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November 4, 2008
People
Faculty
William James Gracie, Jr.
Titles
- Emeritus Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies
Education
- Ph.D, English, Northwestern University, 1969
- M.A., English, Northwestern University
- B.A., English, San Francisco State College
Teaching Interests
- Victorian literature
- Survey courses in British literature from 1660 to the present
- Advanced composition
- Legal writing
- Interdisciplinary perspectives on twentieth-century warfare
Research Interests
- Victorian poetry and non-fiction
- Tennyson
- Closure and anti-closure in poetry
- Gay literature
- Academic administration
Selected Publications
- “Summer Reading and an Intellectual Community,” Liberal Education, 83 (Fall 1997): 39-43.
- “Tennyson and His Queens: Guinevere, Mary, Victoria.” Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 42 (November 1995): 41-53.
- “Frederic E. Faverty: His Time and Spirit,” The University of Mississippi Studies in English, NS 9 (1991): 235-243.
- “James Anthony Froude,” in Dictionary of Literary Biography: Victorian Prose Writers. Ed. William B. Thesing. Detroit: Gale, 1987.
- “Print Advertising in the Composition Classroom,” in Collective Wisdom: A Sourcebook of Lessons for Writing Teachers.
Ed. Sondra J.Stang and Robert Wiltenberg. New York: Random House, 1988.
- “Victorian Poetry and Poetics,” in Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Sally Mitchell. New York: Garland, 1988.
- “The Vast Suspense: Patterns of Anti-Closure in Tennyson.” The University of Mississippi Studies in English ns 6 (1988): 89-105.
- “Faith of Our Fathers: The Autobiographical Novels of James Anthony.” Victorians Institute Journal 10 (1981-82): 27-44.
- “Directing Freshman English: The Roles of Administration in Freshman English Programs,” Writing Program Administration 5 (Spring 1982): 21-25.
- “Accountability Within: Evaluating Freshman English Programs.” College
Composition and Communication 27 (February 1975): 34-36.
- “Truth of Form in Edmund Gosse’s Father and Son,” Journal of Narrative Technique 4
(September 1974): 176-184.