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Read the Classics 2008-2009
Lectures & book discussions at the library
This is the archive for past discussions for those who want to see the resources and information provided by the professors for those discussions. In 2008-2009 there were six series covering four literary eras, philosophy classics, and Russian literature. Includes the suggested reading about the literature that was discussed.
Information for the six 2008-2009 discussion series (past):
Greece and Rome
Woodstock Library
- The Iliad, Homer
- The Odyssey, Homer
- The Aeneid, Virgil
- The Metamorphoses, Ovid
Middle Ages
Central Library
- Beowulf
- History of the Kings of Britain
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Canterbury Tales, Chaucer
1600s & 1700s Novels
Hillsdale Library
- Don Quixote, Cervantes
- Robinson Crusoe, Defoe
- Gulliver's Travels, Swift
- Candide, Voltaire
1800s Novels
Hollywood Library
- Frankenstein, Shelley
- Moby Dick, Melville
- Madame Bovary, Flaubert
- Great Expectations, Dickens
Russian Literature
Gresham Library
- Collected Tales, Gogol
- Master and Margarita, Bulgakov
- The Little Tragedies, Pushkin
- Russian Poetry of the Silver Age
bilingual poetry reading and discussion
Printable Read the Classics flyer for 2008-2009 (pdf)
Appreciation goes to the professors from Reed College who led the discussions. A special thanks goes to Dr. Laura Leibman for her advice on the programs and assistance in recruiting the professors.
Made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities Fund of The Library Foundation.
