
The Sum of My Undergraduate Degree
Call it being Type "A", being anal retentive, intelligent, stupid, crazy, on-crack, but I saved every single paper from my undergraduate degree (at least most of them.)
Most people write their papers, wipe their brows with tear-soaked tissues, and say "thank fuck that's done so I can never think about THAT again," before moving onto the next paper.
To me, I thought that was a waste. If I'm going to spend five years of my life writing papers, researching, and learning how to think deeply and critically, how can you measure your actual progress without keeping that record? So. I kept it. And it is very obvious how much I grew even year to year, never mind how much I grew from year one to year five.
Preserved entirely, I present, ALL of my papers that have survived (alas, when my mac died on me, I didn't have every single one backed up, so you can see the gaps in the earlier years). I have published them so it actually adheres to the dates they were submitted, and from most recent to least recent.
The growth is astonishing.
All the essays are available for free below, but a bound edition will soon be available, and the funds from the sales of this book will be 100% going to my student debt.
Juvenilia: University-Era Essays

On Hrotswitha of Gandersheim
Little is known about Hrotswitha of Gandersheim, but what little we know can be surmised from the survival of a portion of her work. She lived in the Abbey in...
On Hrotswitha of Gandersheim
Little is known about Hrotswitha of Gandersheim, but what little we know can be surmised from the survival of a portion of her work. She lived in the Abbey in...

Late Renaissance Poetry & Prose Final
I. PART I i. ‘Why Must I Thus Forever Be Confined,’ Hester Pulter In “Why Must I Thus Forever be Confined,” by Hester Pulter, rhyme scheme and meter play a...
Late Renaissance Poetry & Prose Final
I. PART I i. ‘Why Must I Thus Forever Be Confined,’ Hester Pulter In “Why Must I Thus Forever be Confined,” by Hester Pulter, rhyme scheme and meter play a...

The Truth of Pocahontas Revealed
Most of what is known about Pocahontas is legend and myth, not fact. Sources are conflicting, and primary sources we do have, namely from John Smith and his Generall Historie (1625) is...
The Truth of Pocahontas Revealed
Most of what is known about Pocahontas is legend and myth, not fact. Sources are conflicting, and primary sources we do have, namely from John Smith and his Generall Historie (1625) is...

Milton's "Areopagitica"
Prior to this course, I had never encountered the word Areopagitica. When I looked it up in my dictionary, I was delighted to see it was not listed. When I googled...
Milton's "Areopagitica"
Prior to this course, I had never encountered the word Areopagitica. When I looked it up in my dictionary, I was delighted to see it was not listed. When I googled...

Comus as a Literary Character
I have always been particularly interested in Greek mythology, but I have never encountered the name Comus before. Comus is an integral part to the story as he serves several roles: not...
Comus as a Literary Character
I have always been particularly interested in Greek mythology, but I have never encountered the name Comus before. Comus is an integral part to the story as he serves several roles: not...

A Common Reading Paper on the Laxdæla Saga
In the context of reading the Norse Sagas and Myths, there are many things one needs to consider: first, there is the issue that the stories began as oral stories....
A Common Reading Paper on the Laxdæla Saga
In the context of reading the Norse Sagas and Myths, there are many things one needs to consider: first, there is the issue that the stories began as oral stories....