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The following lists contain nearly 70 references
to my most important resources that I use to teach this class. I
have consulted these resources to develop this course, its themes, and
its handouts. Most of these texts can be acquired in most bookstores.
I have included the ISBN numbers to assist you in locating any of these
texts.
Top 10 General References:
1. Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch’s
Mythology: The Age of Fable. New York: Penguin, 1962.
ISBN 0-451-62814-4
2. Campbell, Joseph. The Power
of Myth. New York: Doubleday, 1988. ISBN 0-385-41886-8
3. Gaarder, Jostein. Sophie’s
World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy. Trans. Paulette
Møller. New York: Berkley, 1996.
ISBN 0-425-15225-1
4. Hamilton, Edith. Mythology:
Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes. New York: Penguin, 1969.
ISBN 0-451-62803-9
5. Jordan, Michael. The Encyclopedia
of Gods. London: Kyle Cathie, 1995. ISBN 1-85626-131-x
6. Osborne, Richard. Philosophy
for Beginners. New York: Writers and Readers Publishing,
1992. ISBN 0-86316-157-x
7. Reese, W. L. Dictionary of
Philosophy and Religion. Atlantic Highlands: Humanities Press,
1980. ISBN 0-85527-147-7
8. Shlain, Leonard. The Alphabet
Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image.
New York: Penguin, 1998. ISBN 0-14-019601-3
9. Subramuniyaswami, Satguru Sivaya.
Dancing With Shiva. New York: Himalayan Academy, 1997.
ISBN 0-945497-97-0
10. Yohannan, John D. A Treasury
of Asian Literature. New York: Mentor, 1956. (No ISBN)
25 Secondary References:
1. Andrea, Alfred J., and James H. Overfield.
The Human Record: Sources of Global History. Vol. 1.
Dallas: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
ISBN 0-395-48399-9
2. Bently, Peter. The Dictionary
of World Myth. New York: Duncan Baird Press, 1995.
ISBN 0-8160-3325-0
3. Bettenson, Henry. Documents
of the Christian Church. New York: Oxford UP, 1978.
ISBN 0-19-501293-3
4. The Bhagavad-Gita.
Trans. Barbara Stoler Miller. New York: Bantam, 1986. ISBN
0-553-21365-2
5. Bierlein, J. F. Parallel Myths.
New York: Ballantine, 1994. ISBN 0-345-38146-7
6. Bradley, David G. A Guide
to the World’s Religions. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall,
1963.
(Library of Congress Catalogue Card Mo. 63-7991)
7. Burtt, E. A. (Ed.) The Teachings
of the Compassionate Buddha. New York: Penguin, 1982.
ISBN 0-451-62711-3
8. Cirlot, J. E. A Dictionary
of Symbols. Trans. Jack Sage. New York: Philosophical
Library, 1971. ISBN 0-8022-2083-5
9. Conze, Edward (Ed.) Buddhist
Scriptures. New York: Penguin, 1959. ISBN 0-14-044088-7
10. Craze, Richard. Hell: An
Illustrated History of the Netherworld. Berkeley: Conari
Press, 1996. ISBN 1-57324-059-1
11. Crim, Keith. The Perennial
Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: HarperCollins,
1989. ISBN 0-06-061613-x
12. Embree, Ainslie T. The Hindu
Tradition: Readings in Oriental Thought. New York: Vintage,
1972. ISBN 0-394-71702-3
13. Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid, et. al.
The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion.
Boston: Shambhala, 1994. ISBN 0-87773-980-3
14. Grant, Michael. Myths of
the Greeks and Romans. New York: Penguin, 1986. ISBN
0-451-62693-1
15. Grimes, John. A Concise Dictionary
of Indian Philosophy. Albany: State University of New York
Press, 1996. ISBN 0-7914-3068-5
16. Hall, James. Illustrated
Dictionary of Symbols in Eastern and Western Art. New York:
HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 0-06-433314-0
17. Hinnells, John R. Who’s Who
of Religions. New York: Penguin, 1991. ISBN 0-14-051349-3
18. Lacy, Norris J. The Arthurian
Encyclopedia. New York: Peter Bedrick, 1986. ISBN 0-87226-164-6
19. Leeming, David Adams. The
World of Myth. New York: Oxford UP, 1990. ISBN
0-19-507475-0
20. Lowenstein, Tom. The Vision
of the Buddha. New York: Little, Brown; 1996.
ISBN 0-316-53431-5
21. Novak, Philip. The World’s
Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World’s Religions. San Francisco:
HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 0-06-066342-1
22. Parrinder, Geoffrey. World
Religions: From Ancient History to the Present. New York:
Facts on File, 1985. ISBN 0-8160-1389-x
23. Smart, Ninian, and Richard D. Hecht.
Sacred Texts of the World: A Universal Anthology. New
York: Crossroad, 1982. ISBN 0-8245-0639-1
24. Thomas, Dr. Winston. Documents
from Old Testament Times. New York: Harper, 1958. (No
ISBN)
25. Willis, Roy. World Mythology.
New York: Henry Holt, 1996. ISBN 0-8050-4913-4
Top 30 Classic World Literature Readings:
The
European Middle Ages:
1. Alighieri, Dante. The Portable
Dante. Ed. Paolo Milano. Trans. Laurence Binyon.
