Classics Books Lecture Series - Suggested Reading


All lectures are at 7:30 p.m. at Grosse Pointe South High School, 11 Grosse Pointe Boulevard at Fisher Road in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.  Friends members, students and teachers with identification have free admission. General admission is $10 at the door. (There are no presales.)
 
One does not have to have read the books to enjoy the lectures which are always interesting and allow time for audience discussion. Everyone from teenagers to octogenarians and beyond have attended these talks by the University of Michigan professors, who each bring a wealth of fascinating literary and historical information.


Date / Time Book Discussion Leader  

Thursday
January 26, 2012
7:30pm
Grosse Pointe South
AUDITORIUM

Sir Thomas More "Utopia" Dr. Terri Tinkle

Thursday
February 16, 2012
7:30pm
Grosse Pointe South
AUDITORIUM

Christopher Marlowe's
The Jew of Malta
and
Dr. Faustus

Dr. Ralph Williams


William Shakespeare
The Tempest
and
The Merchant of Venice


Thursday
March 1, 2012
7:30pm
Grosse Pointe South
AUDITORIUM
Mark Twain's
"Pudd'nhead Wilson"
Dr. Gregg Crane

Thursday
March 29, 2012
7:30pm
Grosse Pointe South
AUDITORIUM

"Reflections on the Tennessee Williams' Centenary Year" Dr. Enoch Brater

Thursday
April 19, 2012
7:30pm
Grosse Pointe South
AUDITORIUM
Ford Madox Ford's
"The Good Soldier"
Dr. John Whittier-Ferguson

Thursday
May 3, 2012
7:30pm
Grosse Pointe South
AUDITORIUM
Harriet Beecher Stowe's
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Dr. George Bornstein