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Hi. You've reached the home page of Pete Powers. I'm a professor
of English at Messiah College in Grantham PA, where I teach a variety of courses
in multi-ethnic American literature, creative writing, and literary theory.
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about pursuing graduate studies in English
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My vitae
and a copy of my book abstract
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Classes
Modern American Literature, ENGL 352, Spring Term 2007
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Literary Criticism, ENGL 394, Spring Term, 2006.
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Critical Analysis sign up
Reviews and Handouts Created for this Course
Assignments Created for Previous Courses that you may find useful
Web Resources for this Course
Reading in America, ENGL 359, Fall Term, 2006
Assignments
Book Club Assignment
Reviewing Contemporary American Literature, ENG 367/376, Spring Term, 2006
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Updated Schedule
Presentation Schedule
Online Reviews
African American Literature, English 390, Fall Term, 2005.
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Schedule update
Reading Assignments
Writing Assignments
General Sources
Poetic Form
Analyzing Style
Close Reading
Understanding Genre
Western Intellectual Racism
Overview of African American Literary History :
Harlem Renaissance Presentation
Research aids
Useful web sources from my Slavery and Freedom class
ENG 366 Slavery and Freedom in the American Imagination, Spring 2005
First Year Seminar, IDS 101 LL and O, American Slavery and Freedom, Fall
2004
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Schedule
of Presentations
Multi-Ethnic American Literature,
English 242W, Spring 2001
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