Information for Students—Fall Semester 2008
Required Reading
Students should purchase the following books and bring them to Italy.
- Art History 244—Doctor Monica Capacci:
- Art in Renaissance Italy by Radke & Paoletti
- Comparative Literature 207B—Professor Renato Perucchio:
- Required:
- Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge. The Ancient City, Oxford University Press, 2000. paperback edition (Amazon used price $12 -$15).
- Michael Grant. Cities of Vesuvius, Phoenix Press, 2001 (or early Penguin Books edition). Paperback edition (Amazon used price $ 7, www.bookfinder.com used price $4 - $6).
- Recommended:
- Peter Connolly. Pompeii, Oxford University Press, 1994. paperback edition (Amazon used price $5 - $8, www.bookfinder.com used price $4- $10).
- Comparative Literature 207B—Professor Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio:
- Dante's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) in the Mandelbaum translation (Bentham Books-paperbacks).
- Cook and Hertzman, The Medieval World View, Oxford, last edition.
- Boccaccio's Decameron (Penguin translation)
- Comparative Literature 207B—Professor John Thomas:
- Drake, S. 1957, Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo. New York: Anchor Books (paperback edition, list price $11.95).
- Course Handout
- History 228—Professor Gregory Conti:
- Duggan, Christopher. The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796, Penguin Books Ltd, paperback (688 pages). (This book is scheduled to be released at the end of May, 2008.)
- Loy, Rosetta. First Words: A Childhood in Fascist Italy, Owl Books (2001) paperback (208 pages).
- Rigoni Stern, Mario. The Story of Tönle, Marlboro Press (1998) hardcover (105 pages).
- Stille, Alexander. The Sack of Rome, Penguin (2007) paperback (351 pages).
- Tomasi Di Lampedusa. Giuseppe, The Leopard, Pantheon reprint edition (2007) paperback (336 pages).
- Italian 111—Doctor Irene Schiatti:
- Prego 7th edition and workbook (NO LAB MANUAL)