This collection came together as the result of the annual Romantic Circles-NASSR (North American Society for the Study of Romanticism) Pedagogy Prize. Lindsey Eckert and Lissette Lopez Szwydky, co-winners of the 2014 prize, separately submitted projects that included technology as central components of their courses. Together, the six essays in this volume speak to the value of collaboration, interdisciplinary teaching, and public humanities. Underscoring all of the contributions is a belief that Romantic literature is uniquely suited to innovate pedagogical approaches that embrace new technologies because the historical period itself was characterized by questions about technology, its consequences, and its possibilities. As scholars and educators of Romanticism, we see strong parallels between the period that we teach and the age in which we live. Using multimedia projects, the essays in this collection approach themes central to Romanticism—nature, rights, collaboration, reading, the public sphere—through the Industrial Revolution at the turn of the nineteenth century and the digital revolution at the turn of the twenty-first century. This volume provides practical overviews of technical and digital alternative assignments that can be incorporated into Romantic-period courses, including critical reflection about the value of digital projects in the humanities.
Romantic Circles Pedagogies
Romantic Circles Pedagogies offers resources for teachers and professors of Romantic Studies to help them design and use online materials for teaching.
Section Editors:
Kate Singer
D.B. Ruderman
Pedagogies Advisory Board:
Roger Whitson | Andrew Burkett | Lindsey Eckert | Kirstyn Leuner
NASSR / Romantic Circles Pedagogies Contest
Latest Winners
- A Wider World of Revolution | December 2015
- Romantic Remediations: A Creative Writing Assignment | December 2015
- Theories of the Sublime: Longinus, Burke, Kant, and Ngai | November 2014
- ENGL 630: Radical Publishers of the Romantic Era | November 2014
- Mary Shelley in Context(s): Wikis and Blogs in Romanticism Courses | November 2014