BOOKS
Shelley, Mary (1797-1851).
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818/1832
edition).
Dover Thrift.
Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula
(1897). Dover Thrift.
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894).
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886). Dover
Thrift.
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900). The
Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). Dover Thrift.
Note: I ordered these books only at Shakespeare and Co. on Hillel Place.
XEROXED COURSE
PACKET (CP)
Barham, Richard Harris (1788-1845). “Jerry
Jervis’s Wig” (1843).
Benson, E.F. (1867-1940). "Caterpillars" (1912).
Blackwood, Algernon (1869-1951). "The Transfer" (1912), “Wendigo"
(1910), "The Willows" (1907).
Broughton, Rhoda (1849-1920). “The Man with the Nose” (1879).
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870). “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”
(1865), “No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman” (1866).
Heron, E. And H./Kate and Hesketh Prichard (1876-1922). “The
Story of Baelbrow” (1869).
Jacobs, W.W. (1863-1943). "The Monkey's Paw."
James, Montague Rhodes (1862-1936). "Casting the Runes" (1911), "Oh,
Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (1904), "Count Magnus" (1904),
"The Mezzotint" (1904).
Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936). “The Mark of the Beast" (1891),
"They” (1905).
Le Fanu, Sheridan (1814-1873). "Schalken the Painter" (1839),
"Carmilla"
(1872), "Green Tea" (1872).
Machen, Arthur (1863-1947). "The Great God Pan" (1894), “The White
People” (1895).
Marriott-Watson, H.B. (1863-1921). “The White Wolf of the
Hartz Mountains” (1837).
Pearce, J.H. (1856-?). “The Man Who Coined His Blood into Gold”
(1893).
Rymer, James Malcolm (1814-188 1). Chapters I-II, Varney the Vampyre, or, The Feast of Blood
(1845-7).
Day 1 |
Itroduction |
Day 2
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Ann Radcliffe, The Castle of Otranto (handout)
Matthew G. Lewis, The Monk
(handout)
Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer
(handout)
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Day 3
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Shelley, Frankenstein, pp. 1-90
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Day 4
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Shelley, Frankenstein, pp. 90-166 |
Day 5
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Shelley, Frankenstein
Marryat, "The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains" (CP)
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Day 6
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Le Fanu, "Schalkwn the Painter" (CP)
Rhymer, Varney the Vampyre
(CP)
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Day 7
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Le Fanu, "Carmilla," "Green Tea" (CP)
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Day 8
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Barham,
"Jerry Jervis's Wig" (CP)
Dickens, "To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt," "No. 1 Branch Line: The
Signalman" (CP)
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Day 9
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Heron & Heron, "The Story of
Baelbrow" (CP)
Broughton, "The Man with the Nose" (CP)
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Day 10
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Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Day 11
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Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, pp. 1-86
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Day 12
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"Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, pp.
86-165 |
Day 13
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Midterm
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Day 14
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Kipling, "The Mark of the Beast,"
"They" (CP)
Marriot-Watson, "The Devil of the Marsh" (CP)
Pearce, "The Man Who Choined His Blood into Gold (CP)
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Day 15
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Machen, "The Great God Pan," "The
White People'"(CP)
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Day 16 |
Machen
Presentations 1 & 2
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Day 17
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Stoker, Dracula, pp. 1-152
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Day 18
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Stoker, Dracula, pp. 153-258
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Day 19
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Stoker, Dracula, pp. 259-326
Presentation 3
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Day 20
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Jacobs, "The Monkey's paw" (CP)
Presentaitons 4 & 5
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Day 21
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James, M.R. "Count Magnus," "Oh
Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (CP) |
Day 22
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M.R. James, "Casting the Runes" (CP)
Presentations 6 & 7
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Day 23 |
M.R. James, "The Mezzotint" (CP)
Presentations 8 & 9
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Day 24
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Blackwood, "The Wendigo," "The
Willows" (CP) |
Day 25 |
Blackwood, "The Transfer" (CP)
Presentations 10 & 11
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Day 26
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Saki, "Sredni Vashtar," "The Music on
the Hill," "The She-Wolf," "The Open Window" (handout)
Presentations 11 & 12
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Day 27
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Benson, "Caterpillars" (CP)
Presentations 13 & 14
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Day 28
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Presentations 15 & 16
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10:30-12:30,
Dec. 23
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Final
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10:00
A.M., Jan. 5
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Last day to hand in revised or
late paper/project |
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