JUVENILIA

the word juvenilia means the work of one's youth, a fitting term for the entirety of my undergraduate degree in English Literature and Classical History. These essays, for posterity, are unaltered from their original submission form. As such, you can clearly see the growth from 18 years old to 22 years old, . Many of these essays, were written in one night, while sequestered in the library until 2 in the morning at which time they kicked me out. Others were written after the discovery of Irish coffee, a magical potion which doubled my writing speed. Still others were with tequila on my desk as I slogged through article after article after article Looking for qualifying bibliographies for bloated citations. Therefore, what you see here, Is the unadulterated proof of progress. My progress. I have written these in order from newest to oldest, the most recent one having been Delightful Word Play and Concealed conflict in Jane eyre.

for now this is my entire undergraduate degree, listed here in blog form for your perusal. Perhaps at some point, I will have it available in E book and paperback form if anyone is interested, but for now it's free here. I was the very first in my family to go to university, and boy what an experience it was....

Juvenilia: University-Era Essays

The-Seven-Deadly-Sins-in-Medieval-Epics Mythosmith Publishing

The Seven Deadly Sins in Medieval Epics

The artistic purpose of the evil creatures is to show three things: the first is to juxtapose the good from the evil, and the second is to show how to be a...

The Seven Deadly Sins in Medieval Epics

The artistic purpose of the evil creatures is to show three things: the first is to juxtapose the good from the evil, and the second is to show how to be a...

An-Inquiry-into-the-Self-and-Other-in-Beowulf Mythosmith Publishing

An Inquiry into the Self and Other in Beowulf

In the epic, Beowulf, the purpose of the other is to reinforce the sense of self for the Geats and the Danes. Through the defeat of the other, or the different, by...

An Inquiry into the Self and Other in Beowulf

In the epic, Beowulf, the purpose of the other is to reinforce the sense of self for the Geats and the Danes. Through the defeat of the other, or the different, by...

Escaping-the-Jago Mythosmith Publishing

Escaping the Jago

For most people in the novel Child of the Jago (1896), by Arthur Morrison, (especially those who move into the Jago as a result of poverty), the Jago “gets them”....

Escaping the Jago

For most people in the novel Child of the Jago (1896), by Arthur Morrison, (especially those who move into the Jago as a result of poverty), the Jago “gets them”....

Blake-s-Conceptions-of-Virtue-and-Evil Mythosmith Publishing

Blake’s Conceptions of Virtue and Evil

A running theme across all poems from William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience is the idea of balanced opposites. However, Blake demonstrates his ideas of virtue and evil by...

Blake’s Conceptions of Virtue and Evil

A running theme across all poems from William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience is the idea of balanced opposites. However, Blake demonstrates his ideas of virtue and evil by...

Everything-is-Pointless-A-Feel-Good-Guide-to-Aspire-for-Nothing Mythosmith Publishing

Everything is Pointless: A Feel Good Guide to A...

In the poem, “The Vanity of Human Wishes,” by Samuel Johnson, the speaker demonstrates different scenarios throughout history where the pursuit of power ultimately goes wrong, and in the of...

Everything is Pointless: A Feel Good Guide to A...

In the poem, “The Vanity of Human Wishes,” by Samuel Johnson, the speaker demonstrates different scenarios throughout history where the pursuit of power ultimately goes wrong, and in the of...

On-Smeagol Mythosmith Publishing

On Smeagol

In the novel, The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien, there are many mystical creatures that are “monstrous”. However, Gollum is the most philosophically interesting. Gollum, (J. R. R. Tolkien...

On Smeagol

In the novel, The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien, there are many mystical creatures that are “monstrous”. However, Gollum is the most philosophically interesting. Gollum, (J. R. R. Tolkien...