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My Tragic Lesson Plan

Posted on 2009/01/27 by ngilmour

I’m looking at my notes for today’s lesson on the final two acts of King Lear in English Literature Survey course, and I believe that if I made a list of the six most interesting bits I wanted to get … Continue reading →

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Hard to Blame Anyone in Lear

Posted on 2009/01/20 by ngilmour

I realized while planning today’s lesson that, until some of the characters just go devilish on the audience, I have a hard time blaming anyone in King Lear for what comes to pass.? On one hand, Regan and Goneril don’t … Continue reading →

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Level 14 Bard

Posted on 2008/09/09 by ngilmour

Arden: The World of William Shakespeare Almost thou convincest me to be an online gamer. I had read about this project, I believe in WIRED magazine, and Mary is taking a technology in education class for her Master’s degree work, … Continue reading →

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Dialectics of Suspicion

Posted on 2005/11/11 by ngilmour

I’m finally starting to formulate a vocabulary to name the difficulties I have with new historical and other “hermeneutics of suspicion”-style treatments of Christianity. It’s not that there’s critique simpliciter–theologians and pastors critique parts of Christian thought and practice all … Continue reading →

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Proposal Approved

Posted on 2005/11/07 by ngilmour

And so I’m going to Atlanta in April… It looks like the three papers for our Merchant of Venice panel have gone through, and I’ll be able to add another conference paper to my CV. Now I’ve got to resolve … Continue reading →

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