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All Literature Classes

  • Shakespeare's Seniors: Henry VI

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    The War of the Roses. Women wearing the pants. Extraordinary females from Joan of Arc to Queen Margaret chew up the scenery in this early tetralogy. The child king is dominated by powerhungry nobles.

  • NO LONGER AVAILABLE

    Mrs. Gaskell's Valiant Victorians
    Wed, Apr 3, 2013, 6:30 pm

    We’ll meet Mrs. Gaskell’s intrepid heroine Mary Barton, visit the ladies in the charming village of Cranford and explore the loves and lives of Victorian Wives and Daughters.

  • Great Short Novels
    Mon, Jun 10, 2013, 6:30 pm

    Spend the first weeks of summer delving into some of the best short novels ever written.

  • Light Summer Reading
    Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 3:30 pm

    Kick back and join us for a lively discussion of some light—and utterly engrossing—fiction.

  • Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner: A “Slow” or “Close” Reading
    Mon, Aug 12, 2013, 1 pm

    In this rigorous class, we explore the art of taking in the sense and beauty of Faulkner’s great novel.

  • PASSED FIRST CLASS DATE

    Reading The Brothers Karamazov with Robert L. Belknap
    Thu, Mar 7, 2013, 6:30 pm

    The four sessions explore Dostoevsky’s novel in its literary, political, religious and psychological contexts.

  • PASSED FIRST CLASS DATE

    Reading García Márquez with Edith Grossman
    Thu, Apr 4, 2013, 6 pm

    This literary seminar will look at how Gabriel García Márquez, has made it the focus of his important works: Love in the Time of Cholera, Of Love and Other Demons and Memories of my Melancholy Whores.



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