Carolyn
Jacobson
I'm a Ph. D. Candidate in the English Department at the
University of Pennsylvania, with a focus on Victorian literature, and a
great interest in contemporary poetry and literary publishing. I'm also an
Assistant Editor of the American Poetry
Review. And I'm an avid, possibly even raving, Iowa-City-phile.
I spent the 1995-6 school year in London (!!!), doing lots of
research at the Wellcome
Institute for the History of Medicine, and undergoing a self-directed
crash course in the London theatre, which was unbelievably
stimulating.
I spent the 1996-7 school year in Iowa City, writing
my dissertation, and running No Shame
Theatre with some of my friends. You can check out some of my pieces if you want.
And now I'm back in Philadelphia and still writing. I've
taught courses on the personal essay and courses on the Victorian Novel.
"One advantage of being disorderly is that one is constantly making
exciting discoveries."--A.A. Milne
" . . . both forgetfulness and
memory are apt to be inventive."--Jorge Louis Borges
Teaching:
- English 5.305, Spring 1995, Big Books of
the Victorian Period
- English 5.301, Spring 1998, City
Book/Country Book: Victorian Novels and the Victorian View of England
- English 55, Fall 1999, 19th Century
British Novel
- English 55, Spring 2000, 19th Century
British Novel
- English 60, Fall 2000, Major
British Novels, 1660-1914
- English 60, Spring 2001, Major British
Novels, 1660-1914
Serious things to read:
Less serious things to read:
Things to look at:
