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A Brief Exploration of Japanese Poetry Robert Steed
Pilar Barrera
General Humanities East Asian Studies
Japan
Poetry
Advanced Latin: Silius Italicus' 'Punica' Patrick Lyon Language Classical Literature
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Advanced Old English: Beowulf I Larry Swain Language Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Monsters
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Advanced Old English: Beowulf II Larry Swain Language Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Monsters
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
An Introduction to the Oddest Inkling NOT PUBLIC Fantasy Studies Charles Williams
Metaphysics
Poetry
Religious Studies
Science Fiction
The Inklings
Weird Fiction
A Sip of Tea and Tea Culture Robert Steed General Humanities China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Food
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
July 2024
Big Bold Beowulf: A Study of the Poem Larry Swain General Humanities Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Monsters
Poetry
The Middle Ages
Chinese History for Fans of Chinese Media Robert Steed General Humanities China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
History
Poetry
Religious Studies
Science Fiction
The Middle Ages
Creative Writing: An Adventure in Analogy NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Aristotle's Poetics for Story-Tellers Julian Barr Creative Writing Adaptation Theory
Classical Literature
Collaborative Feedback
Composition
Creative Writing
Cultural Studies
Philosophy
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Spotlight May 2024
Creative Writing: Confessional Poetry NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Free Verse NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Lyric Poetry NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Narrative Poetry NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Workshops
Creative Writing: Poetic Meter NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms First in the Series NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Workshops
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: "Free Verse" Continuing Series NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms Series Series NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Ballad Continuing Series NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Ode Continuing Series NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Pantoum Continuing Series NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Sestina Continuing Series NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Sonnet Continuing Series NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms: The Villanelle Continuing Series NOT PUBLIC Creative Writing Creative Writing
Poetry
Creative Writing: Tools of the Song Writer Christopher Bartlett Creative Writing Adaptation Theory
Collaborative Feedback
Composition
Creative Writing
Fall Survey 2023
Music
Poetry
Discovering, Understanding, and Loving Haiku Pilar Barrera
Robert Steed
General Humanities Creative Writing
East Asian Studies
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
Earendel Sprang Up From The Ocean's Cup: The Poetic Corpus of J.R.R. Tolkien Fantasy Studies Epic Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Fantasy
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Poetry
Religious Studies
January 2025
Early Modern Europe (1500-1800): Philosophy and Literature Hamish Williams General Humanities British Literature
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
Drama
Ethics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Renaissance
Romanticism
Shakespeare
The Enlightenment
Elementary, My Dear Shakespeare NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Poetry
Shakespeare
English Sonnet Readings Faith Acker General Humanities Poetry
Exploring Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 Robert Steed General Humanities China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
History
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Video Games
Exploring Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book 枕草子 Robert Steed General Humanities Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Women's Studies
How To Read a Poem NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Poetry
Ink Spots and Tea Stains: What we Learn from C.S. Lewis's Writing Habits Brenton Dickieson Creative Writing Archival Research
Arthurian Literature
British Literature
Children’s Literature
Composition
Crafting
Creative Writing
CS Lewis
Digital Humanities
Fantasy
JRR Tolkien
Owen Barfield
Poetry
Science Fiction
The Inklings
The Middle Ages
Worldbuilding
Intermediate Latin: Horace Larry Swain Language Advanced Languages
Classical Literature
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Intermediate Latin Readings Series Language Advanced Languages
Bible
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Intermediate Latin Translation: Martial’s Epigrammata Faith Acker Language Advanced Languages
Classical Literature
Fall Survey 2023
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Intermediate Latin Translation: The Vulgate Psalms Faith Acker Language Advanced Languages
Bible
Poetry
Religious Studies
Intro to Classical Mythology Joshua Sosa General Humanities Comparative Mythology
May Showcase 2023
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
May 2023
Japanese History for Fans of Japanese Media Robert Steed General Humanities Anime
Classical Literature
Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Drama
East Asian Studies
History
Japan
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Time Travel
Travel Literature
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters Series Sara Brown
Patrick Lyon
Fantasy Studies Fantasy
History
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
Poetry
The Inklings
Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 1 First in the Series Fantasy Studies Fantasy
History
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
Poetry
The Inklings
Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 2 Continuing Series Fantasy Studies Fantasy
History
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
Poetry
The Inklings
Worldbuilding
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 3 Continuing Series Fantasy Studies Fantasy
History
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
Poetry
The Inklings
Worldbuilding
May 2024 (1)
J.R.R. Tolkien: A Life in Letters 4 Continuing Series Fantasy Studies Fantasy
History
JRR Tolkien
Linguistics
Poetry
The Inklings
Worldbuilding
June 2024
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún Carl Anderson Fantasy Studies Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Poetry
The Middle Ages
June 2024
Latin: Cicero's Pro Archia NOT PUBLIC Larry Swain Language Advanced Languages
Classical Literature
