My thanks to my colleague Jonathan Pepperman for this. He had it all Alex Harvey Paradise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald by David S. Brown Harvard, 424 pp, £21.95, May 2017, ISBN 978 0 674 50482 0 ‘I’d Die for You’ and Other …
Jerusalem: review and comment from Watermill Theatre
Jerusalem at Watermill, review: A magnificent return for Jez Butterworth's Falstaffian anti-hero From The Daily Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/jerusalem-watermill-review-magnificent-return-jez-butterworths/ Dominic Cavendish, theatre critic 26 JUNE 2018 • 1:20PM Follow “And did those feet in ancient time/ Walk upon England’s mountains green…” The first …
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Frontier Literature: An introduction
Curtis, An Indian Kindred Spirits, Durand A powerpoint to engage students with exploration of the Frontier in American Literature. As often, I use art as a starting point for a discussion of historical contexts. I have explored music …
Huck: Notes on an ending.
Teaching notes for the conclusion of Huckleberry Finn - the difficult section 3 - eithe r a drop off or a perfect conclusion. Issues of character and of race are explored. Huck notes on an ending Read More "Huck: Notes …
The Flawed Greatness of Huckleberry Finn: article
This article was found at: https://mizzoumag.missouri.edu/2013/05/the-flawed-greatness-of-huckleberry-finn/ It provides an interesting read as students prepare for OCE A level Literature. The Flawed Greatness of Huckleberry Finn Read an article by MU’s Mark Twain scholar, who retires this year. Published May 21, 2013 …
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The Dauphin and the Duke: Function – an introduction
In the middle section of Huckleberry Finn, Twain is offering a critique of the 'sham grandeur' and 'sham chivalry' of the Southern States. His perspective in the later 19th century was to see the once innocent freedoms of these states …
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Huckleberry Finn: The Feud
Teaching notes for the Feud (ch 17-18) between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons. Here in the middle section of the text, Twain enters the world of social criticism with a vengenace. This short section introduces the themes of sham chivalry, hypocrisy …
