Welcome to Denise C. White's home page!
My web site is designed to give students up-to-date information about course requirements, assignments, links to useful literary sources, and general information that may be of interest.
Since my pets section has grown so large, it now has its own page.
Here is my Pets Page, which contains information about pet health, responsible pet ownership, and pictures of my cats.
ENGL 2110 Students: See additional resources on our works.
ENGL 2110 Students: Here is an outline of Campbell's archetypal hero quest.
ENGL 2110 Students: Here are the introductory lecture notes.
What was education like in the "old days"? We tend to think of ourselves as much smarter and better-educated than our parents and grandparents--think again. Try to pass the Salina, Kansas 8th grade Final Exam. It was a 5 hour exam. Prepare to be challenged!!!
Here are strategies for doing quality, meaningful research.
Have a grammar question? There is a lot of great information at Garbl's Writing Resources online.
If you couldn't find what you needed at Garbl's, try Daily Grammar Jack Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style might help. Also check Grammar Slammer If none of these resources help, please !! email me.
Don't forget that KSU has a Writing Center that is free and open to all students. The Writing Center is located on the second floor of the Humanities Building (HU242). You may bring a paper to the Writing Center and a tutor will review it with you, but they will not proofread papers. I recommend a trip to the Writing Center because another set of eyes never hurts and the tutors are experienced writers who can offer a great deal of insight into a paper. There is also a small computer lab in the Writing Center.
Have questions about the HOPE scholarship program? Here are some answers to questions.
Not sure how to document your sources on a paper? Check out MLA 's FAQ regarding proper citation. Also refer to the chapter in your handbook about MLA style.
Books, books, books. There are many places to buy books, but sometimes it is hard to find good quality volumes. Two companies that are producing excellent hardbound copies of good literature are Everyman's Library and The Library of America. Looking for rare and out of print books? Try Bibliofind. Another good used-book source is abebooks.com. Want to find books online? Try Project Gutenburg or Bartleby.com.
Questia.com is a subscription based on-line academic library and is well-worth the money if you are working on a long-term research project.
The Utne Reader frequently contains interesting reading. Like to have the news from many places at once? Check out Arts and Letters Daily. Here is the New York Times online. Want to know what's going on in the world of academia? The Chronicle of Higher Education is a good place to start.
This is an 1893 drawing of Merlin as the Madman by Aubrey Beardsley. Here is an excerpt from a paper about Merlin's origin.
Voice of the Shuttle is probably one of the most useful resources for literary studies on the web. Check it out--the number of links is astounding.For scholars in the Humanities, VOS is definitely a 5-star destination!
This sentence is typed in a 12 point Garamond font. This one is a 12 point Bodoni book type font. So? We don't really think much about fonts any more--we just pick up a book and start reading or make sure we use the "right" one when we type a paper. However, there was a time when fonts were very important and the competition between printing houses was fierce. Here is a good paper about typography, or, the study of types (fonts).
What was the first book printed using moveable type? Johann Gutenberg printed the Bible in 1456. Here is a comprehensive web site about the impact Gutenberg had on society. Each time you pick up a book--any book--you should think about Gutenberg--his efforts had a profound effect on our access to the printed word!
Here are photos of the Book of Kells, one of the most spectacular illuminated manuscripts ever created.
Here is a photo of the opening page of "The Wife of Bath's Tale " from the Ellesmere manuscript of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales , which dates from around 1410 and is considered by many to be the finest of the Chaucer manuscripts.
For comprehensive web sites that contain Arthurian literature links and resources, check out Project Camelot at the University of Rochester or Labyrinth at Georgetown University.
The Human Languages Page. Choose a language and have fun.
The Hemingway Foundation main page has lots of links to information about one of the most interesting writers of 20th century American literature.
No self-respecting literature scholar can have a web page without including some links to information about William Shakespeare!
Visit the Cervantes Project 2001 , where there are a number of texts, bibliographies, biographies, and translations of one of the world's most treasured works, Don Quixote.
Check out the Depressionist Art website. Funny stuff, especially if you have studied
Art History!
Click here for a comprehensive site on Folklore, Myth and Legend from the University of Calgary.
What is an archetype? What is the collective unconscious? The Carl Jung page contains the answers to these questions, as well as providing a wealth of information to those interested in psychology.
Interested in mythology? Check out Christopher Siren's web page called Myths and Legends .There are many links to great resources. Bullfinch's Mythology is a great starting point for the study of mythology. The standard text for mythology studies is still Edith Hamilton's Mythology. Celtic mythology contains many stories that some scholars believe are more ancient than many of the other Western mythologies.Check out Celtic Heart . This web site contains a great overview of many things Celtic.
Here is a page I put together for a Tolkien class with information about the hero of The Lord of the Rings, Aragorn.
About Me
I was raised in Hamden, Connecticut, a small town directly north of New Haven. I went to Hamden High School until my junior year, when I moved to Atlanta with my family. Hamden is famous for being the home of the Whitney Barn, the building in which Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. I grew up in the Mount Carmel village at the northernmost part of town. It was a beautiful place and I loved growing up in the country. Hamden's population is approximately 60,000 people. "Rush hour" takes about 10 minutes!!
Hamden High School
This is Sleeping Giant. I grew up on a mountain (behind the photographer) that overlooked the Giant's head (the left side of the picture).
The College of Charleston , founded in 1770, is my alma mater.
Randolph Hall, College of Charleston
Genealogy is a great way to hone your research skills. Interested in genealogy? Check out Ancestry.com , which contains many databases that are accessible to the general public. You just never know to whom you might be related! My notable (and confirmed) relatives are William White (a passenger on the Mayflower) and Daniel Webster. I also have Iroquois ancestors and more than a few ancestors who fled the famine in Ireland in the 1840's.
Are you looking for a hobby? Collecting gemstones is a fascinating hobby. Here is a great page with information about collecting gemstones. Also, check out the Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 's website. You will find a ton of information about minerals and gems.In ancient and medieval times, gemstones held a great deal of meaning for the wearer. To find out what wearing a certain gemstone might do for you, go here . Here is the link to the International Colored Gemstone Association.
Here are two of my favorite medieval-inspired pieces of art:
The Accolade (Painting) by Edward Leighton.
Here's a very cool adaptation of Leighton's painting:
The Arming and Departure of the Knights (Tapestry) by William Morris
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