The Literature Program

For those students who want a head start on readings, Literature faculty have listed the books to be used in their upcoming courses.

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Spring 2010

Books for Kristin Jacobson’s Courses, Spring 2010 (All texts are required unless otherwise noted)

GIS 3614 Seminar in Feminist Theory

• Wendy K. Kolmar & Frances Bartkowski, Feminist Theory: A Reader 3rd edition (9780073512266)
• Recommended Text: Susan M. Hubbuch, Writing Research Papers Across the Curriculum (9781413002379)

LITT 2145: Domestic Dramas

• Andre Dubus, House of Sand and Fog (Vintage) ISBN: 0375727345
• David Mamet, Boston Marriage (Vintage) ISBN: 0375706658
• Sam Shepard, Seven Plays (Dial Press) ISBN: 0553346113
• Michael Cunningham, A Home at the End of the World (Picador) ISBN: 0312202318
• Loida Maritza Perez, Geographies of Home (Penguin) ISBN: 0140253718
• John Edgar Wideman, Sent for You Yesterday (Mariner Books) ISBN: 0395877296

LITT 1101.001 Literary Methodologies

• Alison Booth, ed., Norton Introduction to Literature Portable edition (W.W. Norton & Company: 2006) ISBN 0-393-92856-X
• Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th Edition (MLA) ISBN 9781603290241
• Charles Bressler, Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice Fourth edition (Pearson Prentice Hall) ISBN 0-13-153448-3
• Ross Murfin and Supryia Ray, eds., Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms, 3rd edition. Bedford/St. Martins. ISBN: 0-312-46188-7
• Recommended: Paul Fussell, Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (McGraw Hill) ISBN 0075536064
• Recommended: Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Harper Collins Trade: 2003) ISBN 0-06-000942-X

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Fall 2009

Books for Kristin Jacobson’s Courses, Fall 2009 (All texts are required unless otherwise noted)

GAH 2358: Perspectives on Women

• Barbara Neely, Blanche Cleans Up (Penguin) ISBN: 0140277471
• Mona Domosh, Joni Seager, Putting Women in Place (Guilford Press) ISBN: 1572306688
• bell hooks, Feminism is for Everybody (SouthEnd Press) ISBN: 0896086283
• Joan Jacobs Brumberg, The Body Project (Vintage/Random House) ISBN: 0679735291.

LITT 2109: Contemporary American Fiction

• Susan Choi, A Person of Interest (Penguin) ISBN: 0143115022
• Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash (Bantam) ISBN: 0553380958
• Philip Roth, Ghost Writer (Vintage) ISBN: 0679748989
• Edwidge Danticat, The Dew Breaker (Vintage) ISBN: 1400034299
• Sherman Alexie, Indian Killer (Grove) ISBN: 0802143571
• Lynda Barry, Cruddy (Simon & Schuster) ISBN: 068483846X
• Octavia Butler, Kindred (Beacon) ISBN: 0807083690
• Ernesto Quinonez, Bodega Dreams (Vintage) ISBN: 0375705899

LITT 4610:  Senior Seminar

• Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street (Vintage) ISBN: 0679734775
• Chang-rae Lee, A Gesture Life (Riverhead) ISBN: 1573228281
• Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections (Picador) ISBN: 0312421273
• Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible (Harper Perennial) ISBN: 0060786507

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Spring 2009

Books for Kristin Jacobson’s Courses, Spring 2009 (All texts are required unless otherwise noted)
GIS 3614 Seminar in Feminist Theory

• Wendy K. Kolmar & Frances Bartkowski, Feminist Theory: A Reader (9780072826722)
• Recommended Text: Susan M. Hubbuch, Writing Research Papers Across the Curriculum (9781413002379)

LITT 3316 Contemporary American Women Writers

• Marilynne Robinson, Home 2008 (9780374299101)
• Randa Jarrar, A Map of Home 2008 (9781590512722)
• Louise Erdrich, A Plague of Doves 2008 (978006515126)
• Toni Morrison, A Mercy 2008 (9780307264237)
• Edwidge Danticat, The Dew Breaker 2005 (400034299)
• Helena Maria Viramontes, Their Dogs Came With Them 2008 (9781416588344)
• Susan Choi, American Woman 2004 (9780060542221)
• Mary Helen Stefaniak, The Turk and My Mother 2005 (9780393326994)

LITT 1101.001 Literary Methodologies

• Alison Booth, ed., Norton Introduction to Literature Portable edition (W.W. Norton & Company: 2006) ISBN 0-393-92856-X
• Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (MLA) ISBN 0-87352-986-3
• Charles Bressler, Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice Fourth edition (Pearson Prentice Hall) ISBN 0-13-153448-3
• Ross Murfin and Supryia Ray, eds., Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms, 2nd edition. Bedford/St. Martins. ISBN: 0-312-25910-7
• Recommended: Paul Fussell, Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (McGraw Hill) ISBN 0075536064
• Recommended: Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Harper Collins Trade: 2003) ISBN 0-06-000942-X

