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Amanda L. French replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion
Connected Academics on MLA Commons 10 years, 6 months agoHi, I’m Amanda French — I helped the MLA write the Mellon grant that funded the proseminar. Hope you don’t mind if I eavesdrop! I got a PhD in English in 2004 from UVA and since then have been working in libraries and digital humanities. I was THATCamp Coordinator from 2010-2014, and I’m currently Director of Digital Research Services at Virginia…[Read more]
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Amanda L. French deposited Refrain, Again: The Return of the Villanelle in the group
Poetry on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months agoPoets and scholars are all wrong about the villanelle. While most reference texts teach that the villanelle’s nineteen-line alternating-refrain form was codified in the Renaissance, the scholar Julie Kane has conclusively shown that Jean Passerat’s “Villanelle” (“J’ay perdu ma Tourterelle”), written in 1574 and first published in 1606, is the only…[Read more]
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Amanda L. French deposited Refrain, Again: The Return of the Villanelle on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months ago
Poets and scholars are all wrong about the villanelle. While most reference texts teach that the villanelle’s nineteen-line alternating-refrain form was codified in the Renaissance, the scholar Julie Kane has conclusively shown that Jean Passerat’s “Villanelle” (“J’ay perdu ma Tourterelle”), written in 1574 and first published in 1606, is the only…[Read more]
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Amanda L. French edited the doc Agendas on MLA Commons 13 years ago
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Amanda L. French edited the doc Agendas on MLA Commons 13 years ago
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Amanda L. French created the doc Agendas on MLA Commons 13 years ago
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Amanda L. French posted an update on MLA Commons 13 years ago
Going to post our slides from session 639, “Two Tools for Student-Generated Digital Projects.”
Open access, open source, open to all
