I just received the MLA edition on teaching contemporary theory to undergraduates I ordered in preparation for my courses this term, and on a quick browse, it looks less useful than I thought it would be--that is, more theoretical. Which is not bad, but telling.... Why do we assume that if a text like this …
Is It Literature?
My first meeting of Literary Theory and Practice is today at 12:30, and I'm super excited about it! I've taught the class once before, using the same basic materials, and this term I'm fleshing it out a bit more with some excerpts from primary theoretical sources. FSG also recently republished the collected poems of Elizabeth …
Tonya Howe 