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01 - Introductions
01 - Introductions
In this first lecture Professor Hungerford introduces the course's academic requirements and some of its central concern... Read more
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Ranked #2
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17 - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
17 - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
In this first of two lectures on Blood Meridian, Professor Hungerford walks us through some of the novel's major sources... Read more
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Ranked #3
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19 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain
19 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain
In this lecture on The Human Stain, Professor Hungerford traces the ways that Roth's novel conforms to and pushes beyond... Read more
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Ranked #4
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18 - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian (cont.)
18 - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian (cont.)
In this second lecture on Blood Meridian, Professor Hungerford builds a wide-ranging argument about the status of good a... Read more
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Ranked #5
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13 - Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
13 - Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
Professor Hungerford draws a contrast between Toni Morrison and most of the writers studied up to this point in the cour... Read more
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Ranked #6
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16 - Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping (cont.)
16 - Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping (cont.)
At the very beginning of the course, Professor Hungerford offered students the opportunity to pitch a novel of their cho... Read more
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Ranked #7
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14 - Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior
14 - Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior
In this lecture at the midpoint of the course Professor Hungerford takes stock of the syllabus thus far and to come by l... Read more
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Ranked #8
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15 - Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping
15 - Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping
Professor Hungerford situates Marilynne Robinson's novel Housekeeping (1980) in a tradition of American writing about th... Read more
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Ranked #9
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20 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)
20 - Philip Roth, The Human Stain (cont.)
In this lecture Professor Hungerford discusses how the novels we read are shaped by legal and market constraints. She tr... Read more
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Ranked #10
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12 - Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
12 - Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
Professor Hungerford introduces this lecture by reviewing the ways that authors on the syllabus up to this point have de... Read more
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