T. S. Eliot famously proclaimed that poetry in the modern period had to be difficult. “The poet must become more and more comprehensive,” he wrote, “more allusive, more indirect, in order to force, to...
This course will explore some of the classics of political philosophy.
Polybius (200-118 BC) in his Histories tell the story of the Roman Republic’s swift rise from a city-state controlling central Italy to an international super-power. In this course we’ll read the...
The Hebrew Prophets in the Bible are associated by the names of prophetic figures like Isaiah and Jeremiah and known for calls of social justice and peace. The role of the prophet in ancient Israel...
The Hebrew Prophets in the Bible are associated by the names of prophetic figures like Isaiah and Jeremiah and known for calls of social justice and peace. The role of the prophet in ancient Israel...
The Hebrew Prophets in the Bible are associated by the names of prophetic figures like Isaiah and Jeremiah and known for calls of social justice and peace. The role of the prophet in ancient Israel...
We will read and discuss the second and third volumes of Proust’s novel, The Search for Lost Time: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower and The Guermantes Way. Proust treats the theme of love in all...
Sodom and Gomorrah forms the fourth volume of Marcel Proust's masterpiece novel, The Search for Lost Time. We will read at a pace of between sixty and ninety pages per week. We will use the Penguin...
Finding Time Again, the final volume of Proust's novel, The Search for Lost Time, will answer our class's most pressing questions: Will the central character redeem his character deficiencies? Will he...
The Fugitive, by Marcel Proust: Join us as we discuss the penultimate volume in The Search for Lost Time. This course will conclude with a review of Swann's Way, as preparation for our final course in...