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The required texts for the class are listed here, as well as a schedule of readings which are outlined in the table below.



Required Texts


Amazon logo Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick. Edited by Andrew Delbanco. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780142437247.

Amazon logo ———. Israel Potter. Chicago, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780810115910.

Amazon logo Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 2002. ISBN: 9780142437179.

Amazon logo ———. Pudd'nhead Wilson. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1969. ISBN: 9780140430400.

Amazon logo Faulkner, William. The Sound and the Fury. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1991. ISBN: 9780679732242.

Amazon logo ———. As I Lay Dying. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1991. ISBN: 9780679732259.

Amazon logo Morrison, Toni. Beloved. New York, NY: Plume, 1998. ISBN: 9780452280625.

Amazon logo ———. Love. New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2005. ISBN: 9781400078479.



Schedule of Readings



SES #READINGS
2Moby-Dick. Chapters 1-23 (include "Etymologies," "Extracts").
3Moby-Dick. Chapters 24-50.
4Moby-Dick. Chapters 51-79.
5Moby-Dick. Chapters 80-108.
6Moby-Dick. Chapters 109-"Epilogue."
8Israel Potter. "Dedication," Chapters 1-13.
9Israel Potter. Chapters 14-25.
10The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Chapters 1-16.
11The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Chapters 17-27.
12The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Chapter 28-"Chapter the Last."
13Pudd'nhead Wilson.
15The Sound and the Fury. Section 1.
16The Sound and the Fury. Section 2.
17The Sound and the Fury. Section 3.
18The Sound and the Fury. Section 4.
19As I Lay Dying. pp. 3-136.
20As I Lay Dying. pp. 137-261.
22Beloved. pp. 3-165.
23Beloved. pp. 169-235.
24Beloved. pp. 239-275.
25Love. pp. 3-106.
26Love. pp. 109-202.

 








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