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Category Archives: Literary Criticism

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 …

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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 …

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Literary Darwinism and Literary Studies

May 21, 2012

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

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Teaching the Twentieth Century in American Novels: The 1910s

April 27, 2012

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

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Teaching the Twentieth Century in American Novels: the 1900s

April 9, 2012

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

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The Furor Over Franzen

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 …

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Reinventing the Wheel (or, why cognitive science, part 3)

October 19, 2011

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

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Brains…brains…brains! (or, why cognitive science, part 2)

August 12, 2011

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

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