Readings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Schedule of Readings

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