"To Kill a Mockingbird" — Week 1 | Maycomb: Memory, Narrative, and the Southern Gothic Imagination
Reading: Chapters 1–2
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Course Syllabus: "To Kill a Mockingbird", by Harper Lee
A 12-Week Guided Reading Journey
Austen's Anne and Joyce's Eveline
An Audio Lecture on Departure, Paralysis, and the Literary Imagination
What Should We Read Next at Books & Culture? Cast Your Vote!
Gothic castles, silenced women, Victorian detection, or the pleasures of returning to familiar books? Choose our next literary adventure!
Women at the Edge of Departure: A Syntopical Reading of Persuasion and “Eveline”
A Literary Exercise in Syntopical Reading IV: Jane Austen & James Joyce
Week 8 | "Persuasion" — Critical Responses and Endings
Read Chapters 22–24
Week 7 | "Persuasion" — Nationalism, Navy, and Empire
Read Chapters 19–21
Week 6 | "Persuasion" — Reading Practices and Interpretation
Read Chapters 16–18
Week 5 | "Persuasion" — The Literary Scene and Emotional Reading
Read Chapters 13-15
Week 4 | "Persuasion" — Manners and Social Performance
Read Chapters 10-12
Week 3 | "Persuasion" — Domestic Architecture and Social Identity
Read Chapters 7–9
Week 2 | "Persuasion" — Literary Influences and Romantic Memory
Read Chapters 4–6
Week 1 | A Quiet Beginning: An Introduction to "Persuasion"
Read Chapters 1-3
Time, Silence, and Second Chances: Reading Jane Austen's "Persuasion"
An 8-week Guided Reading Journey
Two Facets of Gilded Age New York
Reading Stephen Crane Alongside Edith Wharton
What Should We Read Next at Books & Culture? Cast Your Vote!
Let's choose our next literary adventure starting in the summer!
A Literary Exercise in Syntopical Reading III
Edith Wharton and Stephen Crane: Two Side of New York's Gilded Age
Week 10: The House of Mirth | The Price of Beauty: Tragedy and Social Criticism
Read: Chapters 28–29
Week 9: The House of Mirth | Honor in a Corrupt World: Moral Choice and Integrity
Read: Chapters 25–27
Week 8: The House of Mirth | Alone in Society: Isolation and the Loss of Belonging
Read: Chapters 22–24
Week 7: The House of Mirth | Crossing the Class Divide: Work, Fatigue, and Reality
Read: Chapters 19–21