Death in 19th-Century American Literature and Culture
Text and the City: Stories of NYC
Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Alcott
Areas of Expertise
19th-century American literature
Composition and Rhetoric
Contemporary American Literature
Education
Ph.D., English (specializing in 19th-century American literature), Lehigh University
M.A., English, Lehigh University
B.A., English, King’s College
Courses Developed
America’s Haunted Texts
Death in 19th-Century American Literature and Culture
Text and the City: Stories of NYC
Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Alcott
Research Areas
19th-century American literature
Articles Published
“’Upon a Scaffold Hye’: Absolon as Herod” in the collaborative article "Dramatic Intertextuality
in the Miller's Tale: Chaucer's Use of Characters from Medieval Drama as Foils for John, Alisoun, Nicholas,
and Absolon," Volume 3 (March 1996) of Chaucer Yearbook: A Journal of Late Medieval Studies
“The Importance of the Bee as Symbol in Thoreau’s Walden and Alcott’s Work.” Insects and Texts: Spinning Webs of Wonder. Explora International Conference Proceedings. Toulouse, France: Toulouse Natural
History Museum, 2010. 280-90. Print.
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