Cost and Registration Information

Early Registration Price (August 7 at 10 am – August 31 at 4 pm): $220
Regular Registration Price (August 31 at 4 pm – first day of class): $242

Members, seniors, and students get a 10% discount.

Online registration is closed, but you can still register by phone. Please call (312) 255-3700 to do so.

Mark your Calendar!

The Newberry Bookstore will re-open on August 14, and you will once again be able to find most of your assigned books for sale there.

Seminar Description

In this course, we will read, analyze, and discuss Philip Roth's American Trilogy, which includes American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and The Human Stain. These novels, which explore the complexity of American character and identity in the second half of the twentieth century, continue to resonate, as we find the United States embroiled in challenging and sometimes painful moral and political turmoil.

Six sessions. E - $220, L - $242

Richard Reeder is the author of Chicago Sketches and 1001 Train Rides in Chicago. He is the facilitator of the Cliff Dwellers book club and the past president of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame.

Materials List

Required:

• Philip Roth, American Pastoral, Vintage International, 1998. ISBN 10: 0-375701427
• Philip Roth, I Married a Communist, Vintage International, 1999. ISBN 10: 0-375701427
• Philip Roth, The Human Stain, Vintage International, 2001. ISBN 10: 0-375726349

First Reading:

• For the first class, please read pages 3-186 of American Pastoral

This class is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about our registration procedures.