Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 450+ posts. While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently.
As a result, we’re highlighting some of the posts that have garnered a lot of views or that address topics of continuing interest in the current moment — posts that you may have missed or that you might want to revisit.
Today’s archival find: a post published on 15 February 2018 — six years ago to the day — in which Dan Hoyt offered a recap of a Valentine-themed colloquium in honor of the bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: “Love Letters to Mary Shelley.”
As Dan explains at the start of the original post:
The Kansas State English Department celebrated Valentine’s Day in the traditional way — you know, by talking about a creature with a stolen heart. In five short talks marking the bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, K-State graduate students and faculty members expressed their love for this groundbreaking work, examined the book’s ongoing cultural resonance, and re-examined and redefined “the M word.” (It’s “monster,” by the way, not “Mary.”)
Read more about this 2018 colloquium and Shelley’s novel at “Love Letters to Mary Shelley” — and enjoy new perspectives on this classic text!
— Karin Westman, Department Head
K-State English 