Department of English
Kent State Emerita English Professor Wins APsaA Prize Highlighting Literature in Psychoanalysis
IN A FLASH: Meeting Abolitionist John Brown
A group of international students from Kent State experienced living history on a field trip with the university's English as a Second Language Program.
Kent State English Professor Reflects on Authoring New Book
Jennifer MacLure's book, The Feeling of Letting Die: Necroeconomics and Victorian Fiction, was released in hardcover and digital on Nov. 2. In this book, MacLure examines the works of authors George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Harriet Martineau, Charles Dickens and William Morris through the lens of necroeconomics. This book examines, in MacLure's words, how Victorian authors "depict the feelings that circulate around capitalism's death function."
Got Writer's Block? Senior English Major Offers Some Helpful Tips
Honors Student Receives Dr. Elizabeth Howard Memorial Honors Scholarship
Gabrielle (Gabby) Volz is a second year Â鶹´«Ã½ Honors College student from Mansfield, Ohio, and a graduate of Lexington High School. She is the second recipient of the Dr. Elizabeth Howard scholarship, the recently established fund for Honors College students in memory of Elizabeth Howard, Ph.D., who was a prominent member of the Honors College community, as well as the Department of English.
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First-Generation College Student Alum Exemplifies Transformative Power of Public Humanities
Jerry M. Lewis Lecture Series Debuts With Talk on May 4 Memorializing Process; Service of Faculty Marshals Also Remembered, Honored
The inaugural Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon took place May 2 at the Kent Student Center Ballroom with Tammy Clewell, Ph.D., professor in Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Department of English, as the featured speaker.