"'There is no use trying,' said Alice; 'one can't believe impossible things.'
'I dare say you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day.
Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'"
~ Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
Hello, and welcome to my home page. This site is designed to serve as a source
for students to find resources on children's literature and
Victorian literature and culture, and information about graduate study, ePortfolio, and undergraduate classes and programs
in the English Department at the University of
Minnesota Duluth.
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Fall 2009 Class Schedule
ENGL 3333: Children's Literature—Texts and Contexts (MW 9:00-10:50)
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Spring 2010 Class Schedule
ENGL 5444: Childhood in Literature and Culture (TTh 12:00-1:50)
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Recent Courses
Childhood in Literature and Culture, Children's Literature, Women Writers, Victorian Women Writers, Victorian
Literature, Gothic Tales of Terror, Satire and Humor, Methods
of Literary Study, Women's
Popular Culture, Introduction to Film Theory, Women and Film, The
Fairy Tale.
LINKS TO ONLINE RESOURCES
Resources for ePortfolio
- An overview of English Department Portfolio requirements, deadlines, and resources.
- Login via the ePortfolio Web site to enter, view, update, and share portfolios.
- Learn to use ePortfolio with this Portfolio Quick Reference Guide; a longer Portfolio Orientation Manual is also available to download (both are pdf files).
- Information about tutorial and training sessions is available from UMD's Knowledge Management Center Web site. You can also receive assistance with ePortfolio questions or problems from the KMC's student staff at 42 Solon Campus Center (726-7089).
Resources for Graduate Students
- UMD's English Master of Arts homepage includes program and application information, as well as the English graduate student handbook.
- My resource page for current and prospective graduate students includes information on graduate programs in children's literature and culture, as well as teaching, writing and professional links.
- Information on requesting letters of recommendation for graduate study or employment.
- Professor Carol Bock's information on English Department publishing internships.
Children's Literature Resources
- A comprehensive collection of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling links.
- Linnea Hendrickson's Children's Literature: A Guide to the Criticism (searchable online reference book).
- Children's literature resources for teachers.
- The Children's Literature Web Guide.
- Fairrosa's Library of Children's Literature.
- Kay Vandergrift's Children's Literature Pages
Victorian Literature Resources
Lewis Carroll Resources
- In "Alice on Film and Video," educator and author Monica Edinger offers descriptions of (and links to) Alice-related video clips available on YouTube, which include a 1934 Betty Boop cartoon, "Betty in Blunderland," a 1954 Alice-themed Jello commercial, and a 1960s drugstore commercial, "Alice in Rexall-Land."
- YouTube also offers an opportunity to see Cecil M. Hepworth's 1903 Alice in Wonderland, the first cinematic version of Alice's adventures, with added commentary by the British Film Institute's Simon Brown.
- Read and "turn the pages" of Carroll's original manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, the latest 3D addition to the British Library's Turning The Pages collection of books available via the Web. Using Flash technology, the manuscript can be virtually "handled." Viewers can also choose to listen to an audio version of the book, and to zoom in and exam the text in greater detail.
- Lewis Carroll: An Overview: A detailed collection of Web pages from the Victorian Web offers information on Carroll's biography, literary reputation, themes, and historical, economic, scientific and aesthetic contexts.
- Lewis Carroll Homepage: Sponsored by the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, this site offers a guide to Web and print Lewis Carroll resources and documents.
- Looking for Lewis Carroll: A site devoted to recent, revisionary biographical research into the complex life of Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson, and some of the mysteries and puzzles surrounding his life, literary work, and reputation.
- An online collection of Lewis Carroll photographs from the Princeton University Library Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
- An online exhibit of Carroll's photographs from the University of Texas at Austin's Harry Ransome Research Library, includes a page devoted to Carroll's photographs of children.
E-mail me at csigler@d.umn.edu
This Web site was last updated 14 October 2009 The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author. The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by the University of Minnesota.