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Recently, I finished a seminar on Henry James. The class read some very intense novels: such as. The Bostonians and The Wings of the Dove. I was disappointed that we didn't read The Ambassadors. So I asked my professor why. She said it was a very challenging novel that needs to be read at a pace of 5 pages a day. So that sounded like a fun challenge for the summer. So after I walk across the stage I will be picking up Henry James' The Ambassadors and venturing into a 5 page a day experiment. I will be reading the Norton Critical Edition 335 pages which = 65 days.

Where I stand. I'm trying not to be bitter. So if I sound that way, I apologize. I recently failed to get accepted into a graduate program that I really wanted to get into. I feel that I'm qualified and understand their reasoning. I have applied to other schools as well. However, I seriously thinking about hanging it up. I cannot afford to take post bat classes. So what to do now? Well I'm considering not going to graduate school at all. I have a chance to work a decent job that will not interfere with my evenings and I also have a chance to do quite a bit of substitute teaching. I really don't want to get my teaching certificate, for I have a hard time dealing with authority. I'm sure as hell not going to be teaching toward a test. I really want to take some time to refocus and build stronger writing skills and get better at grammar and diction. I had this great idea. Why not become purely self taught. Nothing against higher education, and I have all the respect

I was recently perusing the inteweb looking for books on writing and found How to Write a Lot:   A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing by Paul J. Silvia. I love reference books on writing as they are a enjoyable procrastination reads. I was reading some reviews on the book and found this interesting bit on AMAZON and thought I would publish it here.  Hello, my name is Renee. I am an assistant professor and a mother. I write a lot. I inherited this book from a friend who didn't get tenure. I find books on writing valuable, because even though I write a lot, there's always something to learn from others who write a lot. This book was interesting and easy to read. It was funny, and I share the author's interest in mid-century furniture (although I am not sure it is relevant to writing!). I would recommend it to people who want to read a useful text on writing productively. However, I am giving this text only three stars because the advice is rather thin, an

I recently  picked  up Ulysses and felt like I probably should read  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man before fully jumping into Ulysses. My experience with Joyce before this novel was his short story “The Dead” from his collection The Dubliners. I remember absolutely enjoying “The Dead,” but like most readers, who approach Ulysses for the first time,I felt a little overwhelmed. I am a big fan of stream-of-conscious narration. Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner are two of my favorite Modernist writers. Further, as a fan of serious literature, I need to conquer Joyce at somepoint (and prepare for my intense Faulkner course next semester).  So now, onto this fine piece of literary experimentation. Joyce’s   A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man  poses basic questions about the human condition. A coming-of-age story in its truest sense, Stephen Dedalus finds himself asking and pondering some life’s most trivial questions. These questions, however, were some of the most

http://theclassicsclubblog.wordpress.com/ Here it is. Finally, My Classics Club Book List. There are several key titles missing, well that is because I have read those. I do plan to review each book and also back track and review the classics I have read. I would like to complete this list by December, 12, 2017 five years. I'm sure that many more will fall into this list. Achebe, Chinua: Things Fall Apart Anderson, Sherwood: Winesburg, Ohio Austen, Jane: Emma Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice Bellow, Saul: Herzog Bellow, Saul: The Adventures of Augie March Bellow, Saul: Henderson the Rain King Bellow, Saul: Seize the Day Bradbury, Ray: Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Ray: The Illustrated Man Bronte, Charlotte: Jane Eyre Browning, Elizabeth Barrett: Aurora Leigh Burke, Edmund: A Philosophical Enquiry Carroll, Lewis: Alice in Wonderland Cather, Willa: A Lost Lady Cather, Willa: My Antonia Cather, Willa: Death Comes for the Archbishop Cather, Willa: Lucy Gayheart

Episetmology : the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity. From Greek: Episteme OED: Epistemological, n.   The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge. 1856   J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic 48   This section of the science is properly termed the Epistemology..It answers the general question, ‘What is Knowing and the Known?’ or more shortly, ‘What is Knowledge?’ 1883   Athenæum 20 Oct. 492/3   He divides his work into four sections, dealing with epistemology, ontology, anthropology, and ethics. This word has often come in essay relating to Blood Meridian and Episteme is often used by Micheal Foucault. Episteme : This term, which Foucault introduces in his book The Order of Things , refers to the orderly 'unconscious' structures underlying the production of scientific knowledge in a particular time and place. It is the 'epistemological field' which forms the cond