Tag Archives: Victorianism

Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth

Posted on July 2, 2012 by quicklytothepanopticon

I am an amateur gardener, and by amateur I mean novice. And by novice I mean newbie, and by newbie I mean, well, you get the point. I’ve recently begun working at the Temple Terrace Community Garden and it has … Continue reading →

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The Audacity of Cities

Posted on June 29, 2012 by quicklytothepanopticon

The T rattled down Beacon Street, that electrical whirr driving into a higher pitch as it accelerated. With a clatter and a dinging of its bell it slowed and then stopped: the lurching progress of the train when it is … Continue reading →

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Elementary, my dear Watson

Posted on June 23, 2012 by quicklytothepanopticon

I recently started watching the first the season of the BBC’s Sherlock, a contemporary adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. It is an interesting, well-directed, and well-acted series. Benedict Cumberbatch goes directly to the quick (near manic) core … Continue reading →

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Queen Victoria in the Digital Age

Posted on June 11, 2012 by quicklytothepanopticon

Recently, the Bodlein Library and the British Royal Archives published digital copies of Queen Victoria’s Journals in their entirety. Some 40,000 journal pages from several different transcribed sources are available to view as high-quality photos. They are in the process … Continue reading →

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Jekyll, Hyde, and the secret everyone knows

Posted on November 13, 2011 by quicklytothepanopticon

I am teaching The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this week. My students all know Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Or rather, they know the main conceit: that Hyde is Jekyll. Most of my students have never … Continue reading →

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Starting with poetry, or, why I teach “Dover Beach” on the first day

Posted on October 17, 2011 by quicklytothepanopticon

Elaine Showalter’s Teaching Literature begins with a focus on teaching and anxiety, moves through theories and methodologies, and then in chapter four gets down to the nitty-gritty of teaching by genre. She begins this section with a focus on poetry … Continue reading →

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