English Literature: March 2008 Archives

TU Libraries now has access to European Romantic Review.

European Romantic Review is the journal of the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR) and publishes innovative scholarship on the literature and culture of Europe, Great Britain and the Americas during the period 1760-1840.  Topics range from the scientific and psychological interests of German and English authors through the political and social reverberations of the French Revolution to the philosophical and ecological implications of Anglo-American nature writing.

Full-text articles published from 2002 to the present are currently available from this journal.

In his recent article appearing in The Nation, Associate Professor of English at Yale University, William Deresiewicz, argues that the field of (English) literary studies -- and English Departments themselves -- is "slowly dying," "losing its will to live" as fewer students study or major in English literature.  He also points to the profession's lack of an emerging theoretical school in nearly 20 years as well as a dwindling job market.

Despite a poor job market, Deresiewicz notes that the number of "'service'" positions - Rhetoric & Composition, Creative Writing, Technical Writing, and Communications - seem to dominate the Modern Language Association Job Information List. 

Are English Departments becoming too oriented to the teaching of writing as opposed to the teaching of literature?

Need to learn more about the god/goddess or other classical deities mentioned in literary texts?  Try using the following online mythology sources!

Who's Who in Classical Mythology is a biographical guide to Greek and Roman mythology.	The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology contains detailed descriptions of Greek legends, gods, and heroes.
The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World contains comprehensive articles on central figures, both real and mythological.	A Dictionary of World Mythology examines the gods, deities, and spirits found in myths around the world.