#Introduction to Rhetorical Theory 2nd Edition

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New Books (September Part II)

Sorted by Call Number / Author. New books are shelved in the "New Books" Section of the Slaughter Reading Room under the superhero posters. Books marked "On Reserve" are in Mrs VanHorn's office for use by faculty or students in particular classes-- just ask us if you can't find something. Librarians like to help you.

Thank you to the Wiatreks and Dr. Thomas for donating many of these materials!

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Barrett, William, 1913-. Irrational man : a study in existential philosophy. Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 1990. Addresses existentialist philosophy in America during the 1990s with a discussion of the roots of existentialism and personal views from some of the foremost existentialists such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre.

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Washington, Harriet A. Medical apartheid : the dark history of medical experimentation on Black Americans from colonial times to the present. 1st Anchor Books (Broadway Books) ed. New York : Anchor Books, 2008. The first comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between Africans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the way both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without a hint of informed consent--a tradition that continues today within some black populations. It shows how the pseudoscience of eugenics and social Darwinism was used to justify experimental exploitation and shoddy medical treatment of blacks, and a view that they were biologically inferior, oversexed, and unfit for adult responsibilities. New details about the government's Tuskegee experiment are revealed, as are similar, less well-known medical atrocities conducted by the government, the armed forces, and private institutions. This book reveals the hidden underbelly of scientific research and makes possible, for the first time, an understanding of the roots of the African American health deficit.--*** Recommended by Visiting Writer Kwoya Fagin Maples

180 A

Adamson, Peter. Classical Philosophy : A history of philosophy without any gaps. Oxford, UK : Oxford UP, 2014.

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Adamson, Peter, 1972- author. Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds : a history of philosophy without any gaps. First edition. Peter Adamson offers an accessible, humorous tour through a period of eight hundred years when some of the most influential of all schools of thought were formed: from the third century BC to the sixth century AD. He introduces us to Cynics and Skeptics, Epicureans and Stoics, emperors and slaves, and traces the development of Christian and Jewish philosophy and of ancient science. Chapters are devoted to such major figures as Epicurus, Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, and Augustine. But in keeping with the motto of the series, the story is told 'without any gaps, ' providing an in-depth look at less familiar topics that remains suitable for the general reader. For instance, there are chapters on the fascinating but relatively obscure Cyrenaic philosophical school, on pagan philosophical figures like Porphyry and Iamblichus, and extensive coverage of the Greek and Latin Christian Fathers who are at best peripheral in most surveys of ancient philosophy. A major theme of the book is in fact the competition between pagan and Christian philosophy in this period, and the Jewish tradition also appears in the shape of Philo of Alexandria. Ancient science is also considered, with chapters on ancient medicine and the interaction between philosophy and astronomy. Considerable attention is paid also to the wider historical context, for instance by looking at the ascetic movement in Christianity and how it drew on ideas from Hellenic philosophy. From the counter-cultural witticisms of Diogenes the Cynic to the subtle skepticism of Sextus Empiricus, from the irreverent atheism of the Epicureans to the ambitious metaphysical speculation of Neoplatonism, from the ethical teachings of Marcus Aurelius to the political philosophy of Augustine, the book gathers together all aspects of later ancient thought in an accessible and entertaining way.

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Hill Collins, Patricia, author. Intersectionality.

