Confession of an Arrogant Snob

In the next seventy-two hours, fifty sophomores in the Fleetwood School District will be finishing up the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.  I have found the book to be a tough sell in the beginning, with greater success as the action intensifies.  I enjoy the book a lot—particularly everything it has to say—but I’ve [...]

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It is a fortunate fall

I’ve already established that I like Scholes- and that his style is, for me, consistently alluring and attention-keeping. I wasn’t let down by the second half of the book, though I admit that the number of tabs in the first half of the book far exceeds the number of even underlined portions in the latter [...]

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viva la revolucion de los libros

I’ll be honest with you, I think this text is much more interesting than the McComiskey book.  But again, that’s just my personal opinion.
I enjoy reading about the progression of the idea of English literature; something Dr. Mahoney (not to name-drop) said in class a few sessions ago struck me, and now I’ve read it [...]

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Can’t we all just get along?

The tactit assumption has been that students should be exposed only to the results of professional controversies, not to the controversies themselves, which would presumably confuse or demoralize them.
So if we have learned any key concept so far in this class, it is that the field of English Studies is defined by conflict. What is [...]

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Questions, questions…

This is probably going to sound like complete mush but it’s late and I realize I’m close to missing my blogging deadline.  I’ve really enjoyed Graff’s detailed history of the evolution (and conflicts) of English throughout the years.  I must agree though, that I also feel that I have more questions now than ever.
I am [...]

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