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Dialectic Stage
Literature for 7th Grade


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Bulfinch’s Age of Fable
Thomas Bulfinch

Click to order Bulfinch’s Age of Fable Our children last read Greek and Roman myths in 2nd grade, so now it is high time for them to reacquaint themselves with classical myths with the master mythology of the English language - Bulfinch’s. For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch’s Age of Fable has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, and of Greek and Roman antiquity, have been known. For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and so provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas, in an eminently readable style. Norse and Celtic mythology is also included in this volume, although the vast majority of the text is devoted to classical myth. As Bulfinch wrote, “Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.” Another edition of Bulfinch’s Mythology, which contains The Age of Fable along with The Age of Chivalry and Legends of Charlemagne, may be preferable to some, and is available in both paperback and hardcover.


The Last Days of Pompeii
Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Click to order The Last Days of Pompeii This epic novel has been a classic since it was first published in the 19th century. Lord Lytton visited the ruins of Pompeii shortly after their discovery and crafted this tale about what might have been, against the backdrop of the simmering volcano, unbeknown to the inhabitants of Pompeii in 79 A.D. that it was a ticking time bomb. The heroes of the story are Glaucus and Julia, in love with each other though kept apart by circumstances beyond their control, amid the base treachery of normal life in the wealthy Roman city. In the course of their trials they meet messengers of the new faith, that sect of the Nazarene, but when the volcano erupts and Pompeii dissolves into a morass of panic and destruction, what will become of them? Spell-binding classic historical fiction. Both the paperback and hardcover in-print editions of this classic novel are rather expensive; a book search at AddAll.com turns up used editions in good condition for a bit less.


The Robe
Lloyd C. Douglas

Click to order The Robe “And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.” Matthew 27:35. This is the story of the Roman soldier that won the robe of Christ. Marcellus is ordered to put a man he knows is not guilty to death by crucifixion, and the horror and guilt of this one act drives him insane. But he is healed from his insanity miraculously, which sets him forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene’s robe -- a quest that leads him to the truth about the Nazarene Himself -- that He is not dead at all. The characters are richly drawn and three dimensional, the attention to historical detail is impeccable, and the resulting portrait of the early church immediately following the death and resurrection of Jesus is compelling, and reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity. This novel has remained a particular favorite throughout the years.


Poetry for a Lifetime
Samuel Norfleet Etheredge, editor

Click to order Poetry for a Lifetime Why yet another poetry anthology? This one is an exceptional addition to your family library. The editor, retired Navy doctor Samuel Norfleet Etheredge, writes, “When I discovered that my grandkids had not even heard of Casey at the Bat or The Wreck of the Hesperus, I felt that I would surely like to do something about it. I spent years carefully searching out and selecting poems for their beauty, rhyme, information and general interest. To add a little touch, I have annotated almost all of them to try to increase their charm and interest.” Being a poetry lover all his life, he reviewed thousands of poems and selected those that he felt best expressed “Music is the Poetry of Expression. Poetry is the Music of Literature,” including those poems of which a knowledge is considered essential in every educated person’s acquaintance. Besides the careful selection, his annotation makes the book stand out from many other anthologies, as it gives the impression of reading together with a favorite uncle by the fireside. Our children have been listening to and reading poetry since they were little, and while surely some of these poems will have already been encountered in the grammar stage anthologies, the ones that haven’t will enrich our children throughout the dialectic stage, and the collection will guide parents as to which must be included in our children’s literary education.


The Lost Queen of Egypt
Lucile Morrison

Click to order The Lost Queen of Egypt The book is set in the Armarna court of Ankhenaton, the Pharoah that worshipped only one god. The story is that of the Princess Ankesenpaaten, daughter of Ankhenaton and Nefertiti, and wife of Tutankhamon. The famous names of the period step living from the page: Horemhab - unhappily constrained; Ay - untrustworthy minister; Nefertiti - the beautiful, loving wife and mother; Ankhenaton, the troubled visionary. But this is Ankesenpaaten’s story. We watch her grow from an intelligent, adventurous child into a beautiful, strong woman - a hostage to this most troubled time in Egyptian history - who ultimately finds she must make her own destiny. Students of Egyptology will know that Ankesenpaaten disappeared dramatically from history, and that Tutankhamon died very young - this book provides a satisfying explanation. This has remained one of my children’s all-time favorite historical novels that we have read in the dialectic stage; even my son devoured it in a few days, not being able to set it down, and declared it one of the best books he had ever read. Tragically, it is out of print, but I felt compelled to include this entry in the catalog because it was absolutely the best book we have read on Ancient Egypt, bar none, and one of the very top books for my children on this page.
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The Last Days of Socrates
Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick

