

Pope and Nature
Billy Schraufnagel English 125-8, Fayen March 4, 2000 Pope Paper The Proper Use of Nature In much of his poetry, Alexander Pope seems to...
Dec 29, 2024


From the Archive: Emerson and Self-Reliance (2000)
Billy Schraufnagel September 21, 2000 English 277a, Schirmeister Response # 1 This passage in “Self-Reliance” addresses I think one of...
Dec 11, 2024


Milton Part 2: The Sum of Wisdom
Billy Schraufnagel English 125-8, Fayen February 15, 2000 Long Milton Paper The Sum of Wisdom Milton uses a unique convention of a double...
Oct 9, 2024


Milton Part 1: Resemblances
Billy Schraufnagel English 125-8, Fayen January 25, 2000 Short Milton Paper “Resemblances” in Paradise Lost Eve’s dream in Book V of...
Sep 10, 2024


From the Archive: Donne (1999)
Billy Schraufnagel English 125-8, Fayen December 7, 1999 Donne Paper “If Our Two Loves Be One” At the beginning of Donne’s poem, “The...
Jul 18, 2024


Top 5 Plays I've Ever Seen
I'm going through a great archive of my old Playbills, and I've thought about this for a long time, so here I will put down the 5 best...
Jul 11, 2024


From the Archive: Spenser (1999)
William Schraufnagel English 125-8, Fayen November 18, 1999 Long Spenser Paper “I” Before “E”: Virtue and Vertu in Book 1 of The Faerie...
Jun 27, 2024


From the Archive: Chaucer (1999)
William Schraufnagel English 125, Fayen October 12, 1999 “If Any Thing Shal Wel Reported Be” Early in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury...
Jun 4, 2024


Playlist Breakdown: Bill's Kweli Mix (c. 2004-05)
Talib Kweli is my favorite rapper -- I think he is unlikely to be replaced, no matter how many young talented people come along. My...
Sep 20, 2023


From the Archive: A Sonnet (1997)
Billy Schraufnagel English Lit, p.10 November 11, 1997 If you want to accomplish your delight, Find your own way to grope along in dark...
Jul 22, 2023