Re: RARA-AVIS: My B&N Raymond Chandler Course

From: hlerne@po-box.mcgill.ca
Date: 02 Apr 2006


Jim,

I forgot to ask if you will be 'handing out' any assignments. I doubt if I will be able to complete such work according to the course schedule.

I hope this won't be a problem. Sorry for being such a nuisance!

Best regards, Harry

Quoting jimdohertyjr < jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com>:

> Harry,
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> Re your question below:
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>> I'm very interested in your course on Raymond Chandler but I'm in the
>> final stages of completing my doctoral dissertation in Anthropology
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>> won't be able to devote the proper amount of time and energy to your
>> course. Is there any way of having access to the course materials
>> (e.g. notes, assignemnts, etc.) without formally enrolling?
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>> Thanks in advance!
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> As Mary points out, it is free to enroll, and, although B&N would like
> you to buy the books from them, it isn't necessary to read the
> particular edition (Library of America's STORIES & EARLY NOVELS) they
> suggest.
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> You can go at your own pace, but you only have four weeks (actually
> five, including "alumni week") to get through the lectures, etc.
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> What you CAN do, once you've enrolled, is simply print out the eight
> lessons, and then follow the course at your own pace as if it were a
> printed textbook instead of an e-book, even after the deadline passes.
> You won't be able to ask me question in the context of the class, but
> you have my e-mail as a member of this list, so you'd be able to
> contact me personally, anyway.
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> Hope you're able to enroll.
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> JIM DOHERTY
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> RARA-AVIS home page: http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/
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Harry Lerner PhD Candidate Department of Anthropology McGill University Montreal, Quebec Canada

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