WEEK I (January 25-31):

Shakespeare, The Tempest
Stephen Greenblatt, "Learning to Curse"*
Stephen Greenblatt, Shakespearean Negotiations, 129-163*
Lecture: Shakespeare and the Disciplines of Culture (Knapp)

WEEK II (February 1-7):

Galileo, The Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo, 1-58, 175-227
Francis Bacon, "The Great Instauration" (in Edwin A. Burtt, ed. The English Philosophers)*
Bacon, "Thoughts and Conclusions"*
Dunn, The Age of Religious Wars, 200-216
Lecture: The New Science (Bedau)

WEEK III (February 8-14):

Descartes, Discourse on Method & Meditations on First Philosophy
Lecture: The Cartesian Revolution (Bedau)

WEEK IV (February 15-21):

Calderon de la Barca, "Life is a Dream"*
John Bossy, Christianity in the West, 1-152
Jean Delumeau, Catholicism Between Luther and Voltaire, 175-202*
Lecture: Free Will in Calderon and in the Catholic Reformation (Knapp)

WEEK V (February 22-28):

Pascal, Pensées, Pensee #'s 1-202; 418-435; 512-514 33-95, 149-164, 210-212
Dunn, The Age of Religious Wars, 58-68; 82-92; 152-164
Lecture: Pascal's Wager (Bedau)

WEEK VI (March 1-7):

Norman Bryson, Word and Image, 1-88
Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvray, The Age of Magnificence: The Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon, (selected, edited, translated by Sanche de Gramont), 21-23, 185-90, 40-50, 97-100, 135-178*
Lecture: Art and Absolutism (Ray)

WEEK VII (March 8-14):

Dunn, The Age of the Religious Wars, 178-189
Racine, Phaedre
Moliere, Tartuffe
Lecture: Staging Virtue (Steinman)

WEEK VIII (March 15-21):

Madame de Lafayette, The Princess of Cleves
Lecture: The Subject of Power (Steinman)

WEEK IX (March 29-April 4):

'Agreement of the People,' & 'The Putney Debates,' in: Divine Right and Democracy, ed. D. Wootton, 283-317*
Dunn, The Age of Religious Wars, 164-178
John Milton, 'Areopagitica,' in: The Portable Milton
Lecture: Uncloistering Virtue (Sacks)

WEEK X (April 5-11):

Hobbes, Leviathan, Book I, Introduction and chapters 1-6, 10, 12-16 (9-46, 62-69, 75-115); Book II, chapters 17-22, 24, 26, 29-31 (117-65, 170-76, 183-200, 221-254); Book III, chapters 32, 43 (255-59, 402-15); Review and Conclusion (483-91)
Dunn, The Age of Religious Wars, chap. 3, & pp. 189-198
Lecture: Hobbes and Skepticism (Sacks)

WEEK XI (April 12-18):

John Milton, 'Paradise Lost,' in The Portable Milton
Lecture: Reading the World of the English Revolution (Steinman)

WEEK XII (April 19-25):

John Locke, Essay on Human Understanding (in Edwin A. Burtt, ed. The English Philosophers)*
John Locke, Second Treatise on Civil Government
Lecture (on Monday): Primary and Secondary Qualities (Bedau)
Lecture (on Wednesday): Labor and Liberty (Sacks)

WEEK XIII (April 26-May 1):

Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
Lecture: Marooned (Knapp)

Books for Purchase
Shakespeare, Wm. The Tempest. (ed. S. Orgel). Penguin.
Hum 210 Pamphlet (available for purchase in Bookstore).
Bossy, John. Christianity in the West.. Oxford U.P. (Opus Books).
Galileo. Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo (trans. Stillman Drake). Anchor Books.
Dunn, Richard S. The Age of the Religious Wars:1559-1715. Norton.
Descartes, Rene. Discourse on Method and Meditations (trans. Cress). 3rd. ed. Hackett.
Pascal, Blaise. Pensees (trans. A.J. Krailsheimer). Penguin Classics.
Bryson, Norman. Word and Image: French Painting of Ancien Regime. Cambridge.
Racine, Jean. Iphigenia; Phaedra; Athaliah. (trans. John Cairncross). Penguin Classics.
Moliere. Tartuffe (trans. Richard Wilbur). Harcourt Brace.
de Lafayette, Madame. The Princess of Cleves (trans. W.J. Cobb). Meridian Classic.
Milton, John. The Portable Milton (ed. Douglas Bush). Penguin Books.
Hobbes. Leviathan (ed. Richard Tuck). Cambridge.
Locke, John. Second Treastise on Civil Government (ed. C. B. MacPherson). Hackett.
Defoe, Daniel. Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Penguin Classics.

Lectures will be on Mondays only except for week twelve or unless announced otherwise in class.

* Indicates that readings will be available in the Course Pamphlet.