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Category Archives: literature
Mr. Rochester Really Riles Them Up!
As they left, one student said she would like to have a class-wide debate (meaning the entire class of 2017) but would be afraid of the violence that would ensue because other students have such strong opinions. Continue reading
In this version of Red Riding Hood, the Huntsman becomes the Dad
An early twentieth century version of Red Riding Hood replaces the Huntsman with the safer Dad Continue reading
A Footnote to Frankenstein: Paracelsus and his Introduction of Laudanum to Western Medicine
In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Victor is set on his scientific quest to create new life in part by reading the words of Paraselsus, whose full name was Philip Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim (d. 1541). He rebelled against common ideas … Continue reading
Why does Jane Eyre end with columnar St. John Rivers?
The last chapter of Jane Eyre begins with the simple declarative address to the reader: “Reader, I married him.” That is all. No fanfare. No drama — unlike Jane’s last attempted wedding. She describes how various people receive the news. … Continue reading
Strawberries, Cherries, and Bilberries in Jane Eyre
How are cherries, strawberries, the Garden of Eden, and bilberries connected in Jane Eyre? Continue reading
Stop! Don’t Sully Your Thoughts with Some Scholar’s Ideas about Jane Eyre!
For the last couple of days, I have been reading Jane Eyre (again) in preparation for teaching it in the fall. I am reading from the Norton critical edition and before starting the first chapter, read Adrienne Rich’s article “Jane … Continue reading
What does it mean to analyze a poem — Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud” is on the dissecting table!
When I work with a poem, I will sometimes read it for pleasure but then will sometimes “pull” at it. Here is a series of pictures for how Donne’s sonnet was atomized. In the post for tomorrow, I will see … Continue reading
Traveling Through the Iron Country
This past Monday and Tuesday, I drove back and forth from Minneapolis to Decorah, which is a small town of about 8,000 people in northern Iowa. The night before the drive, a winter storm dropped several inches on snow. Driving on … Continue reading
Back to the lesson!
Now we return to the original promised posting — interrupted by a passing bunny. I called this lesson “Connect the Poetry Dots,” because the students begin with Shakespeare and end with Rossetti and in between are other poets. The way … Continue reading
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What are two types of prayers and why is that interesting for a medievalist?
T.M. Luhrmann had an interesting piece about different types of prayer. Here is the permalink for her “Why We Talk in Tongues.” She says there are two main categories of Christian prayer: apophatic and katophatic. Apophatic prayer means emptying the … Continue reading
Who needs to think? 