Florida studies : proceedings of the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association / / edited by Claudia Slate and April Van Camp

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827173003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-41363-5; 9786612413636; 1-4438-1171-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SlateClaudia; Van CampApril
• Disciplina: 810.9; 810.99759
• Soggetti: American literature - 19th century - History and criticism; American literature - 20th century - History and criticism; American literature - 21st century - History and criticism; American literature - Florida - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; PEDAGOGY; BUILDING A COMMUNITYOF HONORS SCHOLARS THROUGH PRIMARY ARCHIVAL RESEARCH; BLOGGING FLORIDA'S REPUTATIONS IN FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITION; EXPLORING FIRST COAST WRITERS; TEACHING SERVICE LEARNING MEMOIRS; OLD FLORIDA; GENERAL JORGE BIASSOU ACTING AS A SITE OF RE-MEMBERING; THE POWER OF THE PEN; COMING OF AGE IN ANTEBELLUM FLORIDA; FINDING EDITH POPE; WISH YOU WEREN'T HERE; THE DONALDSONS; WILLIAM POPE DUVAL AND WASHINGTON IRVING; CHASING THE FACES OF FLORIDA'S COLONIAL LADIES; THE FACES OF RACISM; MODERN LANDSCAPES, MODERN LABYRINTHS; CONTEMPORARY FLORIDACOLONIAL SHOWCASE LAGOON; POOR WHITE SOUTHERNERS; FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT ON ALL FRONTS; FLORIDA'S HEROES OF THE NEW NEWS; NATURAL FLORIDA; "SINKS, SNAKES, CAVES W/WATER"; CREATIVE SHOWCASE; THE PINEAPPLE GRILL
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume contains a lot of variety, an eclectic mix of Florida literature and history by scholars from across the state representing every kind of institution of higher learning. The first section, Pedagogy, highlights essays about employing service learning, blogging, and primary archival research into the classroom, among other techniques. The Old Florida section includes essays exploring the following topics as diverse as the first black general in Florida (1791), poet Wallace Stevens, ...