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27 August 2012—The New Yorker and the World: Course Description (f)
27 August 2011—Annals of Ostracism: The Crime of Cephu
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New York Review of Books (NYRB) Syllabus
All Classes
Autumn 2017
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206 Tuesday 4:00-5:30
363-2005 Thursday 4:00-5:30
363-2005 Thursday 4:00-5:30
lafleur@beloit.edu ...or by appointment
NYRB
and Round and Square readings are due on Tuesdays, and will be a part
of both the quiz and class discussion on those days (unless I
specifically inform you otherwise).
This semester, we will read the complete issue of
The New York Review of Books for May 25, 2017
Week One
(31 August—Thursday This Week)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's readingRead all front matter (cover, inside-cover advertisement, table of contents, contributors)
Week Two
(5 September)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading4-6 Fintan O'Toole, "Our Worst Great Playwright"
By Women Possessed: A Life of Eugene O'Neill by Arthur Gel and Barbara Gelb
Week Three
(12 September)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading(12 September)
13-15 James Fenton, "The Disasters of War"
World War I and American Art (an exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts)
The Art of Devastation: Medals and Posters of the Great War (and exhibition...at Vassar College)
World War I and America: Told By the Americans Who Lived It edited by A. Scott Berg
Week Four
(19 September)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading16-17 John Banville, "Life as a Burning House"
Night of Fire by Colin Thubron
Week Five
(26 September)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading(26 September)
20-21 Robert O. Paxton, "A Parliament of Owls"
The Enigma of the Owl: An Illustrated Natural History by Mike Unwin and David Tipling
Owls: A Guide to Every Species in the World by Marianne Taylor
Week Six
(3 October)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading(3 October)
22-23 Darryl Pinckney, "Catching Up to James Baldwin"
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race edited by Jesmyn Ward
Week Seven
(10 October)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading24-26 Adam Thirlwell, "Tennis Anyone?"
Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue
Week Ten
(7 November)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading (Sorry for the confusion last week; please do read the review essay for this week).
34-37 Gordon S. Wood, "The Inventor of the Presidency"
George Washington's Journey by T.H. Breen
Week Twelve
(14 November)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading38-39 Priyamvada Natarajan, "Calculating Women"
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel
Rise of the Rocket Girls by Nathalia Holt
Week Thirteen
(21 November)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading40-41 Michael Gorra, "Losing the American Tone"
The Novels of the 1920s by Edith Wharton
Week Fourteen
(28 November)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading42-44 Deborah Cohen, "More is More"
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers...by Frank Trentmann
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