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American National Biography
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Leviathan : a journal of Melville studies.
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The Hemingway Review
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Course Description

In this seminar students will be encouraged to explore ethical issues using literary texts as a starting point. We will discuss and evaluate what constitutes human flourishing. How is community created? How can evil be resisted? What is the nature of forgiveness? What responsibility do humans have toward each other? What is the nature of vocation? At least one class meeting will take place on the beach. We will practice close interpretive reading, writing, and research skills necessary for the study of literature.

Ernest Hemingway and Others with Marlin July, 1934

By Unknown or not provided (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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MLA International Bibliography
An index of journal articles, books, and dissertations, the electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2.5 million citations from more than 5,000 journals and series and 1,200 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing.

In addition, The MLA Directory of Periodicals and the association's proprietary thesaurus used to assign descriptors to each record in the Bibliography are included.
Literature Resource Center
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JSTOR
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Project MUSE
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Online Reference

Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature
Covers American authors from many periods and genres, building a broad understanding of the various contexts - from the biographical to the literary to the historical - in which literature can be viewed.