PREFACE PART ONE THE AGE OF ROMANTICISM I WASHINGTON IRVING(1783-1859) Rip Van Winkle II RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) Nature (VIII Prospects) III NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864) The Scarlet Letter (Chapters 1, 17, and 18) IV WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892) Song of Myself (20, 30, 31, and 4G) I Hear America Singing I Hear It Was Charged Against Me I Saw in Louisiana a Live Oak Growing