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Spring 2008

Books for Kristin Jacobson’s Courses, Spring 2008 (All texts are required unless otherwise noted)
GAH 1056 American Popular Culture and Folklife

• Dorothy Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina (ISBN: 9780452269576)
• Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (ISBN: 978-0307387172)
• Toni Morrison, Jazz (ISBN: 1-4000-7621-8 )
• Recommended Text: Hacker, A Writer’s Reference (978-0-312-46437-0)

LITT 2105 American Literature II

• Lauter, et al, Heath Anthology of American Literature Vols. C, D, & E, 6th Edition (ISBN: 0-618-54240-X)
• Recommended Text: Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (MLA) ISBN 0-87352-986-3

LITT 1101.001 Literary Methodologies

• Alison Booth, ed., Norton Introduction to Literature Portable edition (W.W. Norton & Company: 2006) ISBN 0-393-92856-X
• Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (MLA) ISBN 0-87352-986-3
• Charles Bressler, Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice Fourth edition (Pearson Prentice Hall) ISBN 0-13-153448-3
• Ross Murfin and Supryia Ray, eds., Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms, 2nd edition. Bedford/St. Martins. ISBN: 0-312-25910-7
• Recommended: Paul Fussell, Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (McGraw Hill) ISBN 0075536064
• Recommended: Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Harper Collins Trade: 2003) ISBN 0-06-000942-X

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Books for Tom Kinsella’s Courses, Spring 2008
LITT 2412-001 English Language and Grammar

• Daniels and Daniels, HarperCollins College Outline: English Grammar (ISBN: 978-0837374192)
• Strunk & White, and Kalman, Elements of Style Illustrated (ISBN: 0143112724)

LITT 3106-001 Milton

• John Milton, Paradise Lost, ed. Barbara Lewalski (ISBN: 978-1405129299)
• John Milton, Select Poems, ed. John Leonard (ISBN: 978-0-140-42441-6)

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Fall 2007
Books for Marion Hussong’s course, Fall 2007

The European Novella (LITT2234-80248 )

* Goethe, J.W. The Sorrows of Young Werther. Signet. ISBN 0451523032. Used or new ok. Do not order any other versions or editions of the book. Some translations are awful. This version is good and affordable.

*James, H. The Turn of the Screw. Modern Library. ISBN0486266842. Used or new ok.

*Kafka, F. The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and other Stories. Translated by J. Neugroschl. Touchstone. ISBN 0684800705. Used or new ok. Don’t substitute other editions; we need the classic Neugroschl translation.

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Books for Kristin Jacobson’s Courses, Fall 2007

Literary Methodologies (LITT 1101.001)

Alison Booth, ed., Norton Introduction to Literature Portable edition (W.W. Norton & Company: 2006) ISBN 0-393-92856-X

Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (MLA) ISBN 0-87352-986-3

Charles Bressler, Literary Criticism: An Introduction to Theory and Practice Fourth edition (Pearson Prentice Hall) ISBN 0-13-153448-3

Ross Murfin and Supryia Ray, eds., Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms, 2nd edition. Bedford/St. Martins. ISBN: 0-312-25910-7
Recommended: Paul Fussell, Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (McGraw Hill) ISBN 0075536064

Recommended: Thomas C. Foster, How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Harper Collins Trade: 2003) ISBN 0-06-000942-X

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Literary Theory and Criticism (LITT-3125-001)

Julie Rivkin, ed., Literary Theory (Blackwell) ISBN 1405106964

Robert S. Levine, ed. The House of Seven Gables (Norton Critical Edition) ISBN 0393924769

Jeffrey Nealon & Susan S. Giroux, The Theory Toolbox (Rowman Littlefield) ISBN 0742519945

Joseph Gibaldi, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (MLA) ISBN 0-87352-986-3

Recommended: Ross Murfin and Supryia Ray, eds., Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms, 2nd edition. Bedford/St. Martins. ISBN: 0-312-25910-7

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Perspectives on Women (GAH 2358.001)

Barbara Neely, Blanche Cleans Up (Penguin) ISBN: 0140277471

Mona Domosh, Joni Seager, Putting Women in Place (Guilford Press) ISBN: 1572306688

bell hooks, Feminism is for Everybody (SouthEnd Press) ISBN: 0896086283

Joan Jacobs Brumberg, The Body Project (Vintage/Random House) ISBN: 0679735291.

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Books for Tom Kinsella’s courses, Fall 2007

Introduction to Literary Research (LITT 2123-001, 002)

Gantz, Jeffrey, ed. Early Irish Myths & Sagas. (Penguin) ISBN: 0880290382

Ross Murfin and Supryia Ray, eds., Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms, 2nd edition. Bedford/St. Martins. ISBN: 0-312-25910-7
Recommended: Paul Fussell, Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (McGraw Hill) ISBN 0075536064.

Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference (Bedford/St. Martin’s) ISBN: 0312412622.