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Henry James’ “The Jolly Corner” And Related Thoughts: A Response To “I Took The Road Less Traveled By”
T his piece from guest essayist Dr. Allen Schwab reflects thoughts and memories evoked by our previous post I Took the Road Less Traveled... Read More.
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Categories: Guest Essayists, The Art of Reading|Tags: english literature, guest essayist, Henry James|
The Crucible: A Serving Of Literary Layer Cake
T he Crucible is a notable example of how literature is like a layer cake. Arthur Miller’s account of why he came to write... Read More.
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Categories: Banned Books, Benefits of Humanities, The Art of Reading|Tags: Arthur Miller, benefits of the humanities, english literature, Hollywood black list, published 1950s, the art of reading, The Crucible, witch trials|
Reclaiming Claims: What English Students Want from English Profs
W hy study literature? Why read fiction? Why spend one’s life teaching it? What’s the point? This piece from guest essayist Abram Van Engen... Read More.
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Categories: Benefits of Humanities, Guest Essayists, The Art of Reading|Tags: benefits of the humanities, critical thinking, english literature, James Joyce, liberal arts, literary criticism, Middlemarch, the art of reading, The Duchess of Malfi, The River Why|

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