[Vwoolf] Informal survey on teaching Eminent Victorians

[Neverow, Vara S.]

Hi Todd,

Over the years I've taught Eminent Victorians either in its entirety or
sections of it in both modern British literature courses and a Woolf and
Bloomsbury courses. I haven't done so recently, however.

Vara


Vara Neverow
Professor, English and Women's Studies
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street
New Haven, CT 06515
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On 4/5/14 6:37 AM, "Claire Battershill"
<claire.battershill at alum.utoronto.ca> wrote:

>Dear Todd, 
>
>A few years ago I was a TA for a second-year undergrad "Autobiography and
>Biography" course at the University of Toronto (taught by Heather
>Jackson) that included EV. Actually, it was an extract: the Preface and
>Florence Nightingale. I've never seen it on a modernism syllabus, though.
>Very curious to know the results of your search!
>
>Very best,
>Claire
>
>
>Dr. Claire Battershill
>SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow
>University of Reading
>Department of English
>www.clairebattershill.com
>
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>To: Avery, Todd; VWOOLF listserv
>Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Informal survey on teaching Eminent Victorians
>
>Dear Tom,
>
>This just popped up on my computer as I'm contemplating leaving my office
>at 5:45 on a Friday! I work on Virginia Woolf and the Victorians and so
>am very familiar with Eminent Victorians, have taught it periodically
>over the years in graduate classes and referred to Strachey's satirical
>portraits in other classes as well always with the caveat that his views
>are somewhat exaggerated and, from my perspective, rather unfair. I think
>this may also be taught occasionally in genre classes which focus on
>biography, but to my knowledge no one else at DU, for example, teaches
>it, and I suspect most haven't read it. It isn't particularly well known
>today though I think it's still in print.
>
>I'm curious about the editor's query to you?
>
>Best regards,
>
>Eleanor
>
>Eleanor McNees
>Associate Dean
>Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
>University of Denver
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>
>
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>[mailto:vwoolf-bounces+emcnees=du.edu at lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On
>Behalf Of Avery, Todd
>Sent: Friday, April 04, 2014 5:44 PM
>To: VWOOLF listserv
>Subject: [Vwoolf] Informal survey on teaching Eminent Victorians
>
>Friends,
>
>I hope you all are well, that spring has sprung where you are (or that
>autumn is delightful a ways south of where I am, in New England) and I
>hope, too, that an inquiry about Lytton Strachey is appropriate for the
>list.  I'm really simply curious---this came up in a conversation with an
>editor---as to how widely and frequently Eminent Victorians is taught.
>I'll look into this further, with publishers, but I thought I'd begin
>here, at the center of the canon, rather than "on the fringes" (the
>editor's phrase).
>
>Many thanks for any information, however casual.
>
>Best,
>
>Todd
>
>Dr. Todd Avery
>Associate Professor of English
>Coordinator, Online English B.A. Program University of Massachusetts
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