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Latin: Plautus' Miles Gloriosus (the Braggart Soldier) Larry Swain Language Advanced Languages
Classical Literature
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Latin Readings for Advanced Beginners 2 Continuing Series Faith Acker Language Beginning Languages
Classical Literature
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Literature and Justice NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Bible
Classical Literature
Ethics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
Medieval Drama: The Towneley Plays NOT PUBLIC Chris Pipkin General Humanities Drama
Poetry
The Middle Ages
Medieval Monsters: Grendel NOT PUBLIC Chris Pipkin General Humanities Monsters
Poetry
The Middle Ages
Milton's Paradise Lost Jeremy Larson General Humanities Bible
Fall Survey 2023
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
Renaissance
Modern British Poetry Sara Brown General Humanities British Literature
Poetry
Plague Literature NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Poetry
Science Fiction
Poems with a Story Pilar Barrera General Humanities Poetry
Poetry as Practical Ecology NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Ecocriticism
Poetry
Poetry in Tolkien's Time NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Charles Williams
CS Lewis
JRR Tolkien
Modernism
Owen Barfield
Poetry
The Inklings
Reader's Theater: The Tempest NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Drama
Poetry
Reading John Donne’s Holy Sonnets Faith Acker General Humanities Metaphysics
Poetry
Religious Studies
Renaissance
Readings in Old English: The Battle of Maldon & Group Reading Language Advanced Languages
Cultural Studies
Germanic Studies
Poetry
The Middle Ages
Scottish Gaelic Song Sìne Màiri MacDougall Language Conversational Languages
Music
Poetry
SPACE 4 Kids & Teens: Spinning into SAT Literature with Style (Tutoring Concept) NOT PUBLIC General Humanities British Literature
Children’s Literature
Classical Literature
Literacy
Novellas
Poetry
Shakespeare
Skills
Test Preparation
Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey! Series Faith Acker General Humanities Classical Literature
History
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 1 First in the Series Faith Acker General Humanities Classical Literature
History
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Travel Literature
June 2024
Such an Odyssey 2 Continuing Series Faith Acker General Humanities Classical Literature
History
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 3 Continuing Series Faith Acker General Humanities Classical Literature
History
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Travel Literature
Such an Odyssey 4 Continuing Series Faith Acker General Humanities Classical Literature
History
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
Travel Literature
Sunshine, Fleas, and Desperate Pleas: Eight Amorous Verses by John Donne Faith Acker General Humanities Metaphysics
Poetry
Renaissance
The Contours of Consciousness: A Study of Owen Barfield's Romanticism Comes of Age NOT PUBLIC Clayton McReynolds General Humanities History
Linguistics
Metaphysics
Owen Barfield
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
Romanticism
The Inklings
The Old Saxon for Old English Readers Isaac Schendel Language Beginning Languages
Fall Survey 2023
Germanic Studies
Linguistics
Poetry
The Middle Ages
The (Other) Canterbury Tales General Humanities British Literature
Fairy Tales
History
Poetry
The Middle Ages
Travel Literature
August 2024
The Quest for the Holy Grail NOT PUBLIC Fantasy Studies Bible
CS Lewis
JRR Tolkien
Metaphysics
Owen Barfield
Poetry
Religious Studies
Renaissance
The Inklings
The Middle Ages
The Seven Deadly Stories NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Bible
Classical Literature
CS Lewis
Ethics
Fairy Tales
JRR Tolkien
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
Renaissance
The Greco-Roman World
The Inklings
The Middle Ages
The Trojan Quest: Aeneid 1 Julian Barr General Humanities Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
History
Magic
Monsters
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
The Women of Beowulf Chris Vaccaro Fantasy Studies Beginning Languages
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
Monsters
Poetry
The Middle Ages
Women's Studies
Tolkien and the Classical World Fantasy Studies British Literature
Classical Literature
Comparative Mythology
Cultural Studies
Epic Fantasy
Ethics
Fantasy
History
JRR Tolkien
May Showcase 2024
Philosophy
Poetry
The Greco-Roman World
May 2024 Spotlight July 2024
Tolkien and the Romantics: Dark Romanticism and the Gothic Literary Tradition Will Sherwood General Humanities Anthropocene
British Literature
Classical Literature
Ecocriticism
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
Gothic Literature
JRR Tolkien
Literacy
Magic
Metaphysics
Monsters
Philosophy
Poetry
Romanticism
The Middle Ages
Tolkien and the Romantics: Forging Myth and History Will Sherwood General Humanities Anthropocene
Arthurian Literature
British Literature
Classical Literature
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
Gothic Literature
History
JRR Tolkien
Literacy
Magic
Metaphysics
Monsters
Philosophy
Poetry
Romanticism
The Middle Ages
Time Travel
Travel Literature
Worldbuilding
Tolkien and the Romantics: Imagining and Dreaming Will Sherwood General Humanities British Literature
Classical Literature
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
Gothic Literature
JRR Tolkien
Literacy
Magic
Metaphysics
Oct Showcase 2023
Owen Barfield
Poetry
Romanticism
The Inklings
The Middle Ages
Time Travel
October 2023
Tolkien on Stage NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Drama
JRR Tolkien
Poetry
The Inklings
Tolkien's Poetry Fantasy Studies British Literature
Epic Fantasy
Fantasy
JRR Tolkien
Poetry
The Inklings
Tolkien, the Anglo-Saxon Minstrel Jennifer Rogers Fantasy Studies Fall Survey 2023
Germanic Studies
JRR Tolkien
Poetry
Tolkien & Williams as Worldbuilders NOT PUBLIC Fantasy Studies JRR Tolkien
Poetry
The Inklings
Worldbuilding
Video Game Studies Wesley Schantz General Humanities Adaptation Theory
Anime
Children’s Literature
Digital Humanities
Fall Survey 2023
Film Studies
History
Japan
Monsters
Music
Philosophy
Poetry
Science Fiction
Video Games
November 2022
William Butler Yeats: The Magical Modernist NOT PUBLIC General Humanities British Literature
Magic
Modernism
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
Wisdom Literature: The Book of Job NOT PUBLIC General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Bible
Metaphysics
Poetry
Religious Studies
Zen History and Thought: An Overview Robert Steed General Humanities China
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Fall Survey 2023
History
Japan
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
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