2019 Required Summer Reading List
- James Baldwin “The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American.” You will receive a PDF of the text from the Office of Admission.
- Darwin: A Norton Critical Edition, edited by Philip Appleman (W. W. Norton). 3rd edition. ISBN 0-393-95849-3. Please purchase and read the selections from The Voyage of the Beagle on pages 67–81 and The Origin of Species on pages 95–135 and 158–74.
- Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore (University of Chicago Press). 3rd edition. ISBN 978-0-226-31151-7. Students should purchase this book and bring it with them in August, but there will be no assigned readings from this book before the program begins.
- Another book that we will use during the August program will be Daniel Mendelsohn’s An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and an Epic. All students will receive this book free as a gift from the College. If you haven't received the book by mail, you will be given a copy when you arrive. If you have already received the book, we encourage you to begin reading! We will also read and discuss An Odyssey together during the program.
The edition matters: rely on the ISBN to be sure you are getting the correct edition.
