Carolyn Sigler
English Department, University of Minnesota Duluth

Carolyn Sigler
English Department, University of Minnesota Duluth

ENGL 8181 - Seminar in Post-1800 British Literature and Culture (MW 9:00-10:50)
Fall 2012
ENGL 5444 - Childhood in Literature and Culture (TTH 11:00-12:50)
Recent Courses
Childhood in Literature and Culture, Children's Literature: Texts and Contexts, The British Novel: Adapting the Nineteenth Century, 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.
"'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
Teaching Schedule
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.
Resources for Students
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, fellowships, or employment.
Children's Literature
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).
Victorian Literature
Links to Victorian Studies resources .
The Illustrated London News Picture Library offers an extensive collection of Victorian-era illustrations and photographs from 1842 to today on topics such as fashion, transportation, disasters, politics, the arts, social history, London, royalty, discovery and exploration, industry and trade, war, personalities, and science, medicine and progress.
Lewis Carroll
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 virtual books from the library collection. 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.
Contrariwise: Lewis Carroll & the Carroll Myth: 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.
This Web site was last updated 14 August 2011.
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.