Writing Assignments
Book Readings
- Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
- Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus
- Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- Margaret Cavendish, The Blazing World
- Girolamo Cardano: The Book on Games of Chance
Additional Readings
- Columbus, The Four Voyages
- Journals and Other Documents on the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
- George Sandy, Relation of a Journey (selections)
- Galileo Galilei, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (selections)