ESPECIALLY ENGLISH CLASSICS

looking at why students should not overlook the English major, in more ways than one.

No one would accuse the classics of being the most exciting major on campus. But those who graduate with a degree in the classics have many exciting career possibilities ahead in education, travel, publishing and museum work

This interview with two college professors considers why Classics is considered "boring," and why we should even study it.

With the holiday season right around the corner, these films will bring back memories.

An essay that makes the case for high school english teachers to bravely keep teaching the classics to today's urban students.

I think it is crucial to reflect on one's life, especially how you became who you are to better see where you need to go.

"A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read." Of course there are many classics that are very enjoyable, however the books in this list are unlikely to be considered one of them.

A few different lists of suggested reading, for those times when you just have to find a book to read. Either for a long drive/flight or just for your English class.

This list of the top ten protest songs of all time contains memorable classics from the Vietnam War, Cold War, the current conflict in Iraq, and more. Read to see which songs made the cut.

This is a list of ten songs that I love to listen, but which I especially love listening to during Halloween and the month of October.

This is my graduate thesis proposal that I presented at an English Department Conference at Southern Connecticut State University. The thesis was never actually written, but the proposal is the beginning of a somewhat tongue-in-cheek and full of anacrhronisms memoir.

Are you dreaming to become the next Kerouac? Kerouac's novels, especially Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums, were essentially an author's How-to write using the spontaneous prose method. Learn more how to write in trance-like meditation the way Kaerouac did.

Thirteen practical, motivating strategies to aid students in developing their reading comprehension. Written by a high school English teacher for a teen audience.

In this article I explain why Gerard Manley Hokins's "God's Grandeur" is one of the best poems in the English language and how he crafted such a fine work of art.

So much of what we think of when it comes to Westerns comes from these seminal films from Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone. Here's a look at three classic Westerns.

Although Looking for Comedy... won't be considered one of Brooks' classics, if you are a fan, you should enjoy this film