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From Salem Witch To Blair Witch: The Puritan Influence On American Gothic Nature, Tom Hillard Mar 2014

From Salem Witch To Blair Witch: The Puritan Influence On American Gothic Nature, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.


Change Everything Now: A Selection Of Essays From Orion Magazine: Online Teacher's Guide, Tom Hillard Jan 2013

Change Everything Now: A Selection Of Essays From Orion Magazine: Online Teacher's Guide, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.


'Captain John Smith' And 'Thomas Harriot', Tom Hillard Dec 2012

'Captain John Smith' And 'Thomas Harriot', Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

"This encyclopedia introduces readers to American poetry, fiction and nonfiction with a focus on the environment (defined as humanity's natural surroundings), from the discovery of America through the present. The work includes biographical and literary entries on material from early explorers and colonists; through Native American creation myths; canonical 18th- and 19th-century works; to more recent figures"--Provided by publisher.


When The West Was East: Or, The Anxiety Of Exhuming The Past, Tom Hillard Nov 2012

When The West Was East: Or, The Anxiety Of Exhuming The Past, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.


Assessing Value From The Digital Collection End-User: The Western Writers Series Digital Editions Experience, Thomas Hillard, Rick A. Stoddart May 2012

Assessing Value From The Digital Collection End-User: The Western Writers Series Digital Editions Experience, Thomas Hillard, Rick A. Stoddart

Tom J. Hillard

How end-users and stakeholders value a digital collection is one of the most compelling questions in library assessment.This presentation reports on a series of interviews with stakeholders and potential end-users of the digital collection “Western Writers Series Digital Editions.” These interviews were undertaken to determine in what ways these digital humanities materials might be used by scholars and incorporated into their research process. Interview participants were identified through scholarly citations and works cited lists. The outcomes of these interviews are supplemented by additional interviews with the editors of the original print editions of the Western Writers Series, as well as …


“Deep Into That Darkness Peering”: An Essay On Gothic Nature, Tom Hillard Apr 2012

“Deep Into That Darkness Peering”: An Essay On Gothic Nature, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

When the anxious narrator of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" first hears the gentle "rapping at my chamber door" that disturbs his reading of "many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore," he imagines its source to be some human "visitor" that has come knocking (58). Cast into a state of apprehension by thoughts of his recently deceased beloved Lenore, he "open[s] wide the door" to find only "Darkness there, and nothing more" (Poe 58). In a powerful moment pregnant with anticipation and dread, he stands there, "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, / …


"Before The West Was The West," Roundtable Organizer And Participant, Tom Hillard Oct 2011

"Before The West Was The West," Roundtable Organizer And Participant, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.


"A Workshop For Graduate Students And Academic Professionals," Workshop Co-Leader, Tom Hillard May 2011

"A Workshop For Graduate Students And Academic Professionals," Workshop Co-Leader, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.


Navigating The Field Of Environmental Literary Studies, Tom Hillard Dec 2010

Navigating The Field Of Environmental Literary Studies, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.


“Revisiting ‘Letting Go Our Grand Obsessions’: 21st Century Visions, Challenges, And Possibilities,” Roundtable Participant, Tom Hillard Dec 2009

“Revisiting ‘Letting Go Our Grand Obsessions’: 21st Century Visions, Challenges, And Possibilities,” Roundtable Participant, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.


“The Ungraspable Phantom: Death And Nature In Melville’S Later Poetry”, Tom Hillard May 2009

“The Ungraspable Phantom: Death And Nature In Melville’S Later Poetry”, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.


“Mary Rowlandson, Ecocriticism, And The Puritan Gothic Frontier”, Tom Hillard Dec 2008

“Mary Rowlandson, Ecocriticism, And The Puritan Gothic Frontier”, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.


John Bartram, Tom Hillard Dec 2007

John Bartram, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.


The Future Of Nature: Writing On A Human Ecology From Orion Magazine: Online Teacher’S Guide, Tom Hillard Dec 2007

The Future Of Nature: Writing On A Human Ecology From Orion Magazine: Online Teacher’S Guide, Tom Hillard

Tom J. Hillard

No abstract provided.