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Hancock, Ange-Marie, author. Intersectionality : an intellectual history. Intersectionality theory has emerged over the past thirty years as a way to think about the avenues by which inequalities (most often dealing with, but not limited to, race, gender, class and sexuality) are produced. Rather than seeing such categories as signaling distinct identities that can be adopted, imposed or rejected, intersectionality theory considers the logic by which each of these categories is socially constructed as well as how they operate within the diffusion of power relations. In other words, social and political power are conferred through categories of identity, and these identities bear vastly material effects. Rather than look at inequalities as a relationship between those at the center and those on the margins, intersectionality maps the relative ways in which identity politics create power. Though intersectionality theory has emerged as a highly influential school of thought in ethnic studies, gender studies, law, political science, sociology and psychology, no scholarship to date exists on the evolution of the theory. In the absence of a comprehensive intellectual history of the theory, it is often discussed in vague, ahistorical terms. And while scholars have called for greater specificity and attention to the historical foundations of intersectionality theory, their idea of the history to be included is generally limited to the particular currents in the United States. This book seeks to remedy the vagueness and murkiness attributed to intersectionality by attending to the historical, geographical, and cross-disciplinary myopia afflicting current intersectionality scholarship. This comprehensive intellectual history is an agenda-setting work for the theory.

305.42 A

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- author. We should all be feminists. Offers an updated definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. In this personal, eloquently-argued essay -- adapted from her much-admired TEDx talk of the same name -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her deep understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author's exploration of what it means to be a woman now -- and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.

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Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- author. Freedom is a constant struggle : Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement. Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, 2016. In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis illuminates the connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality, and prison abolitionism for today's struggles, Davis discusses the legacies of previous liberation struggles, from the Black Freedom Movement to the South African anti-Apartheid movement. She highlights connections and analyzes today's struggles against state terror, from Ferguson to Palestine. Facing a world of outrageous injustice, Davis challenges us to imagine and build the movement for human liberation. And in doing so, she reminds us that "Freedom is a constant struggle."

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Diouf, Sylviane A. (Sylviane Anna), 1952-. Dreams of Africa in Alabama : the slave ship Clotilda and the story of the last Africans brought to America. Oxford ; : Oxford University Press, 2007.  *** On Reserve

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Intersectionality in action : a guide for faculty and campus leaders for creating inclusive classrooms and institutions. First edition.

428.2 F

Fogarty, Mignon. Grammar girl presents the ultimate writing guide for students. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2011. For beginners to advanced students, this warm and witty guide to writing includes a writing style chapter and a guide to writing everything from school papers to letters to e-mails.

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DiYanni, Robert. Frames of mind : a rhetorical reader with occasions for writing. 2nd ed. Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2009.

468 M

Marinelli, Patti. Avenidas. Mason, OH : Cengage, 2007.

478 M

Minkova, Milena. Latin for the new millennium. Wauconda, Ill. : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2008-.

512 B

Algebra 1. [Orlando, Fla.] : Holt McDougal, c2011.

574 B

Biggs, Alton. Biology : The dynamics of life. Texas Edition. Columbus, OH : McGraw-Hill, 2004.

700 B

Barrett, Terry, 1945-. Making art : form & meaning. New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, c2011. This comprehensive introduction to art and design explores making artifacts as a process of making meaning. Making Art: Form and Meaning offers a framework for understanding how all the aspects of an artwork--subject matter, medium, form, process, and contexts--interact. The text's wide array of examples and its emphasis on late-modernism and postmodern art give students a thorough look at the expressive possibilities of traditional design elements and principles and contemporary practices, including the use of computer-based, time-based, and lens-based media. *** On Reserve

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Breckman, Warren, 1963-. European romanticism : a brief history with documents. 1st ed. Boston : Bedford/St. Martins, c2008.

709 S

Strickland, Carol. The annotated Mona Lisa : a crash course in art history, from prehistoric to Post-modern. 2nd ed. Kansas, Mo. : Andrews McMeel Pub., c2007. Presents the history of art from prehistoric times to the present day, describes major artists and movements, and details the influence of art on society through the ages. *** On Reserve

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Gardner, Helen, 1878-1946. Gardner's art through the ages : the Western perspective. 13th ed., Backpack ed. Australia ; : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2010. *** On Reserve

741.5 C

Coates, Ta-nehisi. Black Panther : A Nation under our feet: Book One. Salem, VA : Marvel, 2016.

