Here is a preview of the book selections for Literature for the 21st Century, Summer 2013:

Alice Munro, Dear Life; Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies; Louise Erdrich, The Round House; Joydeep Roy-Battacharya, The Watch; Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King; Bernardo Atxaga, Seven Houses in France; Mo Yan, Life and Death are Wearing Me Out

Here are the reading selections to concentrate on for our sessions on Milton's Paradise Lost:

• Book 1, especially lines 1-26
• Book 2
• Book 3, lines 1-371
• Book 4, especially lines 295-311
• Book 5, lines 1-223
• Book 6, argument
• Book 7, lines 1-39
• Book 8 (skip if you must)
• Book 9, especially lines 886-91, 938-44
• Book 10
• Book 11, argument
• Book 12, lines 466-649