Of Hubris, Academia, and the Audacity of Failure

January 20, 2013

Just a few minutes into my dissertation defense, a little over a year ago now, my outside reader pointed to …

Reading the Renaissance: Francesco Petrarca, Master of Prose

September 14, 2012

While some of the writers I intend to highlight in this series will likely be unfamiliar to all but the …

May 21, 2012

Since my exchange with Bill Benzon response over this post, I’ve been doing a little further pondering over the question …

April 27, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I posted my thoughts on the interesting project of teaching the 20th century through American …

April 9, 2012

I had a conversation with a friend and colleague late last month about a hypothetical class teaching the twentieth century …

March 14, 2012

It’s been a packed couple of weeks; my fiancee and I moved across town, and I’ve been trying to play …

October 19, 2011

Another question that I am often asked about the use of cognitive science in the context of literary scholarship and …

August 12, 2011

Today seems like the perfect time to return to the blog and plug in a second installment of the “why …