Monthly Archives: January 2013

My View: What will you do with an English degree? Plenty – Schools of Thought – CNN.com Blogs

My View: What will you do with an English degree? Plenty – Schools of Thought – CNN.com Blogs. Well, strange as it may sound, if you’re an employer who needs smart, creative workers, a 50-page honors project on a 19th … Continue reading

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Reading and Marking Up PDF Texts for Teaching: Some Observations on Using iAnnotate

Last fall semester, I experimented with using an iPad (courtesy of TLT @ CofC) to read and mark up some of my students’ writing in a graduate course in a late 19th century American literature and some of the literary … Continue reading

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Reading List for ENGL 362: Regionalism and Local Color

Bret Harte, “The Luck of Roaring Camp” —, “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” Constance Fenimore Woolson, “Solomon” —, “The Lady of Little Fishing” Mark Twain, Old Times on the Mississippi Hamlin Garland, “Up the Cooly” Charles Egbert Craddock, “The Dancin’ … Continue reading

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