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
Dracula: A Discussion on the Novel
For many of you, this will be the first time you have read Dracula; while you have seen the un-dead in films, some good and some definitely horrible, there are...
Dracula: A Discussion on the Novel
For many of you, this will be the first time you have read Dracula; while you have seen the un-dead in films, some good and some definitely horrible, there are...
Setting Through the Lens of Carnivalesque and G...
Gothic narratives use Carnivalesque themes to set up expectations for the fate of the characters through depictions of gloomy castles, mazes, and ruins. Using The Castle of Otranto by Horace...
Setting Through the Lens of Carnivalesque and G...
Gothic narratives use Carnivalesque themes to set up expectations for the fate of the characters through depictions of gloomy castles, mazes, and ruins. Using The Castle of Otranto by Horace...
The Italian: A Discussion on the Novel
In the preface, Radcliffe sets up what follows in a manner that distances the reader. Who is telling the story and why might she choose to create such a “blind”...
The Italian: A Discussion on the Novel
In the preface, Radcliffe sets up what follows in a manner that distances the reader. Who is telling the story and why might she choose to create such a “blind”...
The Monk: A Discussion on the Novel
In ‘The Monk’, what is the depiction of the religious sects? I could talk about this topic on and on because it's such an interesting dynamic. It's so ironic and...
The Monk: A Discussion on the Novel
In ‘The Monk’, what is the depiction of the religious sects? I could talk about this topic on and on because it's such an interesting dynamic. It's so ironic and...
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...