Pardon the intrusion.

Just came across this cool site that offers information about our author’s life. A few of you were asking about contemporary reactions–a few can be found here.

The site is part of Romantic Circles, “a refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture . . . published by the University of Maryland.” ((Read: goldmine of credible information about the history of the work and the culture it was a part of. Worth looking through.)) If you find anything interesting, post a link below or bring it to class.

A quick reminder for those re-working their midterms: your final drafts are due Friday. I will not accept them after that date. If you will be absent then, please email a copy before 3 pm on the 15th or bring it tomorrow.

Romanticism information (actually, there is plenty on the French Revolution and such here, too; dig around.)

Paradise Lost

A previous post on the gothic and sublime (we’ll talk about this tomorrow).

Share below any other cool things you find.

These’ll be integrated into the sidebar when I have a moment, but I thought I’d share:

Etymonline

Silva Rhetoricae

Fallacy Files

your papers, here are a few things to double-check:

• Is it properly headed?
• Does your Works Cited page contain the proper information?
• Do you have more than one block quotation (for this assignment you shouldn’t need any)?
  • Remember that you are explaining the text to your audience; large quotations mean your readers have to dig through the to find the relevant information. Do them a favor: cut the information down to only the necessary bits and integrate them with your explanations

If your paper does not meet these requirements, check the links above for more information or go to the OWL at Purdue and dig around.