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Classics and the Western Canon
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western thought over the years; books which Robert Hutchins, in his essay for the Great Books of the Western World series, considered important works in “The Great Conversation.”
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Week 9.1 -- Mynheer Peeperkorn (Continued)
By Everyman · 24 posts · 13 views
By Everyman · 24 posts · 13 views
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Week 7.1 -- <i>Operationes Spirituales</i>
By Everyman · 63 posts · 25 views
By Everyman · 63 posts · 25 views
last updated May 24, 2013 06:10pm
Week 9.2 -- Myhneer Peeperkorn (Concluded)
By Everyman · 13 posts · 10 views
By Everyman · 13 posts · 10 views
last updated May 24, 2013 06:02pm
Week 8.3 -- Mynheer Peeperkorn and Vingt et un
By Everyman · 35 posts · 21 views
By Everyman · 35 posts · 21 views
last updated May 23, 2013 04:31pm
Planning for our next (post Magic Mountain) read
By Everyman · 148 posts · 108 views
By Everyman · 148 posts · 108 views
last updated May 15, 2013 11:37am
Planning for our next (post-Aeneid) read
By Everyman · 91 posts · 104 views
By Everyman · 91 posts · 104 views
last updated Sep 15, 2012 06:51am
Planning for late summer 2012 read
By Everyman · 55 posts · 139 views
By Everyman · 55 posts · 139 views
last updated Jun 30, 2012 12:58pm
What is a classic; what is the Western canon?
By Everyman · 72 posts · 529 views
By Everyman · 72 posts · 529 views
last updated Jun 02, 2012 01:06pm
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Swann's Way - Overture and Combray
By Everyman · 274 posts · 98 views
By Everyman · 274 posts · 98 views
last updated Dec 09, 2011 12:49pm
Discussion Schedule for Swann's Way
By Everyman · 2 posts · 83 views
By Everyman · 2 posts · 83 views
last updated Dec 20, 2011 04:40pm
Discussion: Place Names and book as a whole
By Everyman · 23 posts · 33 views
By Everyman · 23 posts · 33 views
last updated Dec 14, 2011 07:40pm
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The Republic - The Book as a whole
By Everyman · 73 posts · 52 views
By Everyman · 73 posts · 52 views
last updated Nov 11, 2011 03:52pm
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Consolation of Philosophy - The Book as a whole
By Everyman · 59 posts · 62 views
By Everyman · 59 posts · 62 views
last updated Jul 13, 2011 10:46am
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Consolation of Philosophy - Book 5
By Everyman · 30 posts · 45 views
By Everyman · 30 posts · 45 views
last updated Jul 05, 2011 08:16pm
Consolation of Philosophy - Book 3
By Everyman · 78 posts · 29 views
By Everyman · 78 posts · 29 views
last updated Jul 05, 2011 01:44pm
Consolation of Philosophy - Book 2
By Everyman · 194 posts · 38 views
By Everyman · 194 posts · 38 views
last updated Jul 03, 2011 10:47pm
Consolation of Philosophy - Book 4
By Everyman · 50 posts · 30 views
By Everyman · 50 posts · 30 views
last updated Jun 29, 2011 07:43am
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Moby Dick--the book as a whole
By Laurele · 121 posts · 93 views
By Laurele · 121 posts · 93 views
last updated May 28, 2011 07:48pm
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Week 9 - The Second Nun's Tale
By Everyman · 13 posts · 27 views
By Everyman · 13 posts · 27 views
last updated Mar 12, 2011 06:51pm
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Week 9 - The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
By Everyman · 3 posts · 15 views
By Everyman · 3 posts · 15 views
last updated Mar 10, 2011 02:50am
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Huckleberry Finn - Through End of Book
By Everyman · 79 posts · 49 views
By Everyman · 79 posts · 49 views
last updated Dec 18, 2010 01:02pm
Huckleberry Finn - Biographical Information About Samuel Clemens and Mark Twain
By Everyman · 50 posts · 50 views
By Everyman · 50 posts · 50 views
last updated Jul 07, 2011 03:01am
Huckleberry Finn - Through Chapter 32
By Everyman · 139 posts · 54 views
By Everyman · 139 posts · 54 views
last updated Nov 28, 2010 03:15pm
The Libation Bearers (The Choephori)
By Everyman · 133 posts · 60 views
By Everyman · 133 posts · 60 views
last updated Oct 26, 2010 08:22pm
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Paradise Lost--Through Book 12
By Everyman · 85 posts · 53 views
By Everyman · 85 posts · 53 views
last updated Sep 04, 2010 06:49am
Paradise Lost--Through Book 10
By Everyman · 204 posts · 106 views
By Everyman · 204 posts · 106 views
last updated Aug 23, 2010 07:06am
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Weeks 11 & 12 - through the end of the book & the book as a whole
By Everyman · 165 posts · 82 views
By Everyman · 165 posts · 82 views
last updated Mar 06, 2011 05:14pm
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Week 10 - Thanksgiving break, catch-up if needed
By Everyman · 7 posts · 28 views
By Everyman · 7 posts · 28 views
last updated Nov 30, 2009 08:44pm
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Reading Schedule for Les Miserables
By Everyman · 7 posts · 179 views
By Everyman · 7 posts · 179 views
last updated Sep 19, 2009 07:12pm
Week 9 - through Jean Valjean Book 3
By Everyman · 55 posts · 50 views
By Everyman · 55 posts · 50 views
last updated Dec 03, 2009 09:19am
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Reading Schedule for Don Quixote
By Everyman · 16 posts · 138 views
By Everyman · 16 posts · 138 views
last updated Jul 21, 2009 05:04pm
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Week 10 - Reflective on Part 2 and whole book
By Everyman · 68 posts · 89 views
By Everyman · 68 posts · 89 views
last updated Dec 14, 2011 01:38am
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Week 9 - through the end of Book 2
By Everyman · 7 posts · 33 views
By Everyman · 7 posts · 33 views
last updated Sep 06, 2009 09:02am
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Week 8 - .Part 2 throuigh Chapter 50
By Everyman · 39 posts · 36 views
By Everyman · 39 posts · 36 views
last updated Sep 06, 2009 12:38pm
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Week 7 - Book 2 through chapter 33
By Everyman · 50 posts · 35 views
By Everyman · 50 posts · 35 views
last updated Sep 02, 2009 03:34pm
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