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  1. A question for any 19th century English lit scholars (please do boost!): when were Lord Byron's letters to his wife first published? I haven't been able to find a specific date for those yet. (I'm assuming it must have been after her death in 1860, but I could be wrong even about that vague assumption...)

    #EnglishLit #english

  2. A question for any 19th century English lit scholars (please do boost!): when were Lord Byron's letters to his wife first published? I haven't been able to find a specific date for those yet. (I'm assuming it must have been after her death in 1860, but I could be wrong even about that vague assumption...)

    #EnglishLit #english

  3. @xgranade

    I'll probably get blocked for this but "conversing with books" using a fronteer model is very much like having your very own personal English Lit Professor.

    Is it an exact similiy?
    Of course not.

    But it's a fantastic experience at 2AM when you're slightly buzzed and want to hack your own path thru Ulysses. To put it another way, you can take your own path through the text rather than a pre-canned version of what some authority on the text laid down as the "correct" interpretation in their thesis.

    And the AI is not going to try to fondle you in your vulnerable state.

    #AI #books #EnglishLit

  4. Isaac Asimov bravely takes on the daunting challenge of explaining to an English Lit major why they're hilariously wrong about science 🤓✍️. Spoiler: crumpled handwritten letters are just the best way to convey cutting-edge scientific insights! 📜✨
    hermiene.net/essays-trans/rela #IsaacAsimov #EnglishLit #ScienceHumor #WritingTips #CommunicationInsights #HackerNews #ngated

  5. Isaac Asimov bravely takes on the daunting challenge of explaining to an English Lit major why they're hilariously wrong about science 🤓✍️. Spoiler: crumpled handwritten letters are just the best way to convey cutting-edge scientific insights! 📜✨
    hermiene.net/essays-trans/rela #IsaacAsimov #EnglishLit #ScienceHumor #WritingTips #CommunicationInsights #HackerNews #ngated

  6. Hi all!
    I'm Lauren and am returning to Mastodon after a long hiatus. I was previously on Artisan.Chat, which unfortunately closed, and Penfount.Social.
    I'm a college lecturer of #Englishlit and #AcademicWriting. I enjoy #Tea, #Books, #Coloring, #Painting, #Sketching, and #Calligraphy as well as #FountainPens.
    I am owned by an adorable Jack Russell named Tobie, and I look forward to chatting.

    Here's a picture of my latest coloring page from Dark Fairytales by Kerby Rosanes.

  7. Hi all!
    I'm Lauren and am returning to Mastodon after a long hiatus. I was previously on Artisan.Chat, which unfortunately closed, and Penfount.Social.
    I'm a college lecturer of #Englishlit and #AcademicWriting. I enjoy #Tea, #Books, #Coloring, #Painting, #Sketching, and #Calligraphy as well as #FountainPens.
    I am owned by an adorable Jack Russell named Tobie, and I look forward to chatting.

    Here's a picture of my latest coloring page from Dark Fairytales by Kerby Rosanes.

  8. The ever insightful Daisy Christodoulo on the decline of #englishLit as a subject, with some reasons, and so e ideas.
    Resonates with some recent posts about the quality of CVs.

    @edutooters

    open.substack.com/pub/daisychr

  9. The ever insightful Daisy Christodoulo on the decline of #englishLit as a subject, with some reasons, and so e ideas.
    Resonates with some recent posts about the quality of CVs.

    @edutooters

    open.substack.com/pub/daisychr

  10. The English department called and
    I have some very bad news for longtime Floridians about the works of Milton

    #milton #milton2024 #englishlit #paradiselost

  11. The Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts, 1450-1700 (CELM) has been migrated from the King's Digital Lab to the Folger Library.

    celm.folger.edu

    #manuscripts #catalogue #earlymodern #EnglishLit #humanities #dh #folger

  12. The Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts, 1450-1700 (CELM) has been migrated from the King's Digital Lab to the Folger Library.

    celm.folger.edu

    #manuscripts #catalogue #earlymodern #EnglishLit #humanities #dh #folger

  13. @LoganFive 🥥 One of my favorite #NewYorker cartoons had two men in sports jackets with patches on their elbows hanging on stakes in a cornfield like scarecrows. One says to the other: "#EnglishLit, and you"? 🥥

  14. @LoganFive 🥥 One of my favorite #NewYorker cartoons had two men in sports jackets with patches on their elbows hanging on stakes in a cornfield like scarecrows. One says to the other: "#EnglishLit, and you"? 🥥

  15. Discover our Postgraduate Programmes @lboroenglish: MA in Contemporary Literature & Culture and MA in Creative Writing & the Writing Industries.

    Weds 8 March, 12 noon- 12.30

    lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate

    #MA #English #EnglishLit #creativewriting #humanities #PostgraduateStudy #Loughborough #UK

  16. Seeing lots of anxiety about students using bots to write essays. If this is any indication, though, I think I'll be able to detect it. A key giveaway would be an essay about the characters Man Pedro, Man John, and Character in that great drama play "More Ado About Nothing"... #grading #Shakespeare #bots #essays #plagiarism #EnglishLit

  17. Some more #AboutMe for a new pinned post.

    I am #Over30 with #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #adhd #autism and other issues. I'm also queer and nonbinary and have been with my spouse for over a decade! My pronouns are they/them/he/him.

    I am a huge #horror #nerd, #ProWrestling fan, and #bookworm. I collect media on physical for as an act of #MediaPreservation. I have interests in #foraging #vultureculture and #oddities.

    I majored in #GraphicDesign, #ArtHistory, #EnglishLit, and #Education.

    Signing off!

  18. Hello fediverse!
    Here's a proper self #introduction!

    I'm an #academic based in #Bengaluru now and I teach #EnglishLit at college level. I love words: so writing, editing, translating, and reading are all areas of interest. I've submitted my #PhD thesis in contemporary British drama and am awaiting public defense. I'm #Tamil and #ace.

    I have strong feelings but low energy, so I'd rather doomscroll than engage with "unpopular opinions."

    #Mastindia #AcademicChatter #Books #QueerAcademic

  19. Hello fediverse!
    Here's a proper self #introduction!

    I'm an #academic based in #Bengaluru now and I teach #EnglishLit at college level. I love words: so writing, editing, translating, and reading are all areas of interest. I've submitted my #PhD thesis in contemporary British drama and am awaiting public defense. I'm #Tamil and #ace.

    I have strong feelings but low energy, so I'd rather doomscroll than engage with "unpopular opinions."

    #Mastindia #AcademicChatter #Books #QueerAcademic