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Reminder: Essay #3 is due Tuesday, December 19 at 5:00 p.m.
Literary
Beowulf: A New Translation
Translated by Maria Dahvana Headley
You can find a copy of this book in Fordham's library, but if you'd prefer to purchase a physical copy, you can find it on Amazon.
You can find an audiobook version of Headley's translation on Audible.
Armes Prydein: The Prophecy of Britain, From the Book of Taliesin
Edited by Sir Ifor Williams,
Translated by Rachel Bromwich
Note: For a modern translation, you can also find the poem in The Book of Taliesin: Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain, by Rowan Williams and Gwyneth Lewis. There is also an audiobook version of the book in its entirety on Audible.
Egil's Saga
Translated by Bernard Scudder
Bernard Scudder's translation is very good. You are welcome, however, to use the free version - W.C. Green's translation - available on the Icelandic Saga Database.
You can also listen to an audio version of W.C. Green's translation on YouTube.
Edward II
Christopher Marlowe
The edition I'm assigning is from the Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama, but if you choose to purchase it, any standalone edition is fine.
A dramatized recording of Edward II from the BBC is available on Audible and YouTube.
Don Quixote
Cervantes
The edition I'm assigning is edited by William Dean Howells and translated by Charles Jervas. It is in the Public Domain. If you choose to purchase a copy of Don Quixote, any standalone unabridged edition is fine. The Penguin edition, translated and edited by John Rutherford, is very good.
You can listen to the Penguin edition on Audible. Bookstream offers an audio version free on YouTube.
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
The edition I'm assigning is edited by Francis Hovey Stoddard. It is in the Public Domain. If you choose to purchase a copy of Ivanhoe, any standalone unabridged edition is fine. The Penguin edition, translated and edited by Graham Tulloch, is very good.
There are several readings on Audible, but I recommend this one. Librovox has a free recording read by several volunteers available on YouTube.
Lohengrin
Richard Wagner
We'll watch and read an excerpt from Lohengrin together in class, but if you'd like to purchase the translated libretto in its entirety, you can find it on Amazon.
There are many audio and video recordings of Lohengrin. We're watching the Metropolitan Opera's production from the 2022-2023 season, which is available with a subscription to Met Opera on Demand. There are also several productions available in full on YouTube, though, including this recent production at La Scala.
A Connecticut Yankee
in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
The edition I'll have in class is from the Iowa Ceter for Textual Studies, published by the University of California Press. Fordham has a license for the eBook.
If you choose to purchase a physical copy, any unabridged edition will do. For an audiobook version, there's an excellent reading by Nick Offerman on Audible. Oakshot Press has a free audiobook version available on YouTube.
Vinland Saga
Makoto Yukimura
I'll be providing you with the selection we're reading for class, but if you'd like to purchase your own copy, Vinland Saga is available on Amazon and at other bookstores and comic book shops everywhere.
You can also watch the anime adaptation on Netflix or Prime Video.
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit can be found in its entirety through the Internet Archive. It is also available in print everywhere.
Audible has multiple audiobook versions, but there is an excellent reading by Andy Serkis, who played Gollum in the film series.
Serkis also did a #Hobbitathon reading in 2020 to raise funds for COVID-19 relief. He read the entire book in an eleven-hour sitting. You can watch/listen to that reading on YouTube or the Internet Archive.
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin
I'll provide you with the excerpt we'll discuss, but you can purchase the book in print online or in bookstores everywhere.
You can listen to the audiobook through Audible, and you can watch the first episode of the television series adaptation — the episode we'll discuss — for free online.
Maya and the Three
Jorge R. Gutierrez
We'll watch an episode of Maya and the Three together in class, but you can watch it yourself on Netflix.
Critical
Whose Middle Ages? Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past
Edited by Andrew Albin, Mary C. Erler, Thomas O'Donnell, Nicholas L. Paul, and Nina Rowe
Fordham has a subscription to the eBook version of Whose Middle Ages? However, if you'd like to purchase it yourself, you can find it on Amazon or directly through Fordham University Press.
You can find the audiobook on Audible.
Instructional
How to Read a Book
Mortimer J. Adler and
Charles Van Doren
Adler and Doren's famous How to Read a Book is available for free through Textbook Equity. You can also purchase a physical copy on Amazon.
The audiobook can e found on Audible.
Close Reading: The Basics
David Greenham
Fordham has a copy of the eBook through subscription, but if you'd prefer a physical copy, you can find it on Amazon.
There isn't an audiobook, but we'll go over TTS readers in class by the time this reading is assigned.
They Say / I Say
Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein
I'll be providing you with the assigned chapter from They Say / I Say, but you may already have a copy from your Comp class. If not, you can find a copy on Amazon or at Fordham's bookstore.
An audiobook version is available on Audible.
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