770 C

Campany, David. The open road : photography & the American road trip. First edition. The road trip is an enduring symbol in American culture. Ever since cars became widely available, the road stretching over the horizon has represented a sense of possibility and freedom, discovery and escape--a place to get lost and find yourself in the process. The American road trip has appeared prominently in literature, music, and movies, but it has had an especially powerful influence on photography. As photographers have embarked on trips across the United States with the express purpose of making work, they have created some of the most important photographs in the history of the medium: from images by Walker Evans, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Berenice Abbott to Robert Frank's seminal 1950s odyssey, The Americans. From Stephen Shore to Ryan McGinley, hundreds of other photographers have continued the tradition. The Open Road is the first book to explore the photographic road trip as a genre. It opens with a comprehensive introduction, which traces the rise of road culture in America and considers photographers on the move across the country and across the century, from the early 1900s to present day. Each chapter explores one body of work in depth through informative texts and a portfolio of images, beginning with Robert Frank, and including such renowned work as Garry Winogrand's 1964, Joel Sternfeld's American Prospects, William Eggleston's Los Alamos, and Alec Soth's Sleeping by the Mississippi. The Open Road is a visual tour-de-force, presenting the story of photographers for whom the American road is muse. *** On Reserve

780.42 P

Poyner, Rick. Oh So Pretty : Punk in Print 1976-80. London, UK : Phaidon Press, 2016.

781 G

Gridley, Mark C. Jazz Styles History and Analysis : Test Item File. 4th. New Jersey : Prentice Hall, 1991.

781.65 G

Gridley, Mark C., 1947-. Jazz styles : history & analysis. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2003.

786.2 D

Doerschuk, Bob. 88 : the giants of jazz piano. San Francisco : Backbeat Books ;, c2001.

787.6 B

Brewster, David M. Teach Yourself to Play Guitar : A quick and easy introduction for beginners. Victoria, Australia : Hal Leonard Corporation, 2004.

787.6 N

Nelson, Troy. Guitar Aerobics : A 52-week, one-lick-per-day workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining guitar technique. Victoria, Australia : Hal Leonard Corporation, 2007.

787.871 C

Capone, Phil. Guitar chord Bible : over 500 illustrated chords for rock, blues, soul, country, jazz, and classical. Edison, N.J. : Cartwell Books, 2006. This compact dictionary is designed to fit in your bag and is complete with fingering diagrams for each chord and photographs showing how each one is played.

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Foster, Thomas C., author. How to read literature like a professor : a lively and entertaining guide to reading between the lines. Revised edition. What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey? Shares a meal? Get drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surface -- a symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or an unexpected twist on a character - and there's that sneaking suspicion that the deeper meaning of a literary text keeps escaping you. In this practical and amusing guide to literature, Thomas C. Foster shows how easy and gratifying it is to unlock those hidden truths, and to discover a world where a road leads to a quest a shared meal may signify a communion and rain, whether cleansing or destructive, is never just rain. Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices, and form, How to Read Literature Like a Professor is the perfect companion for making your reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.

808.8 M

The Norton introduction to literature. Shorter 11th ed. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2013.

811.54 R

Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-1980. Elegies.

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Lewis, Erica. Daryl Hall is my Boyfriend : poems. Baltimore, MD : Barrelhouse Books, 2015.

822.33 S

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet. 3rd ed. Cambridge, UK ; : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

851.1 A

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321, author. The divine comedy : Volume 1. Inferno.

891.71 B

Barskova, Polina. Written in the Dark : Five Poets in the Siege of Leningrad. Brooklyn, NY : Ugly Duckling Presse, 2016.

909 M

McKay, John P., author. A history of world societies. Tenth edition.

909.09 K

Kagan, Donald. The Western heritage. Combined ed., 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1998. v. 1. To 1715 ; v. 2. 1300 to 1815.

941.067 P

Pincus, Steven C. A. England's glorious Revolution, 1688-1689 : a brief history with documents. 1st ed. Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2006.

942.07 V

Voltaire, 1694-1778. Letters on England.

