We were discussing Henry V in class yesterday, and a student was having trouble with the final scene between Henry and Katharine. She asked: “Henry just won the Battle of Agincourt. He’s happy, his soldiers are happy, the audience is happy, Joseph Campbell is happy. Why does #shakespeare include it?”
It gave me a chuckle. Sometimes there are lighthearted stories coming out of the classroom.
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new project requires a new #introduction: I’m a settler scholar on unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh lands (so-called Vancouver east end.) I write about form, figuration, in-betweenness and amongstness, in the C19 Atlantic and inland waterways. Newer projects on settler uses of early C19 poetics in placemaking; and the category of the material in #mediahistory. I print stuff, #run, #bird, and am learning #changeringing as a Masorti Jew. I post about book[art]s, history, pedagogy, dogs. #litstudies #histodons
Some of my must-read books for #BlackHistoryMonth.
#PercivalEverett: JAMES and The Trees
#JasonMott: Hell of a Book
#ToniMorrison: Beloved
#MauriceCarlosRuffin: We Cast a Shadow
#SolomonNorthup: 12 Years A Slave
#HarrietJacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
#RalphEllison: Invisible Man
#DanzySenna: Colored Television
Some of my must-read books for #BlackHistoryMonth.
#PercivalEverett: JAMES and The Trees
#JasonMott: Hell of a Book
#ToniMorrison: Beloved
#MauriceCarlosRuffin: We Cast a Shadow
#SolomonNorthup: 12 Years A Slave
#HarrietJacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
#RalphEllison: Invisible Man
#DanzySenna: Colored Television
Bonjour tout le monde! Comme il y a beaucoup de nouveaux et nouvelles par ici, voici une nouvelle #introduction #introductionFR
Nous sommes une association consacrée à l'étude de la Renaissance, de l'humanisme et de la Réforme. Nous sommes pluridisciplinaires: tout nous intéresse, pourvu que ce soit en lien avec le XVIe siècle! Ce compte sert essentiellement à mettre en valeur les activités scientifiques des membres de l'association. Nous parlons aussi régulièrement de notre revue, entièrement éditée par nos soins, dont les archives peuvent être consultées sur Cairn ou sur Persée.
#GeorgeOrwell died today in 1950. His words & admonitions live on. Let us read, remember, & act upon them.
#Orwell died today in 1950. His words & admonitions live on. Let us read, remember, & act upon them.
January 19th (1809) is #EdgarAllanPoe's birthday. What are your favorite stories? My current ones include:
"The Man of the Crowd"
"The Black Cat"
"William Wilson"
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
"Berenice"
January 19th (1809) is #EdgarAllanPoe's birthday. What are your favorite stories? My current ones include:
"The Man of the Crowd"
"The Black Cat"
"William Wilson"
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
"Berenice"
#Ursula K. Le Guin on #writing: the freedom, the loneliness, the difficulty.
"You sit down and you do it, and you do it, and you do it, until you have learned how to do it. Of course, there are differences. Writing makes no noise, except groans, and it can be done anywhere, and it is done alone."
https://lithub.com/ursula-k-le-guin-on-how-to-become-a-writer/
Literary Hub · Ursula K. Le Guin on How to Become a WriterThis first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. How do you become a writer? Answer: you write. It’s amazing how much resentment and disgust and evasion this answer can ar…
#Ursula K. Le Guin on #writing: the freedom, the loneliness, the difficulty.
"You sit down and you do it, and you do it, and you do it, until you have learned how to do it. Of course, there are differences. Writing makes no noise, except groans, and it can be done anywhere, and it is done alone."
https://lithub.com/ursula-k-le-guin-on-how-to-become-a-writer/
Literary Hub · Ursula K. Le Guin on How to Become a WriterThis first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. How do you become a writer? Answer: you write. It’s amazing how much resentment and disgust and evasion this answer can ar…
One change this semester: I no longer required students to write papers in the dread five-paragraph format. It has been very liberating for some. If we are asking them to think independently, why shouldn’t they also express themselves outside of the cookie cutter? Though I begin many a comment now with: “Disclaimer: a freshman comp instructor probably wouldn’t approve. But I am not a freshman comp instructor.”
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Elisa Scaraggi analysed "Mário Pinto de Andrade’s efforts to raise solidarity with Angola in Brazil", mapping "Andrade’s collaborations with intellectuals and journalists who supported the independence of #Angola and understand how the discourse about the Angolan liberation struggle was articulated in #Brazil".
The paper was published in Compendium on #OpenAccess: https://doi.org/10.51427/com.jcs.2024.05.0006
#EmilyDickinson was born today in 1830. What's your favorite poem of hers? So many to choose from. Here's one of mine.
The Brain—is wider than the Sky—
For—put them side by side—
The one the other will contain
With ease—and you—beside—
The Brain is deeper than the sea—
For—hold them—Blue to Blue—
The one the other will absorb—
As sponges—Buckets—do—
The Brain is just the weight of God—
For—Heft them—Pound for Pound—
And they will differ—if they do—
As Syllable from Sound—
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Following from my earlier post about Ada Evans of Newcastle-Emlyn, here's the next part in how she became the famous writer 'Allen Raine'. In this second part, I'm sketching the scope of her work and set it in context of her own life.
https://bydbach.hcommons.org/allen-raine-soft-power-rebel-part-2/
I can't believe it was 12 years ago that Chris Looby and I edited American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions. The essays really hold up -- Eric Lott on the #Carpenters, Trish Loughran on #Melville, to name just two of the many excellent contributions. On December 2, #Columbia UP is having a 50% sale on all books (discount code CYBER) , including mine and Chris's, and 70% on selected others (discount code 70OFF).
Check out Columbia's terrific list!
I can't believe it was 12 years ago that Chris Looby and I edited American Literature's Aesthetic Dimensions. The essays really hold up -- Eric Lott on the #Carpenters, Trish Loughran on #Melville, to name just two of the many excellent contributions. On December 2, Columbia UP is having a 50% sale on all books (discount code CYBER) , including mine and Chris's, and 70% on selected others (discount code 70OFF).
Check out Columbia's terrific list!
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LitHub published a piece today on #memoir and discussed how so few were listed in the top 100 best books of the past 25 years. #Didion's Year of Magical Thinking was on it, which is one of the greatest memoirs/books I've read. Here are three of my other favorites (there are more!). How about you?
#PattiSmith, Just Kids
#HuaHsu, Stay True
#MichelleZauner, Crying in H Mart
LitHub published a piece today on #memoir and discussed how so few were listed in the top 100 best books of the past 25 years. #Didion's Year of Magical Thinking was on it, which is one of the greatest memoirs/books I've read. Here are three of my other favorites (there are more!). How about you?
#PattiSmith, Just Kids
#HuaHsu, Stay True
#MichelleZauner, Crying in H Mart