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Dr. 海蒂J. 雪

Professor of 英语
Chair of the 英语 Department

教学领域

英语

教育

  • PhD, 英语 Literature, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
  • MA, Bridgewater State College
  • BA, Principia College

联系

Dr. Heidi 雪's area of expertise is British literature, specifically the British Romantics. In conjunction with the 剧院 和 跳舞 Department, she has taught First Year Experience programs 和 co-led several abroads focused on Shakespeare. She has also co-led an abroad to the 英语 Lake District with the biology department focused on conservation 和 Environmental Literature. She has been active in establishing 和 enriching relationships between Principia 和 the British field.

Scholarly Interests

雪's scholarly research focuses on issues of poverty 和 religion, specifically as found in the writings of William Wordsworth, 和 on environmental literature in the Lake District. Her first sabbatical at the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere, 英格兰, included an examination of the tastes 和 expectations of the Georgian readership with regard to religion, 性别, 与自然. Her most recent sabbatical explored attitudes towards mining in the Lake District from the renaissance through Wordsworth’s lifetime 和 also looked at Wordsworth’s conservatism during the national campaign regarding the Reform Bill of 1832.

Contributions to Field

  • 雪's careful examination of the theological attitudes toward poverty during William Wordsworth's lifetime has contributed to discussions not only in the field of literature but also in the fields of religion 和 ethics as was shown by her inclusion in a discussion hosted by BBC Radio on William Wordsworth.
  • Her book has been reviewed in such journals as Markets 和 Morality, The Journal of Ecclesiastical 历史, 和 Literature 和 Theology.
  • 雪's work with the Wordsworth Trust has been instrumental in helping that institution exp和 its educational offerings to colleges 和 universities in the United States.

Named the Edith 和 Lewis White Distinguished Professor of 英语

Nominated for Outst和ing Dissertation of 2008, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Teacher of the Year, Principia College, 2008–2009

Humanities Teacher of the Year, Principia College, 2007–2008

Induction into Phi Kappa Phi, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2006

Memberships 和 Affiliations

  • Modern Language Association
  • The Wordsworth Circle
  • Friends of the Wordsworth Trust

Publications 和 Presentations

  • William Wordsworth 和 the Theology of Poverty. Ashgate 2013.
  • “Reconstructing the Poor.” The Wordsworth Circle. 2011.
  • “William Wordsworth’s Definition of Poverty.” Romanticism 和 Victorianism on the Net. 2010.
  • “’This will never do’ or ‘A day in heaven.’” Wordsworth Conference, Grasmere, 英格兰, 2014.
  • “Reconstructing the Poor.” Wordsworth Conference, Grasmere, 英格兰, 2010.
  • “Descriptive Sketches: Pastoral Utilized 和 Rejected.” Wordsworth Conference, Wordsworth Birthplace Trust, Grasmere, 英格兰, 2002.
  • “Wordsworth: Sight 和 the Sublime.” Central New York Conference on Language 和 Literature, 2001.

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