Texts are in order of use:
Defoe, Moll Flanders (New American Library)
Burtt, English Philosophers (Modern Library)
Rousseau, Political Writings (Norton)
Bryson, Word and Image (Cambridge)
Diderot, Rameau's Nephew (Penguin)
Mozart, Don Giovanni (Riverrun)
Marquis De Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom (Library Pamphlet)
Tocqueville, Old Regime And the French Revolution (Anchor)
Hunt, Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution (UC)
Palmer and Colton, History of the Modern World (Random) Text for the
course
Burke, Reflections on the French Revolution (Penguin)
Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Penguin)
Boime, A Social History of Modern Art, Vol. II (Chicago)
Licht, Goya, Origins of the Modern Temper in Art (Harper Collins)
Rousseau, Confessions (Penguin)
Wordsworth, Selected Poems (Houghton Mifflin)
Bronte, Wuthering Heights (Oxford)
Goethe, Faust, Part I, Peter Salm, transl., (Bantam)
Goethe, Faust, Part II, any edition
Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments, sels., Library pamphlet.
Bowditch and Ramsland, eds., Voices of the Industrial Revolution
(Michigan)
E.P. Thompson, Making of the English Working Class (Random House)
Hegel, Philosophy of Hegel (Modern Library)
Ibsen, Four Major Plays, Vol. 1 (New American Library).
Readings/Dates:
Lectures
1 (AC)COUNTING THE MERCANTILE BODY
Defoe, Moll Flanders. Tues Sept 3.
Lecture on Defoe: Roger Porter, Wed Sept 4.
2. THEORIES OF LEGITIMACY AND POWER FROM ABSOLUTISM TO DEMOCRACY
Hobbes, Leviathan, p. 129-31,143-8 and 159-203 in Burtt,
English Philosophers. Mon Sept 9.
Lecture on Hobbes: David Sacks, Mon Sept 9.
Locke, "Concerning Civil Government," p. 403-43, 457-61, 484-89 in Burtt,
English Philosophers. Fri Sept 13.
Lecture on Locke and Rousseau: John Tomsich, Mon Sept 16.
Rousseau, "Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men,"
in Rousseau's Political Writings. Mon Sept 16.
Rousseau, "On Social Contract or Principles of Political Right," in
Rousseau's
Political Writings. Fri Sept 20.
3. THE PAINTING OF THE ANCIEN REGIME: FROM FANTASY TO VIRTUE
Bryson, Word and Image, Chaps. 1, 3, 4-5, Mon Sept 23.
Lecture on Greuze: William Diebold, Mon Sept 23.
Lecture on the Enlightenment: John Tomsich, Wed Sept 25.
4. SUBVERSIVE VOICES IN THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Diderot, Rameau's Nephew. Mon Sept 30.
Mozart, Don Giovanni. Libretto. Wed Oct 2. (The video presentation
is Sun Sept 29 and Mon Sept 30 in the Psych auditorium at 7:30 p.m.)
Marquis De Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom, Library pamphlet, Mon Sept 30.
Lecture on Diderot and De Sade, Rachel Shuh, Mon Sept 30.
Lecture on Mozart, Edward Segel, Wed Oct 2.
5. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: REALITIES AND REPRESENTATIONS.
Palmer and Colton, History of the Modern World, French Revolution
chapter, Mon Oct 7.
Tocqueville, Old Regime and the French Revolution, all of Part I; in
Part II: chaps. 1-2, 8-9, 11.(br)
(Part III: recommended: Chaps. 1-2, 4, 8.) Mon
Oct 7.
Hunt, Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution, p. 1-119. Wed Oct 9.
Lecture on the Revolution, Edward Segel, Mon Oct 7.
6. DISSIDENT RESPONSES TO THE REVOLUTION.
Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, p. 119-214. Mon Oct 14.
Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Author's Intro., Chaps. 1-2, 9. Wed Oct 16.
Lecture on Burke: Edward Segel, Mon Oct 14.
Lecture on Wollstonecraft: Lena Lencek, Wed Oct 16.
FALL RECESS, OCT. 19-27.
7. THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF REVOLUTION
Boime, Art in An Age of Bonaparte. p. 3-33, 35-95, Mon Oct 28.
Bryson, Word and Image, Chap. 8.
Licht, Goya, p. 22-45, 92-195. Wed Oct 30.
Lecture on David and Ingres: William Diebold, Mon Oct 28.
8. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE ROMANTIC `I'
Rousseau, Confessions, Part I, Books 1-2. Mon Nov 4.
Wordsworth, "The Prelude," Books 1-3. In Selected Poems. Wed Nov 6.
Lecture on Rousseau: Roger Porter, Mon Nov 4.
Lecture on Wordsworth: Roger Porter, Wed Nov 6.
9. THE ROMANTIC NOVEL
Brontë, Wuthering Heights, Mon Nov 11.
Lecture on Brontë, Mon Nov 11, Thomas Gillcrist.
10. STRATEGIES OF HEROIC SELF-CREATION
Goethe, Faust, Part I and final act of Part II. Mon Nov 18.
Lecture on Beethoven: Edward Segel, Mon Nov 18.
Lecture on Faust: Roger Porter, Wed Nov 20.
11 PROGRESS AND MECHANIZATION IN SOCIETY AND THOUGHT
(YOUR INSTRUCTOR WILL CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING
FOR THIS WEEK.)
E.P. Thompson, Making of the English Working Class, Chap. 6-10 and pp. 401-17 in Chap. 12.
Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments, Library reserve pamphlet. Mon Nov 25.
Bowditch, Voices of the Industrial Revolution, p. 12-34, 49-81. Wed Nov 27.
Lecture on the Industrial Revolution: Edward Segel, Mon Nov 25.
12. HISTORY AS PROGRESS
Hegel, Philosophy of Hegel, p. 43-79. Mon Dec 2.
Lecture on Hegel: Peter Steinberger, Mon Dec 2.
13. THE FAUSTIAN ARTIST AT THE FIN DE SIECLE
Ibsen, "The Master Builder", in Four Major Plays. Wed Dec 4.
Lecture on Ibsen: Roger Porter, Wed Dec 4.