Below you can find information on the book and media orders required for each of the spring MA courses. Some of these lists are still in development and will be updated as professors provide more information. Note that in many cases professors will be providing additional readings within their class in the form of PDFs or through links (meaning, this list doesn’t necessarily represent the full extent of what you’ll be studying in each class).

ENGL 506 History of Poetic Forms

• Boland, Evan, and Mark Strand, eds. The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms. ISBN 9780393321784.

ENGL 514 Borges, Cortázar, and Puig

• Borges, Jorge L. Ficciones. ISBN 9780802130303.

ENGL 524 Reason & Imagination

• Bacon, Frances. Francis Bacon: The Major Works (Oxford World’s Classics). ISBN 0199540799.
• Blanning, Tim. The Romantic Revolution: A History. ISBN 9780812980141.
  Clarke, Susanna. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. ISBN 0765356155.
• Sax, Boria. City of Ravens: The True History of the Legendary Birds in the Tower of London. ISBN 9781590207772.
• Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. ISBN 0486282112.
• Thomas, Keith. Religion and the Decline of Magic. 2 ed. ISBN 0140137440.

ENGL 525 Victorian Age in Lit

• Braddon, Mary Elizabeth. Aurora Floyd.
• Dickens, Charles. Hard Times.
• Elliot, George. The Mill on the Floss.
• Stevenson, R.R. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. ISBN 9780486266886.
• Wilde, Oscar. The Portrait of Dorian Gray. Dover, 1993. 9780486278070.

ENGL 544 Cyberpunk/Tech-Noir/Technoculture

• First, note that the class will involve visual media such as episodes of Black Mirror and likely several other shows and films (TBD). To view these, students will be need a Netflix subscription for at least one month (about $10); and students might find it convenient to purchase the relevant films to stream through Amazon or elsewhere when the time comes. Students can also rent the assigned films from your local library.
• Cline, Ernest. Ready Player One. ISBN 9780307887443.
  Please note I am removing Cline’s book from required reading.
• Eggers, Dave. The Circle. ISBN 9780345807298.
• Gibson, William. Neuromancer. ISBN 9780441007462.
• Scott, Melissa. Trouble and Her Friends. ISBN 9780765328489. (this is out of print so a PDF will be provided in class, but you can find used copies for cheap on Alibris.com).
• Stephenson, Neal. Snow Crash. ISBN 9780553380958.
• Numerous other shorter works will be provided as PDFs in Blackboard.

ENGL 560 Toni Morrison

• First, students will need to view the documentary on Toni Morrison, The Pieces That I Am, during or prior to the first week of the semester. The film is streaming on most major platforms (Amazon, Itunes, etc) for a small cost. Currently the film can be purchased to stream on Amazon for $6.99. Costs vary by platform.
• Morrison, Toni. A Mercy. ISBN 9780307276766.
• —. Jazz. ISBN: 9781400076215.
• —. Song of Solomon. ISBN 9781400033423.
• —. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations. ISBN 9780525521037.
• —. Sula. ISBN 9781400033430.