Course Texts

Troilus and Criseyde
By Geoffrey Chaucer

The Oxford World's Classics edition is available online through the Fordham Library, but if you'd prefer to purchase a physical copy, you can find it on Amazon.

You can find an audiobook version of different modern translation on Audible.  You can listen to the original Middle English (free) on Librivox.

Troilus and Cressida
By William Shakespeare

We'll be using the Folger Shakespeare Library's edition of the text, which is available online.  However, you can also purchase a paperback copy on Amazon. 

There is a dramatized audio version of the play produced by Arkangel and the BBC, available on YouTube. You can also watch the Arden Shakespeare company's stage production on YouTube.

Gesta Danorum (The History of the Danes)
Saxo Grammaticus

The translation by Oliver Elton is in the public domain.  It's available online through the Medieval & Classical Literature Library or Project Gutenberg. You can also purchase a copy on Amazon. 

Professor D.L. Ashman from the University of Pittsburgh also has a useful site that just covers the Amleth (Hamlet) tale.

You can also listen to an audio version on YouTube.

Hamlet
William Shakespeare

We'll be using the Folger Shakespeare Library's edition of Hamlet, which is available online.  However, you can also purchase a copy on Amazon.

There are countless film, filmed stage production, and audio productions of Hamlet.  You can find many on YouTube for free.  For example, you can listen to a fully dramatized Librivox recording on YouTube.  

Holinshed's Chronicles
Raphael Holinshed

Holinshed's Chronicles are available to read for free online through The Holinshed Project.  The chronicles are also available through Project Gutenberg.  You can also find the relevant passages through the Shakespeare Navigator.  

While it's difficult to find a good audio version of this text, we will have gone over by text-to-speech (TTS) readers by this point in the class.

Macbeth
William Shakespeare

We'll be using the Folger Shakespeare Library's edition of Macbeth, which is available online.  However, you can also purchase a copy on Amazon.

There are countless film, filmed stage production, and audio productions of Macbeth.  The Folger Library has a fully staged version available, which you can watch on YouTube.

Throne of Blood
Akira Kurosawa

Kurosawa's film is availabe on Amazon Prime or through the library.  (If you need help accessing the film for your presentation, please let me know. )   

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.  

Richard II
William Shakespeare

We'll be using the Folger Shakespeare Library's edition of Richard II, which is available online.  However, you can also purchase a copy on Amazon.

You can listen to an old BBC recording of the play on the Shakespeare Network's YouTube page.    You can also watch an old BBC production on YouTube, starring Ian McKellen.  If you have access to Prime Video, the first episode of The Hollow Crown is Richard II.  

Othello
William Shakespeare

We'll be using the Folger Shakespeare Library's edition of Othello, which is available online.  However, you can also purchase a copy on Amazon.

You can listen to an the Arkangel and BBC recording of the play on the Shakespeare Network's YouTube page.    There are numerous film and filmed stage productions online.  We'll be discussing the history of these film adapations in class.  

Othello on Film

In class, we'll do a workshop on the many film adaptations of Othello, from Orson Welles' 1951 film to Laurence Olivier's controversial 1965 take on the role as well as Laurence Fishburne's 1995 turn as the titular character and the 2001 adaptation "O," which set the film in the world of high school basketball with Mekhi Phifer as the lead.

The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare

We'll be using the Folger Shakespeare Library's edition of The Taming of the Shrew, which is available online.  However, you can also purchase a copy on Amazon.

You can listen to the Arkangel and BBC recording of the play on the Shakespeare Network's YouTube page.    The Shakespeare Network has also posted the Stratford Festival's production, which you can watch.  

Ten Things I Hate About You
Gil Junger

Gil Junger's 1999 film is available on several streaming platforms.    

We'll watch and discuss clips in class.   

Romeus and Juliet
Arthur Brookes

You can access an electronic copy of the poem through through the late Dr. Philip Weller's Shakespeare Navigators site.

Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare

We'll be using the Folger Shakespeare Library's edition of Romeo and Juliet, which is available online.  However, you can also purchase a copy on Amazon.

You can listen to the Arkangel and BBC recording of the play on the Shakespeare Network's YouTube page.    There are numerous film adapations and filmed stage productions available online.  The 2014 filmed Broadway production, starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad, is available to watch on YouTube.  

West Side Story
Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, lStephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents

Both the 1961 film adaptation of the Broadway musical and the 2021 adaptation are available to stream online.  The 1961 version is widely available for free.  

Romeo + Juliet
Baz Luhrmann

You can access Baz Lurhmann's film on Amazon Prime as well as other sites.  You can access it through the library.  (If you need help accessing the film for your presentation, please let me know.)

Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell

You can access an electronic copy of the novel through the Fordham Library, but if you'd prefer, you can also purchase a copy on Amazon.

You can listen to the audiobook through Audible.  

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.