Week Three

Monday 9/9--Read Montaigne, Intro, 43-45 and Sarah Bakewell handout (PDF file attached below). Also, read "Of a Monstrous Child," 57-58 in Lopate.

Tuesday 9/10--Read "On Some Verses of Virgil," 58-85 (stop at "so high a price") AND also read the intro to Montaigne in Lopate, pp. 43-45.

Thursday 9/12--Read Montaigne, "Of Books," 46-57 and response on Montaigne. Topic: books you love and hate. 350 words.

Friday 9/13--Review for essay on Montaigne alone (close reading) or in comparison with Seneca or Shonagon/Kenko (comparative essay). See response site for prompts. Response length: 350 words.