alasophia.blogspot.com - 9/23/2008
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For those who are interested, here is his syllabus for the Literary Interpretation class I took in Spring '05. I wonder if any of the contemporary authors knew he was teaching their work? Click to enlarge. Here is a cleaner PDF version all in one place (thanks, Chris).
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