Henry James and Mark Twain

We'll be discussing "A True Story" and "Daisy Miller" in class today. We'll probably also have a quiz, and here, in advance, is the bonus question: What nineteenth-century writer--editor of The Atlantic Monthly and author of "Editha," among other works--was a good friend of both Twain and James?

Mark Twain Readings

One of the readings for today, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," is in your textbook, but the others are available online. Click on the Readings tab to download a copy of them.

Class today and Thursday

Dear English 481 students,

As I mentioned in class, for Thursday we’ll be continuing to discuss the Dickinson poems. We’ll also talk about the poems from the _Household book of Poetry_ and the criticism on Emily Dickinson. Here's the link for the poems that were on the overhead today:

http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/dickinsonsafe.htm

If you weren’t in class today (we are meeting in Thompson 105 every class day from now on), you can find the readings at this link:

http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/engl481/readings.htm

You can also go to our course page and click on “Readings.”

Here’s the “frilly” Emily Dickinson picture I mentioned in class: http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/pics/emilyfrilly.jpg

Here’s the Wordsworth poem I quoted in class today. It’s one of the “Lucy” poems.


W. Wordsworth

CLXXX. "A slumber did my spirit seal"

A SLUMBER did my spirit seal;
I had no human fears:
She seem'd a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years.

No motion has she now, no force; 5
She neither hears nor sees;
Roll'd round in earth's diurnal course
With rocks, and stones, and trees.

I’m going to send this message via RONET (WSU system) just to make sure that everyone gets it, so you may receive it twice.

See you on Thursday.

Dr. Campbell

Meet in Thompson 105 today

Remember, today we will meet in our new classroom, Thompson 105.

Post word clouds to wiki

Don't forget: you can post your word clouds and comments on what you found out about the texts to the wiki at http://english481.pbwiki.com. Click on your name and cut and paste the material into the page. If you type something that looks like a URL, the wiki will change it into a link for you.

Meet in AML Tuesday and Thursday

This is just a reminder that we'll be meeting in the AML on Tuesday and Thursday of this week.

Our class will be moving to Thompson 105 after this week.

Whitman and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard bloom'd"

The presentation on "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" is available in elearning.wsu.edu.

Send weblog addresses

Send your weblog addresses to campbelld@wsu.edu once you have set up your blog.