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  • After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory by Alasdair MacIntyre
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  • The Confessions by Saint Augustine
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  • Aeneid by Vergil, translated by Robert Fitzgerald
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    Vergil's epic classic tells the tale of Aeneas, a Trojan prince,and his flight from his ruined homeland. Buffeted by the fates, Aeneas must remain faithful to the gods and to his people in order to lead them to Italy and…

  • J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-Earth by Bradley J. Birzer
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    Peter Jackson’s film version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the accompanying proliferation of Rings-related paraphernalia, has once again brought the work of J. R. R. Tolkien to a popular audience. There are, however, few full and accessible…

  • Doomed Bourgeois In Love: Essays on the Films of Whit Stillman by Mark C. Henrie
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    Critics have praised the films of writer/director Whit Stillman for their exceptionally intelligent portrayal of the lives and loves of the "urban haute bourgeoisie." His three comedies of manners-"Metropolitan," "Barcelona," and "The Last Days of Disco"-sparkle with urbane and ironic…

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  • American Literature Survey
    by Tim Esh
      Course Description American Literature Survey is a chronological study of the development of American literature from Colonial and Revolutionary authors through the American Renaissance into the twentieth century. This course provides an extensive factual overview with in-depth study of selected…
  • American Modernisms
    by Tim Esh
    Course Description and Objectives This semester, you will read many acclaimed works of early twentieth-century American literature. The daily readings, writing assignments, and class discussions should promote your personal and intellectual engagement with the literature. This course will highlight…
  • The American Novel
    by Tim Esh
    Introduction The American Novel is a chronological study of the American novel from its beginnings in the Nineteenth Century to the present. Emphasis will be on works representative of major authors (i.e., Hawthorne and Twain), important types (i.e. , novel…
  • The American Political Novel
    by Mary Nichols
    COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines classic American novelists and explores their treatment of fundamental themes of American political thought such as the state of nature and civil society, individual rights, human freedom and equality, and democratic self-government. Its goals include 1)…

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