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...then for dessert, if you're so inclinedâ????and if you share my aversion to Jane Austenâ????the nunchuk-laced send-up of regency EnglandÂ??Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...
Undergraduate summers are the time for serious reading. I would urge students to read as much as they can of Edward Gibbon'sÂ??The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, still the greatest work of historical writing in English. The combination of erudition and irony is exquisite. It is also an invaluable guide to the symptoms of imperial decline, which could come in handy in the years ahead...
...travel writing with the best of science writing. Any of his collections of essays are great, in case you can't find this one. I suggest this book... because he spends most of his time in these essays trying to bring the big picture into tiny fascinating detailsâ????perfect for the summer...
...consider Mahatma Gandhi to be the most remarkable and most important human being of the last millennium, and so I think students should know about himâ????and not just from the movie about him starring Ben Kingsley. Erik Erikson was my undergraduate tutor at Harvard in the early 1960s. He was a psychoanalyst with a deep understanding of youth who had a profound influence on me and many others in my cohort. By readingÂ??Gandhi's Truth, students will secure insights into two persons well worth knowing about...
...choice is Zora Neale Hurston'sÂ??Their Eyes Were Watching God. For those many undergraduates who have read it already, read it again. It is the richest novel and bears numerous re-readings. For those who haven't read it yet, get a copy, and enjoy...