Why You Won't Hear From Me Next Week

Graduate school is not so considerate with the "Spring Break" thing. Here's the assignment/reading rundown. I have included page amounts to induce sympathy:

Literary Criticism

• Read Revolutionary Road 335 pp. *
  
• Prep for research paper *
  
• Write short paper (2 pp.) *
  

18th Cent. Restoration Lit

• Read Evelina 337 pp. *
  
• Read Sam Johnson selections in Norton 117 pp. *
  
• Prep for/design presentation
• Write short paper (1 p.) *
  

English Writers

• Read Turbott Wolfe ~100 pp.
• Read Orwell and Guha essays ~30 pp.
  
• Answer Discussion questions
• Read The Heat of the Day 372 pp.

Totals

• Pages to Read: 1,291
  
• Novels to Read: 4
  
• Essays/Selections to Read: 3
  

*And because Dad always asks, I have noted the assignments that were not on the syllabi, or have had due dates changed.

I honestly love school work, but an assignment list this extensive is a bit much for a week, and indeed, is much more than I typically have to do even when classes are in session. I guess it's a good thing that there's not much at home to distract me, well, except for my nephew :-D.