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Symcox, Geoffrey. Christopher Columbus and the enterprise of the Indies : a brief history with documents. Boston, MA : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2005. A general introduction to Christopher Columbus' life and voyages, followed by a series of documents. These include excerpts from the log of his first voyage, his agreements with the Spanish crown, papal bulls concerning the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal, and judgments by contemporaries on Columbus and his achievements.

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Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The beautiful struggle : a father, two sons and an unlikely road to manhood. 1st paperback ed. New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009. A memoir of growing up in the tough world of Baltimore in the 1980s chronicles the relationship between the author and his father, a Vietnam vet and Black Panther affiliate, and his campaign to keep his sons from falling victim to the temptations of the streets. *** On Reserve

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Jazz. Narrated by Keith David. 10 episodes tracing the history of Jazz from its roots in the African-American community of New Orleans to its heights and continuing presence.

DVD Mik

The mikado. Widescreen version. [United States] : A & E Home Video :, [2005].

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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- author. Americanah : [a novel]. First Anchor Books edition. Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post-9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion--for each other and for their homeland.

F Adi

Adiga, Aravind. The white tiger : a novel. Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life--having nothing but his own wits to help him along. *** Recommended by Visiting Writer Kwoya Fagin Maples

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Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-. The handmaid's tale. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 1998, c1986. Set in the near future, America has become a puritanical theocracy and Offred tells her story as a Handmaid under the new social order.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. The great Gatsby. Scribner trade pbk. ed. New York : Scribner, 2004, c1953. Jay Gatsby had once loved beautiful, spoiled Daisy Buchanan, then lost her to a rich boy. Now, mysteriously wealthy, he is ready to risk everything to woo her back. This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby.

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Rowell, Rainbow. Eleanor & Park. First edition. Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.

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Rowling, J. K. The tales of Beedle the Bard. 1st ed. New York : Children's High Level Group in association with Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008. Contains five illustrated moral tales for children from the world of Harry Potter, reportedly discovered and translated by young witch Hermione Granger, with an introduction and commentary from Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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Whisp, Kennilworthy. Quidditch through the ages. 1st American ed. New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books ;, 2001.

R Test Prep

Teukolsky, Roselyn. AP Computer Science A : Barron's. Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, Inc, 2015. *** On Reserve

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What I Get to Read & Discuss from Jan-May

I have a lucky semester ahead, a chance to teach four courses  here at Monmouth College (two half-semester classes in that mix) that represent nearly all my areas of interest--introductory creative writing, more advanced courses in both poetry writing and in the literature from the Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement, and a capstone senior seminar directly related to my doctoral work in American lit and crit theory. 

For most semesters, I have a departmental or program selected textbook, which helpfully limits what I can choose--a composition/rhetoric text we all use or a set of readings for our first year Intro to the Lib Arts seminar.

This time, however, I have a pretty free hand in picking what I’d like to teach, which has me thinking about my principles for choosing texts.I’d be interested to hear from others, via FB or Twitter, about how you make such selections. I might like to turn this into a pedagogical piece for another forum, one where I do make some hierarchical distinctions. 

At any rate, here’s my list of considerations, not in order of importance. 

Which texts do I need in order to teach the material and skills that students need in this course, particularly given the tensions that often exist between breadth of coverage and depth of study? 

Are these materials available elsewhere in the curriculum or do I need to order them particularly for this course (for instance, do they have a glossary, MLA handbook, style guide, etc, from earlier courses?)

Can I order particularly well edited, produced, beautiful editions of books, copies that will be worth the cost and worth keeping (or will hold their value if students resell them)?

If I have visiting writers on campus, can I fit their books into the courses, both to benefit the writer and the students?

When possible, I order books directly from small, independent presses, both to support those presses and to show students that great books come from such places.

Can I keep the costs within reason for our non-affluent student body, yet still help them to see that $100 is not that much relative to the rest of what they are spending on their education)? As one colleague says, “After spending 20K on the semester, it’s not time to scrimp on a hundred bucks for the most basic thing you need to do well.”

