OSLE-India invites you to the 8th Study CircleDate: 22th February, 2008 (Friday)
Time: 5.00 p.m.-6.00 p.m.
Venue: Bishop Heber Hall (Guest Room), Madras Christian College
Speaker: Dr. Mark C. Long
Topic: John Muir and the Idea of Wilderness
About the speaker: Dr. Mark C. Long is Associate Professor of English and American Studies, and Chair of the Department of English, at Keene State College. He has been serving on the Executive Council of ASLE-US since 1996. He is the coordinator of the ASLE Mentoring Program and also the member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the journal ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. He has several essays and books to his credit. His forthcoming writing includes a 12, 000 word essay on the poet A.R. Ammons which will appear in the volume Twentieth Century American Nature Writers: Poetry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series.
Topic: John Muir and the Idea of Wilderness
About the speaker: Dr. Mark C. Long is Associate Professor of English and American Studies, and Chair of the Department of English, at Keene State College. He has been serving on the Executive Council of ASLE-US since 1996. He is the coordinator of the ASLE Mentoring Program and also the member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the journal ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. He has several essays and books to his credit. His forthcoming writing includes a 12, 000 word essay on the poet A.R. Ammons which will appear in the volume Twentieth Century American Nature Writers: Poetry in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series.
Home Work: It will be appreciated if you could read up on John Muir, his writing and prepare some questions, when you attend the study circle. This will enable you to be familiar with the topic in discussion.
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