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New York Review of Books Syllabus
All Classes
All Classes
Spring 2019
Robert André LaFleur Office Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 206 Tuesday 5:30-7:00
363-2005 Thursday 4:00-5:30
363-2005 Thursday 4:00-5:30
lafleur@beloit.edu ...or by appointment
We will be reading the December 20, 2018 issue of the
New York Review of Books this semester.
New York Review of Books this semester.
Each week's reading is REQUIRED, and you need to bring your
own copy of the NYRB to class for each meeting.
Available behind the sales counter at Turtle Creek Bookstore
Just ask; they know all about it.
Week One
(22 January)
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).
Skim all back matter (letters, advertisements, even the personals; who is an NYRB reader?).
Week Two
(29 January)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading24-28. Anka Muhlstein, "Time Regained."
Week Three
(5 February)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading(5 February)
30-32. Tim Flannery, "Hive Mentalities."
Week Four
(12 February)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading34-38. Stephen Greenblatt, "Damn It All."
Week Five
(19 February)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading(19 February)
38-41. Clair Wills, "Prodigal Fathers."
Week Six
(26 February)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading(26 February)
47-52. Michael Hoffman, "'A Born Contrarian'."
Week Seven
(5 March)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading52-54. Peter Brown, "A World Winking With Messages."
Week Ten
(26 March)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading68-71. T.H. Breen, "Founding Frenemies."
Week Eleven
(2 April)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
72-73. Christopher Benfey, "Is It Like Japan Yet?"
72-73. Christopher Benfey, "Is It Like Japan Yet?"
Week Twelve
(9 April)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading74-81. Geoffrey Wheatcroft, "One Hundred Years of Destruction."
Week Thirteen
(16 April)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading62-64. Robert Pogue Harrison, "The Prophet of Envy."
Week Fourteen
(23 April)
Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading82-88. Peter Maguire, "Regulate It, Man."
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