Sorry Nellen, but…

I just got finished reading Nellen’s article, and I must say I am a bit put off by it. I usually try to give every article a chance and find something beneficial about what the author is saying, but Nellen’s was just…weird.  It seemed disconnected. For such a short article, to spend so much time [...]

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Real World Intertextuality

I know that I wasn’t the only person from this class to spend Monday with Dr. Daggett; not only did I see some of you there, but I also witnessed how far-reaching his presentation was after seeing a front-page newspaper article on the man.  My final reaction: wonderful speaker, frightening connections, great arguments, unclear direction.  [...]

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Order, Not Subtraction

Scholes provides an overview of the rise of English disciplinary history in his first chapter.  In his introduction to Yale, he says the following:

In 1767, English grammar, language, and composition were introduced by the tutors, who taught these subjects.  In 1768 a literary and debating society was established by the students.  In 1776 instruction in [...]

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