Do my choices of readings reflect the range of voices in this field/period/discipline, including gender, racial, geographic, ideological, stylistic diversity that will be important for readers to consider?

Can students bounce from these texts to deeper understandings of the material through research and further reading? What important apparatus is here?

Will these books reasonably fit within the time-span of the term? How will I use each work to teach a set of specific ideas and skills? Will one book get overlooked and, thus, frustrate students who have purchased it?

What uses will I ask students to make of these books in their classroom discussions, their writing assignments, or other forms of assessment?

Do these works reward re-reading and reconsideration down the road?

Can I envision how this book will add to a conversation the students have already had within their course or study here or how it might set up a future conversation in one of my classes or a colleague’s classes (both within my dept. and across the disciplines)?

Do I want to read or re-read these works? Can I prep classes with the time available to me? Or do I need to fall back on a shorter work or a book I’ve already taught a number of times? Will there be any pleasure in it?

What is the level of reading--pace, complexity, context, vocab, etc.,--that I’m expecting and do these students have that preparation and capacity? If not, what can I do to supplement and support them? 

Do I know the individual students in the class and can I pick a work that will especially engage/reward/challenge some of them in particuar? This is especially true this term when I have smaller classes.

What’s the size of the course and how much discussion or lecture will be necessary to understand and work through these texts? 

Here are the books:  ENG 400: Senior Seminar--Modernism & Beyond

(New: 90-95; Used: $30-40, depending on shipping)

Wallace Stevens. Collected Poetry and Prose. Library of America.

Elizabeth Bishop. Poems. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Ralph Ellison. Invisible Man. Vintage.

Virginia Woolf. Mrs. Dalloway. Mariner.  

Virginia Woolf. A Room of One's Own. Mariner.  

Christopher Butler. Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, 2003.

Christopher Butler. Modernism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, 2010.

Plus--More recent works chosen by students that draw on, converse with, challenge these earlier texts.

ENG 210: Intro to Creative Writing 

(New: 75; Used 30-40, depending on shipping)

Sandy Longhorn. The Alchemy of My Mortal Form. Trio House, 2015.

Tania Runyan. How to Write a Poem (Field Guide Series). New York: T. S. Poetry Press, 2015.

LaPlante, Alice. The Making of a Story. New York: Norton, 2010.

Miller, Brenda and Suzanne Paola. Tell it Slant: Creating, Refining, and Publishing Creative Nonfiction. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2012.Janice Harrington. The Hands of Strangers. BOA, 2011.

ENG 310: Adv Creative Writing

(New: $75-80; Used: 40-50, dependent on shipping)

Ocean Vuong. Night Sky With Exit Wounds. Copper Canyon, 2016.

Jamaal May. Hum. Alice James Books, 2013.

Janice Harrington. Primitive: The Art & Life of Horace Pippin. BOA Editions, 2016.

Sandy Longhorn. The Alchemy of My Mortal Form. Trio House, 2015

James Longenbach. The Art of the Poetic Line. Graywolf, 2007.

Kim Addonizio. The Poet's Companion. Norton, 1997.

Deborah Ager, Bill Beverly, John Poch, eds. Old Flame: From the First 10 Years of 32 Poems Magazine. WordFarm, 2013.

ENG 349: Harlem Renaissance to the Black Arts Movement

(New: $100-110; Used: 65-75)

Bracey, Sanchez, Smethurst, eds. SOS―Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader. U of MA P, 2014.

David Levering Lewis, ed. The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader. Penguin, 1995.

Richard Wright. Native Son. Harper/Perennial, 2005.

James Baldwin. Notes of a Native Son. Beacon, 2012. Lorraine Hansberry. A Raisin in the Sun. Vintage, 2004.

Gwendolyn Brooks. The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks (American Poets Project). Library of America/Penguin, 2003.

Cheryl Wall. The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, 2016.