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ENGL 2307

ENGL 2307. 27 February 2014. Thesis Statements. Look for the following: Is it focused on a text? Is it arguable? Does it explain why the idea matters? Is it clear?. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Everett Corder. “The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House”.

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ENGL 2307

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  1. ENGL 2307 27 February 2014

  2. Thesis Statements • Look for the following: • Is it focused on a text? • Is it arguable? • Does it explain why the idea matters?Is it clear?

  3. Harriet Beecher Stowe • Everett Corder

  4. “The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House” • Most known as the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Religious (Quaker) • Interested in “spiritualism” • Communicating with the dead • Related to the death of her son • Mary Todd Lincoln and Queen Victoria also held this interest • Common after 1850 (mostly hoaxes) • “The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House” was first published in GB • Part of a collection of other stories about the town

  5. “The Ghost in the Cap’n Brown House” • Haunter? • Haunted? • Haunting? • Laying of the Ghost?

  6. Characters • Who are the characters present? • Who is being discussed? • What do we know about these people? • How do we get that information?

  7. Gender • Quassia pg. 142 • Miss Cinthy; “hy-sterikes” pg. 144 • Gossip, pg. 145 • Gossip revisited, pg. 147 • Cinthy vs. Aunt Sally

  8. Next Week • Revisions are due • New readings—Mary Austin and Edward Bulwer Lytton • Start on Maybe this Time. It is longer (but it should go quickly) • Refresh your memory about The Turn of the Screw—it is an adaptation of the novella

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