Category Archives: Teaching Literature
Wingate’s ESU Shakespeare Competition: March 4, 2015
“I would be loath to cast away my speech: for besides that it is excellently well penned, I have taken great pains to con it” (1.5.167-69). –Viola from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night One of my favorite scenes from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is … Continue reading
In honor of Shakespeare’s birthday . . .
Death and Satan in Paradise Lost
After I attended a session on emblems and literature at the Renaissance Society of America conference, I was inspired to show more images of the scene between Satan, Sin, and Death for my class’s discussion of Paradise Lost, Book II. … Continue reading
Writing about Poetry
The “Unpopular” Poems: Asking Students to Resist Writing About Literature Anthlogies’ Greatest Hits In my 1102 Health and Literature class, for my students’ second paper project, which includes a poetry explication, annotated bibliography, and group presentation, I am giving my … Continue reading
Allison Kellar 