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Buy at Amazon Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Foster City, CA: Cliff Notes, 2001. ISBN: 9780764587269.
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Buy at Amazon Bishop, Elizabeth. "The Moose." In Poems, Prose, and Letters. Edited by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. New York, NY: Library of America, 2008. ISBN: 9781598530179.
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Buy at Amazon Joyce, James. "Araby." In The Dubliners. New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1996, pp. 29-35. ISBN: 9780140247749.
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Buy at Amazon Tolstoy, Leo. Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth. New York, NY: Penguin Classics, 1964. ISBN: 9780140441390.
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Buy at Amazon Mann, Thomas, and Nicole Taubes. Tonio Kröger. Paris, France: Gallimard, 1993. ISBN: 9782070386178.

Buy at Amazon Baldwin, James. Giovanni's Room. Peaslake, Surrey GU5 9SW: Delta, 2000. ISBN: 9780385334587.

Buy at Amazon O'Connor, Flannery. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories. New York, NY: Harcourt, 1992. ISBN: 9780151365043.

Buy at Amazon Schwartz, Delmore. In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories. New York, NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1978, pp. 1-10. ISBN: 9780811206808.

SES # TOPICS
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Introduction

Bishop, Elizabeth. "The Moose."
2 Bishop, Elizabeth. "The Moose." (cont.)
3

Bishop, Elizabeth. "The Moose." (cont.)

Buy at Amazon Welty, Eudora. "Finding A Voice." In One Writer's Beginnings. New York, NY: Warner Books, 1985, pp. 71-105. ISBN: 9780446329835.
4 Joyce, James. "Araby."
5 Joyce, James. "Araby." (cont.)
6 Tolstoy, Leo. "Boyhood."
7 Tolstoy, Leo. "Boyhood." (cont.)
8 Tolstoy, Leo. "Youth."
9 Tolstoy, Leo. "Youth." (cont.)
10 Mann, Thomas, and Nicole Taubes. "Tonio Kröger."
11 Mann, Thomas, and Nicole Taubes. "Tonio Kröger." (cont.)
12 Baldwin, James. "Giovanni's Room." Chapters 1-3.
13 Baldwin, James. "Giovanni's Room." Chapters 3-5.
14 Baldwin, James. "Giovanni's Room." (cont.)
15 Shelley, Mary. "Frankenstein." Vol. I
16 Shelley, Mary. "Frankenstein." Vol. II
17 Shelley, Mary. "Frankenstein." Vol. III
18 Shelley, Mary. "Frankenstein." Vol. III (cont.)
19 O'Connor, Flannery. "A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories."
20 O'Connor, Flannery. "A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories." (cont.)
21 Joyce, James. "The Dead."
22 Joyce, James. "The Dead." (cont.)
23 Schwartz, Delmore. "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories."
24 Schwartz, Delmore. "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories." (cont.)
25 Last class