Fridays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
$175 per 8-class session
with Juliette de Marcellus
We will discuss the social, political and ideological circumstances that inspired 16 great works of literature. The talks will explore the events that caused them to be written, the impact they had at the time and the reason they are remembered. Session I includes The Epics of Homer, Plato’s The Republic, Caesar’s Gallic Wars, The Confessions of St. Augustine, The Song of Roland, The Arthurian Cycle, The Letters of Eloise and Abelard, and Dante’s Divine Comedy. Session II includes Chaucer, Machiavelli’s The Prince, Shakespeare’s plays, Cervante’s Don Quixote, The King James Bible, John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, Diderot’s Encyclopedia, and Tolstoy’s War and Peace.