New York Review of Books Syllabus, Spring 2022

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New York Review of Books Syllabus
All Classes

Spring 2022

Robert André LaFleur                                                        Office Hours:

Morse Ingersoll 206                                                            Monday        12:00-13:30
363-2005                                                                              Wednesday  12:00-13:30

lafleur@beloit.edu                                                              ...or by appointment.        

We will be reading .pdf essays from the archives

of the New York Review of Books (hereafter NYRB). 

I will send the entire sequence near the beginning of the term. 

Please store them in a place (computer file, backup disk, etc.)

that will make it convenient to access each week

Week Three

(7-11 February)

Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
Russell Baker, "A Great Reporter at Large" (2004)

Week Four 

(14-18 February)

Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
Alan Ryan, "The Power of Positive Thinking"

Week Five  
(21-25 February)

Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
Marshall Frady, "The Transformation of Bobby Kennedy"

Week Six
(28 February-4 March)

Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
P.N. Furbank, "The Charms of Selfishness"

Week Seven

(7-11 March)

Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
Alan Ryan, "Tocqueville's Lessons"

Week Ten

(28 March-April 1)

Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
Gordon S. Wood, "No Thanks for the Memories"
 

Week Eleven

(4-8 April)

Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
Janet Malcolm, "School of the Blind"

Week Twelve 

(11-15 April)

Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
Clifford Geertz, "Deep Hanging Out"
 

Week Thirteen

(18-22 April)

Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
D. W. Harding, "Single Mind, Double Bind"

Week Fourteen

(25-29 April)

Review the "Questions to Ask of Every NYRB Essay" before each week's reading
Gordon S. Wood, "Hidden France"