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Europe and its Strangers - Christian Encounters with Jews and Muslims: readings

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Claudia Koonz, Duke University

- William Shakespeare, the Merchant of Venice. The Folger edition, ISBN 0 7434 77756 (or 1) is required. 

- Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness.  The version edited by D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke, Broad View Publishers, ISBN, 1551113074 is required. distributor:  Plymbridge, Estover Rd, Plymouth PL6 7PY.

- Thomas Mann, Death in Venice, Dover, ISBN: 0486287149 (any edition okay). 

- Saskia Sassen, Guests and Aliens.  New Press, ISBN-13: 978-1565846081.  Make sure you purchase the paperback edition.
 

I recommend two popular books that convey the flavor of Venice:

- Jan Morris,The Venetian Empire:  A Sea Voyage, Harcourt Brace, 1980,

- John Berendt, The City of Falling Angels, Penguin, 2005. 

 

 

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