Texts
Arp, Thomas R. and Greg Johnson.
Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense
. Eighth edition. Boston: Heinle and Heinle, 2002. This is a college-level anthology of short stories, novels, poems, and dramas. It is the textbook for my AP class.
Bevilacqua, Mary, Elfie Israel, and Rosemary Timoney.
Amsco’s AP Literature and Composition: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Exam.
New York: Amsco School Publications, Inc., 2002. This is a great resource for AP English Literature and Composition test preparation materials.
Gilbert, Roger. “Comparing Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘At the Fishhouses’ and Adrienne Rich’s ‘Diving into the Wreck.’” Summer 1997. An easy to understand comparison of the two poems.
Rankin, Estelle and Barbara Murphy.
5 Steps to a 5: AP English Literature
. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. A Great resource on how to help your students get a 5 on the AP exam. Covers everything for the exam.
Rozakis, Laurie, Ph.D.
ARCO: AP English Literature and Composition
. New York: MacMillan Reference USA, 1997. Another good study guide for the exam.
Poems
Confessional
Berryman, John. “Dreamsong:
Bishop, Elizabeth. “Sandpiper”
--- “Sestina”
--- “The Armadillo”
Lowell, Robert. “3 Months Away”
---“ For the Union Dead”
--- “Skunk Hour”
Plath, Sylvia. “Daddy”
---“Lady Lazarus”
Sexton, Anne. “Double Image”
--- “Her Kind”
---“The Abortion”
Snodgrass, W.D. “Heart’s Needle”
---“Mementos, 1”
Socio-political
Blake, William. “London”
Brooks, Gwendolyn. “Kitchenette Building”
---“We Real Cool”
Larkin, Philip. “Home is Sad”
--- “MCMXIV”
---“The Explosion”
Rich, Adrienne. “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”
--- “Diving into the Wreck”
--- “Living in Sin”
Free Verse
Auden, W.H. “Unknown Citizen”
Whitman, Walt. “Song of Myself”
Williams, William Carlos. “Poem”
--- “The Red Wheelbarrow”
Sonnets
Jonson, Ben. “On My First Son”
Meredith, William. “The Illiterate”
Shakespeare, William. Sonnet #73
Villanelles
Bishop, Elizabeth. “One Art”
Thomas, Dylan. “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight”
Dramatic Monologues
Browning, Robert. “My Last Duchess”
Hollander, John. “Mad Potter”
Tennyson, Lord Alfred. “Ulysses”