Graduate Studies in English
M.F.A. Fiction, Texas State University
B.A. English, University of California, Berkeley Dissertation Title:
“From First Man to Last Man: The Specular Subject in the Transatlantic Novel, 1719-1850” (working title)
Research Interests:
My research focus is on the British and American novel's engagement with philosophy during the long transatlantic 18th century, particularly on the conceptualization of thinking on a visual model and the critique of that model in fiction. My other interests include creative writing, film, and visual studies.
Select Conference Presentations:
Ph.D. Student Profiles
Matthew PangbornM.F.A. Fiction, Texas State University
B.A. English, University of California, Berkeley Dissertation Title:
“From First Man to Last Man: The Specular Subject in the Transatlantic Novel, 1719-1850” (working title)
Research Interests:
My research focus is on the British and American novel's engagement with philosophy during the long transatlantic 18th century, particularly on the conceptualization of thinking on a visual model and the critique of that model in fiction. My other interests include creative writing, film, and visual studies.
Select Conference Presentations:
- Organizer of the “Romanticism and the Body” panels, International Conference on Romanticism, Arizona State, 2006
- “Hawthorne's ‘Third World of the Spirit’ in 'My Kinsman, Major Molyneux,’”
International Transatlanticism Conference, Oxford University, 2006 - Other papers delivered at conferences organized by the American Comparative Literature Association, the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society, and the Popular Culture Association
Select Fellowships and Awards:
The Eugene Garber Prize for Fiction, 2005
Select Teaching Experience:
ENG 226: The Gothic in Literature and Film
ENG 226: The Fantastic in American Philosophy, Literature, and Film
ENG 102Z: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 1301/1302: English Composition
ENG 301: Basic Writing
mhpangborn@yahoo.com
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