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Joan K. Copjec was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1946; her family is of Czech ancestry. [2] She received her bachelor's degree in English literature, with a minor in Classics, in 1968 from Wheaton College.
The English plural of curriculum vitae is however almost always curricula vitae as in Latin, and this is the only form recorded in the Merriam-Webster, American Heritage, and Oxford English dictionaries, for example [1] [2] [3] (the very rare claim that the Latin plural should be curricula vitarum is in fact an incorrect hypercorrection based ...
It was founded in 1992 at a special session of the Western Literature Association conference in Reno, Nevada for the purpose of "sharing of facts, ideas, and texts concerning the study of literature and the environment." [4] [5] [6] The association hosts a biennial conference since 1995, alternating with symposia in non-conference years.
The scholarly journal American Literature was first published in 1929. [5] In 1989 the American Literature Association, a coalition of 110 affiliated societies mostly concerned with the work of a particular author (e.g. the Emily Dickinson International Society or the Thoreau Society), was organized. [6]
Designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an interest in exploring and analyzing challenging classical and contemporary literature, and a desire to analyze and interpret dominant literary genres and themes, it is often offered to high school seniors and the other AP English course, AP English Language and Composition, to juniors.
At this time, the society's goals included the recovery of lost works by minority authors, the compilation of bibliographies of minority literature, and the enlisting of the aid of ethnic studies scholars in all fields, as well as publishing book reviews, connecting scholars, and printing abstracts on ethnic studies dissertations.
The contributors were predominantly drawn from American institutions. The essays analyzed aspects of literature including books, authors, and literary movements. The encyclopedia was aimed at a general audience without specialized knowledge of the field. The entries are arranged alphabetically rather than chronologically.
American Literary History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Oxford University Press that covers all periods of American literature. It was founded in 1989 and is edited by Gordon Hutner.