1927). The Gangs of New York. New York, New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press.
- “Preface,” “Introduction,” “Cradle of the Gangs,” and “The Killing of Bill the Butcher”
SECTION III
Scorsese, Martin (Author) & Christie, Ian & Thompson, David (Eds.). (2003). Scorsese on Scorsese. London, England: Faber and Faber Limited
- “Gangs of New York – Future Projects”
SECTION IV
Burrows, Edwin G. & Wallace, Mike. (1999). GOTHAM: A History Of New York City To 1898. New York, New York: Oxford University Press.
- “Life Above Bleecker”
SECTION V
James, William. (1902). Varieties of Religious Experience. Charleston, South Carolina. BIBLIOBAZAAR.
- “Lecture II”
SECTION VI
Lovecraft, Howard Phillips (Author) & Straub, Peter (Ed.). (2005). Lovecraft: Tales. New York, New York: Library of America.
- “The Horror at Red Hook”
SECTION VII
Lewis, David Levering (Ed.). (1994). The Portable Renaissance Reader. New York, New York. Penguin Books.
- Hughes, Spencer, Bennet
SECTION VIII
Charters, Anne. (Ed.). (1992). The Portable Beat Reader. New York, New York: Penguin Classics.
- Ginsberg, Kerouac, Jones
SECTION IX
Harris, William J. (Ed.). (1991). The LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka Reader. New York, New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press.
- “Jazz and the White Critic,” “Legacy of Malcolm X”
SECTION X
Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G. (2005). Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press.
- “There Go My People”
SECTION XI
Wallace, Michelle. (1990). Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman. New York, New York: Verso.
- “2” from the “Black Macho” Section
