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Readings for POLS 13195
Note that, in addition to the assigned readings, students were responsible for attending a Frankenstein Film Series, comprised of:
- After Session 17—"Frankenstein" (1931)
- After Session 18—"Bride of Frankenstein" (1935)
- After Session 21—"Young Frankenstein" (1974)
- After Session 27—“Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” (1994)
Online selections from Wollstonecraft, Burke and Rousseau are all made available courtesy of the Liberty Fund.
| Session | Readings |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lyndall Gordon’s Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft (2005), 1-39. |
| 2 | Gordon’s Vindication, 40-79, and selections from Wollstonecraft’s Original Stories from Real Life (1788) and William Blake’s poems “Visions of the Daughters of Albion” (1793) and “Mary” (1803). |
| 3 | Gordon’s Vindication, 80-121, and selections from Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790). |
| 4 | Gordon’s Vindication, 122-155, and Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790), 3-33. |
| 5 | Gordon’s Vindication, 156-181, and Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Men, 34-64. |
| 6 | Gordon’s Vindication, 182-213, and selections from Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s First Discourse (1750) and Second Discourse (1755). |
| 7 | Gordon’s Vindication, 214-255, and Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), 67-86. |
| 8 | Gordon’s Vindication, 256-290, and Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 87-125. |
| 9 | Gordon’s Vindication, 291-329, and Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 207-218, 230-41. |
| 10 | Gordon’s Vindication, 330-362, and Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, 242-275. |
| 11 | Chapters from Natalie Taylor’s forthcoming book, The Rights of Woman as Chimera: The Political Philosophy of Mary Wollstonecraft (Routledge, 2007) |
| 12 | Gordon’s Vindication, 363-389, and Wollstonecraft’s Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark (1796), advertisement and letters 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11. |
| 13 | Gordon’s Vindication, 390-410, and Wollstonecraft’s Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, letters 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 25. |
| 14 | Gordon’s Vindication, 411-452, and Percy Shelley’s letters and poems regarding or partly inspired by Mary Wollstonecraft. |
| 15 | Betty T. Bennett’s Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1-42, and Lord Byron’s poems partly inspired by Mary Wollstonecraft. |
| 16 | Class cancelled; Prof. Botting at conference. |
| Spring Break | Read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in its entirety with aim of understanding the novel’s overall narrative structure. |
| 17 | Bennett’s Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 43-65, and Mary Shelley’s letters regarding Mary Wollstonecraft and the composition of Frankenstein |
| 18 | Bennett’s Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 67-105, and Shelley’s Frankenstein, 5-24. |
| 19 | Bennett’s Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 107-121, and Shelley’s Frankenstein, 24-44. |
| 20 | Shelley’s Frankenstein, 44-67, 157-160. |
| 21 | Shelley’s Frankenstein, 68-91, 160-166. |
| 22 | Tour of Snite Museum |
| 23 | Shelley’s Frankenstein, 91-114, 169-173. |
| 24 | Shelley’s Frankenstein, 114-134. |
| 25 | chapters 2 & 3 from Barbara Taylor’s book, Mary Wollstonecraft and the Feminist Imagination (Cambridge, 2003). |
| 26 | selected chapters from Norma Clarke’s book, The Rise and Fall of the Woman of Letters (Pimlico, 2004) |
| 27 | Shelley’s Frankenstein, 135-156, 169-173. |
| 28 | Student presentations on research projects. |
| 29 | Student presentations on research projects. |
| 30 | Student presentations on research projects. |
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