Dickinson (2002): "A Womanly Way to Write"
Billy Schraufnagel English 281, Otten February 25, 2002 Mid-Term Paper, Topic # 1 A Womanly Way to Write The Female Writer was a blossoming cultural phenomenon in the 19 th Century United States. Or at least, She was enough of a phenomenon to inspire one of her ranks to compose a poem on her behalf. Phoebe Cary wrote the poem “Advice Gratis to Certain Women (By a Woman)” to help guide her sisters in the production of important and effectual literature. Cary war
Nov 11
From the Archive (2008): Montaigne
Bill Schraufnagel RWS 601B, McLish April 11, 2008 Paper # 1 – Montaigne Defense and Invention in Montaigne In his dialogue of...
Aug 20
Tribute to George S. Fayen, Jr. (1931-2023)
Here's my tribute to the best teacher I ever had. And I've had good teachers. From my father, through Brad McAdon at the University of...
Aug 9
From the Archive (2009): Auscultation, Creation, Revision
Bill Schraufnagel English 597B, Selzer and Hawhee December 16, 2009 Final Paper – Draft 2 Proportional Differences: Kenneth Burke’s...
May 30
From the Archive (2000): Melville
Billy Schraufnagel English 277a, Schirmeister December 12, 2000 Final Paper Swallowed by a Whale At the beginning of Chapter 55 of Moby...
May 8
From the Archive (2000): The People's Theater (1935-1939)
Billy Schraufnagel Theater St. 111b Amy Rogoway, TA March 2, 2000 The People’s Theater (1935-1939) In 1935, Harry Hopkins, director of...
Apr 19
From the Archive: Yeats (2000)
Billy Schraufnagel English 125-8, Fayen April 23, 2000 Yeats Paper A Moment’s Thought Cased in Stone In the poems “A Dialogue of Self and...
Mar 18
Creative Writing Excerpts (1999)
Excerpts from Creative Writing Journal 1-27-99 I want to enjoy my last months of high school. I have been getting so over-anxious about...
Mar 9
Tribute to Harold Bloom
I first read Harold Bloom's essay "The Internalization of Quest Romance" in Nigel Alderman's seminar on William Wordsworth at Yale in...
Feb 19