For entertainment purposes (and none other!) I once watched that film.
Thanks for the suggestion -- I think it will work very well in the format
of the class and to address the issue of the nature of the alleged
liaison -- i.e. was it romantic? was it exploitative? etc.
David
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:59:20 -0600 David Thomas Konig wrote:
> For teaching purposes (and none other!), I have found it useful for
> students to watch the 1995 Merchant-Ivory film, "Jefferson in Paris."
>
> David Konig
> Washington University in St. Louis
>
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 [log in to unmask] wrote
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> > List-members: I am in the process of preparing a syllabus for a
> course I
> > am teaching on the phenomenon of the Jefferson-Hemings scandal. The
> > course is a short "Maymester" offering so I'm keeping reading to a
> > reasonable minimum. The students will read Gordon-Reed, the Lewis &
> > Onuf edited essays on Hemings and Jefferson, and some of the essays of
> > the Scholars Commission, along with excerpts from Fawn Brodie, Joseph
> > Ellis, etc. Anyhow, my request for sources is actually more for popular
> > sources that address the topic or use the basic scenario. Any
> suggestions?
> >
> > David Kiracofe
> > College of Charleston
> > Department of History
> > 66 George Street
> > Charleston, SC 29424
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