Two small gems of wisdom have come to my attention. As they both made me think long and hard about my approach(es) to reading romance novels, I’ll share them both.
First, at my convocation last weekend, the address was given by Professor Wendy Doniger, who teaches at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. In [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Something to chew on
Posted in Business time!, Miscellany, tagged george sand, quotes, wendy doniger on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Celebrating senior week with another essay…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This essay has been sitting in my documents, awaiting editing, for weeks now. So here it is, a bit belated, the first of my essays on colonialism in the romance novel.
Over at Dear Author there was an interesting conversation about romance and colonialism. I am indebted to everyone’s opinions about this subject (especially Maya’s) and [...]
