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    Early Modern Roll Call

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    13 hours ago, JustPoesieAlong said:

    (Inspired from the general post on the board about preparatory reading lists): Early modern folks, what are you reading to prepare over the summer? I'm nervous that I have gaps I'm not aware of and would love to know if anyone else has the same worry and what you're doing about it.

    Right now, to make sure I've got a solid foundation in early modern medicine/medical rhetoric/early modern science (my primary interests), my reading goals include:

    • Thomas Browne's Religio Medici (currently reading)
    • Thomas Nashe's The Unfortunate Traveller
    • Ben Johnson's The Alchemist
    • Bacon's Advancement of Learning
    • Anything on the subject by Stephen Pender
    • Lucinda M. Beier's  Sufferers and Healers: The Experience of Illness in EM England
    • Kerwin's Beyond the Body: The Boundariesof Medicine and English Ren. Drama
    • Vaught's Rhetorics of Bodily Disease and Health in Medieval and EM Engand

    It's laughably ambitious to hope that I will get through all of this before fall, what with kids, a full time job, selling our house, moving, but I'm just going to do my best.

    But, more generally, what works do you consider "required reading" before you start your respective programs? 

    Your list looks great!

    I’m not even sure where I’m going yet, but at the very least parallel to my current studies I’m aiming for:

    Radical Tragedy by Jonathan Dollimor

    and finishing up a few final plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Ford to round up the dramatic corpus

     

    International Applicant/Student Experiences

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    Hey @bigfluffybearcat I understand how you feel. The nagging thoughts of overthinking how exactly universities will review transcripts and PoS... But congrats on your acceptance! That should be an amazing reassurance that you shouldn't be self-conscious about the whole process!

    I'm still waiting with my fingers crossed for an acceptance.

    Will this be the first time you'll study outside your home country? 

    International Applicant/Student Experiences

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

    Posted · Edited by BlessMeWithSnow

    Hey everyone, 

    I'm opening this post up just to hear about International applicants or current students (who are either non-American/Canadian or haven't lived there for a long time) to hear about your experiences. Travel, relocating to a different country, finding an apartment (!!), speaking English outside of your home/academic institution, being away from family and friends, or any other experiences you might wanna share.

    I'm an American living in the Middle East (I moved away from the states in middle school), and am still waiting on results from schools.

    Would love to hear you all :) 

    Canadian Masters in English Lit

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    7 hours ago, writethebeats said:

    While mine is for the Masters program, my application says the same thing. I am stressed.

    Mine says the same thing and I've also applied for the Masters program. 

    Congrats for the acceptance into Teaching though!

    7 hours ago, RainDays said:

    It's really strange. Especially because historically, from what I can see on the results pages here, McGill notifies successful applicants relatively early on (at least for PhD, and a few MAs). I think the only explanation is that they literally haven't opened/begun reviewing ours yet. That has to be it? Unless they have begun reviewing ours but have just neglected to change the statuses. 

    I admit I called IT services at McGill and they told me they couldn't tell if my application had been opened or not by the department. No reassurance to be had.  

    I'm not sure that the 'submitted' is even going to change before it turns to 'Decision Made.' Hopefully they'll start sending out answers by the end of Feburary. Fingers crossed for all of us!

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