Click to order The Last Days of Socrates The trial and condemnation of Socrates (469-399 B.C.) on charges of heresy and corrupting the minds of the young forms one of the most tragic episodes in the history of Athens in decline. The four works in this volume are the four that Plato set in the context of the events leading up to Socrates’ death. The first two, Euthyphro and Crito are typical Socratic dialogues, showing the pungency of his mind in addressing the question of man’s relationship with the gods and with society. The Apology is Socrates’ speech in his own defense at his trial -- “a brilliant and humorous manifesto for a life guided by self-responsibility” -- although it ultimately fails as a legal defense. On his last day in prison before he is brought the poison hemlock to drink, Socrates discusses with his pupils the philosophy undergirding his calm confidence in the face of death, which Plato records in Phaedo. Although Socrates is supposed to be “hard,” we were pleasantly surprised at our ability to understand and enjoy Socrates’ humorous and witty dialogue, certainly no harder than the Bible.


Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare

Click to order Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar in 50 B.C. by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings--“Beware the ides of March”--and of moving public oratory --“Friends, Romans, countrymen!” Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead. Shakespeare relied heavily on Plutarch for source material in crafting one of his finest plays. This edition is the Cliff’s Complete Study Edition of the play, which contains Shakespeare’s original text unabridged, a glossary, and the Cliff Notes famous expert commentary on the text to help in understanding archaic phrasing or Elizabethan Age allusions.


Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Lew Wallace

Click to order Ben Hur We have all seen the movie; the book is so much better. In it Ben Hur, the prince of Judah, is sold into slavery, endures a living death as a rower on a Roman war-galley and saves the life of the ship’s commander, whereupon he goes to Rome his adopted son and races in the great circus. He also becomes a Christian with his household, and when he is restored to his home in Jerusalem, and his fortune grows large, he hears of the persecution of the Christians in Rome under Nero, and decides to use his money to help them in any way he can. The final paragraph of the book reads: “If any of my readers, visiting Rome, will make the short journey to the Catacomb of San Calixto, which is more ancient than that of San Sebastiano, he will see what became of the fortune of Ben-Hur, and give him thanks. Out of that vast tomb Christianity issued to supersede the Caesars.”


Carry On, Jeeves
P. G. Wodehouse

Click to order Carry On, Jeeves “P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) was an English-born storyteller and journalist who came to America before World War I and sold a serial to the Saturday Evening Post, where most of his books first appeared. Though Wodehouse wrote more than 90 books and 20 film scripts, and collaborated on more than 30 plays and musical comedies, he is perhaps best known as the creator of the gentlemanly character Jeeves, ‘that subtle master of prudence, good taste, and ineffable composure,’ and this introduction is sure to delight newcomers to Wodehouse as well as those already familiar with his ‘sunny universe and sparkling prose.’ Let the reader beware: unless you are the kind of person who enjoys being stared at, do not attempt to read anything by P. G. Wodehouse in public. If you do, you’ll soon find yourself an object of interest on the bus, plane or train as you attempt to stifle guffaws or end up accidentally swallowing your tongue in a useless effort to squash that belly-laugh. Wodehouse is, quite simply, one of the funniest men on the planet. In Carry On, Jeeves, the best introduction to the Jeeves and Wooster universe, you’ll find Bertie Wooster, a complete gentleman, but the first to admit he’s a bit of a chump; his valet, Jeeves, infinitely sagacious, the source of all solace; and a wild collection of memorable characters, all bound up in plots as impossibly labyrinthine as they are laugh-out-loud funny.” Other Jeeves and Wooster side-splitters include Very Good, Jeeves, The Code of the Woosters, Right Ho, Jeeves, and others equally delightful.

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