New York: Penguin, 1976. ISBN 0-14-015032-3
2. Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Decameron.
Trans. G.H. McWilliam. New York: Penguin, 1984. ISBN 0-14-044269-3
3. Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury
Tales. Trans. Nevill Coghill. New York: Penguin, 1977.
ISBN 0-14-044022-4
4. de France, Marie. The Lais
of Marie de France. Trans. Robert Hanning and Joan Ferrante.
Durham: labyrinth Press, 1982. ISBN 0-939464-02-0
5. Langland, William. Piers Ploughman.
Trans. J. F. Goodridge. New York: Penguin, 1987. ISBN 0-144-044087-9
6. Malory, Sir Thomas. Le Morte
D’Arthur. Ed. Keith Baines. New York: Penguin, 1962.
ISBN 0-451-62567-6
7. Marlowe, Christopher. Doctor
Faustus. Ed. Sylvan Barnet. New York: Signet, 1969.
ISBN 0-451-51710-5
The
European Renaissance:
8. Erasmus, Desiderius. Praise
of Folly. New York: Penguin, 1986. ISBN 0-14-044240-5
9. Five Italian Renaissance Comedies.
Ed. Bruce Penman. New York: Penguin, 1978. ISBN 0-14-044338-x
10. Machiavelli, Niccolò. The
Prince. New York: bantam, 1985. ISBN 0-553-21278-8
11. More, Sir Thomas. Utopia.
Trans. Paul Turner. New York: Penguin, 1965. ISBN 0-14-044165-4
12. Petrarch, Francesco. Selected
Sonnets, Odes, and Letters. Ed. Thomas G. Bergin. Arlington
Heights: AHM, 1966. ISBN 0-88295-066-5
The
Age of Rationalism:
13. La Fontaine, Jean de. Selected
Fables. Trans. James Michie. New York: Penguin, 1982.
ISBN 0-14-044376-2
14. Molière, Jean-Baptiste.
Tartuffe. Trans. Donald M. Frame. New York: Signet,
1981. ISBN 0-451-52454-3
15. Pascal, Blaise. Pensées.
New York: Penguin, 1966. ISBN 0-14-044171-9
16. Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s
Travels. Eds. Peter Dixon and John Chalker. New York:
Penguin, ISBN 0-14-043022-9
17. Voltaire. Candide.
Trans. Donald M. Frame. New York: Penguin, 1981. ISBN 0-451-52426-8
Romanticism
and Realism:
18. Hugo, Victor. Les Misérables.
Ed. Paul Bénichou. Trans. Charles E. Wilbour. New York:
Washington Square, 1986. ISBN 0-671-50439-8
19. Wordsworth, William, and Samuel Coleridge.
Lyrical Ballads. Ed. R. L. Brett and A. R. Jones.
Second Ed. New York: Routledge, 1991.
ISBN 0-415-06388-4
Greek
and Roman:
20. The Last Poets of Imperial Rome.
Trans. Harold Isbell. New York: Penguin, 1971. (No ISBN)
21. Ovid. The Erotic Poems.
Trans. Peter Green. New York: Penguin, 1982. ISBN 0-14-044360-6
22. Plato. The Republic.
Trans. Desmond Lee. New York: Penguin, 1987. ISBN 0-14-044048-8
23. Sophocles. The Oedipus Plays
of Sophocles. Trans. Paul Roche. New York: Penguin,
1991. ISBN 0-451-62847-0
Arab
and Muslim:
24. Attar, Farid ud-Din. The
Conference of Birds. Trans. Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis.
New York: Penguin, 1984. ISBN 0-14-044434-3
25. Tales from the Thousand and One
Nights. Trans. N.J. Dawood. New York: penguin, 1973.
ISBN 0-14-044289-8
India
and the Far East:
26. Ch’êng-Ên, Wu. Monkey.
Trans. Arthur Waley. New York: Grove Press, 1970. ISBN 0-8021-3086-0
27. Confucius. The Analects.
Trans. D. C. Lau. New York: Penguin, 1979. ISBN 0-14-044348-7
28. Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha.
Trans. Hilda Rosner. New York: bantam, 1971. (No ISBN)
29. Hoff, Benjamin. The Tao of
Pooh. New York: Penguin, 1986. ISBN 0-14-006747-7
30. Narayan, R.K., Ed. The Ramayana.
New York: Penguin, 1977. ISBN 0-14-018700-6
31. Prabhavananda, Swami, and Frederick Manchester,
Eds. The Upanishads. New York: Mentor, 1975.
ISBN 0-451-62607-9
32. Tzu, Lao. Tao Te Ching.
Trans. D. C. Lau. New York: Penguin, 1963. ISBN 0-14-044131-x