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#ENGL100 students: Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” was first published in pamphlet form in 1729. What did these eighteenth-century pamphlets look like? Find out on Google Books, where you can see a scan of the original version of Swift’s famous work: books.google.de/books?id=t1M…
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Jun 12
Doc Friday: What are the components of an essay? How do you construct introductory, analytical, and concluding paragraphs? How do you develop a thesis statement? Find out in "Essay-Writing Notes,” a document on Dr May’s Web site: queensu.ca/academia/drrgmay/…
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Jun 11
#ENGL100 students: Here’s an enlightening interview with Hannah Moscovitch from Our Theatre Voice, conducted via e-mail during the COVID-19 pandemic: ourtheatrevoice.com/member/h…
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Jun 10
#ENGL100 students: Hannah Moscovitch delivered the Munro Beattie Lecture at Carleton University in 2022, in which she talks about her life as a playwright in Canada. You can watch the recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=5pBFtNp3…
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Jun 9
You Are Invited: Double Book Launch, featuring Lisa Fishman and Jaime Forsythe, with special guests Bruce Kaufman and past Queen's Writer in Residence Stuart Ross. Mon. 15 June 2026, 7.00 p.m., Novel Idea (156 Princess St.).
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Jun 9
#ENGL100 students: Here’s an engaging Podcast called “Stage Write” from Regina’s Globe Theatre (Canada’s only theatre in the round!), hosted by Sierra Haynes and featuring Donna-Michelle St Bernard: youtube.com/watch?v=Ljwawwqa…
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Jun 8
#ENGL100 students: Donna-Michelle St Bernard created the 54ology project, for which she is writing a play or performance piece inspired by every one of Africa’s 54 countries. Read about it on the 54ology Web site, here: 54ology.wordpress.com
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Jun 6
Here's an excellent infographic on "AI-giarism," the use of AI in departures from Academic Integrity, based on research by C.K.Y. Chan (2023) and prepared by AI educator Med Kharbach.
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Jun 6
You Are Invited: Kingston Book Launch, featuring Michael Mirolla, Alison Gadsby, Hollay Ghadery, Guy Elston, Jennifer LoveGrove, and Brent van Staalduinen. Wed. 10 June 2026, 7.00 p.m., Novel Idea (156 Princess St.).
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Jun 6
You Are Invited: Common Language: Poetry Reading and Coffee Bar, featuring Jason Heroux, Leo Roberts, Susan Wismer, Jamal Saeed, and Abbie Louise. Sat. 6 June 2026, 7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m., Grains and Goods Coffee Bar (851 Norwest Road).
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Jun 5
Doc Friday: Did you know that all direct quotations must be properly integrated into your essay? Find out how to integrate your direct quotations effectively in "Integrating Quotations,” a document on Dr May’s Web site: queensu.ca/academia/drrgmay/…
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Jun 4
#ENGL100 students: If you ever go to Dublin, you can visit Oscar Wilde’s childhood home at 1 Merrion Square, North. Wilde's parents moved there a few months after his birth, transforming the house into a cultural destination for Dublin artists and writers: oscarwildehouse.com/
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Jun 3
#ENGL100 students: Oscar Wilde was the subject of a series of infamous court trials centred on accusations of sexual impropriety involving his friend Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde’s ordeal is a reminder of how far we’ve come in battling LGBTQ stigma: famous-trials.com/wilde/327-…
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Jun 2
#ENGL100 students: Before the 2002 adaptation, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was adapted for film in 1952 in a British production directed by Anthony Asquith. Watch the trailer here: youtube.com/watch?v=9GRyILUs…
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Jun 1
#ENGL100 students: Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest was adapted for film in 2002, starring Reese Witherspoon as Cecily, Colin Firth as Jack, and Rupert Everett as Algernon. You can watch the trailer here: youtube.com/watch?v=N_K6rkT8…
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May 29
Congratulations to @MargaretAtwood on the publication of a new edition of her seminal first novel The Edible Woman, almost sixty years after its initial appearance in 1969. We’ll be studying The Edible Woman next winter term in #ENGL161!
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May 29
Doc Friday: What is a close reading, and how do literary critics use close-reading strategies and techniques to analyze literary works and arrive at determinations of theme? Find out in “Close Reading,” a document on Dr May’s Web site: queensu.ca/academia/drrgmay/…
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May 28
#ENGL100 students: Here is an insightful essay on Twelfth Night by the British academic and literary critic Catherine Belsey, posted on the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Web site: folger.edu/explore/shakespea…
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May 27
#ENGL100 students: The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC has an excellent and informative Web site devoted to Shakespeare, his life, and times: folger.edu/shakespeare/
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May 26
#ENGL100 students, here is an excellent virtual tour of the Globe in London, a modern-day theatre built to the same specifications as Shakespeare’s original Globe: shakespearesglobe.com/discov…
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