Sept 15
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Robert Penn Warren
1905-1988
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All the King's Men
(1946)
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Complete Novel
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Oct 6
* |
George Santayana
1863-1952 |
The Sense of Beauty
(1896)
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Intro, Parts I, II,
& III through § 25
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| Oct 20 |
Flannery O'Conner
1925-1964
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A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories
(1955)
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First 6 stories |
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NO MEETING NOV 3 DUE TO THE ELECTION
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Nov 17
** |
Montesquieu
1689-1755
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The Spirit of Laws (1748)
(download MS Word file of reading)
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Preface and
Books I-V
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| Dec 1 |
Aristotle
384-322 BC
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On the Heavens
(350 BC)
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Books I and II
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Jan 19
** |
Marcel Proust
1871-1922
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Swann's Way
(1913)
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Complete |
Feb 2
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William Wordsworth &
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Lyrical Ballads - 1800 Edition
(from both Vol 1
and Vol 2)
(download MS Word file of reading)
Preface; Vol. 1: The Thorn / We Are Seven / The Nightingle (C) / The Idiot Boy / The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (C) / Tintern Abbey;
Vol. 2: Strange fits of passion I have known / She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways / A slumber did my spirit seal / Lucy Gray / Three years she grew in sun and shower / Michael, a Pastoral
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| Feb 16 |
Wm. Shakespeare
1564-1616 |
Henry V
(1599)
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Complete
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| Mar 1 |
Neale Hurston
1891-1960 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God
(1937)
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Complete
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| Mar 15 |
King Shūdraka
~100 BC-200 AD
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The Little Clay Cart
(~100 BC-200 AD)
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Complete
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Apr 5
* |
St. Augustine
354-430
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The City of God
(426)
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Books XI and XII |
Apr 19
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Voltaire
1694-1778
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On Toleration (1763)
(download MS Word file of the reading)
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Complete |
| May 3 |
Gore Vidal
(1925-2012)
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The Best Man
(1960)
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Complete |