11. The Evening of the Holiday

Post by Monday, Nov. 17.

1. For Tuesday's class, read The Evening of the Holiday in its entirety.

2. Post a blog entry about a travel theme in the novel. You might take a look at one of the articles on the About the Reading page. (BTW, if any of the links don't work for you, go to NYUHome > Research tab > under "Databases: Title index" select "L" and go to the "Literature Resource Center," and type in Evening of the Holiday.) A couple of suggested topics: The title comes from a poem by Giacomo Leopardi you can find below; consider its relevance.  At the end of chapter 2, Sophie thinks about a poem, Keats' "Ode to a Nightingale"; consider its relevance.  Or read the pdf article below, "Ripening in the Sun - Shirley Hazzard's Heroines in Italy," and comment on it.

3. As usual, include an image with your blog post, and post a comment on someone else's blog.