Comments for Tarvin's Blog

Comment on British Literature by Lucy B

Lucy B — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 03:32:20 +0000

What a wonderful blog! English literature is a wonderful subject, and this blog really does it justice. I am a book reviewer hoping to promote literature and reading to others, so appreciate your work

Comment on American Literature by Dr. William Tarvin

Dr. William Tarvin — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 04:21:14 +0000

Dear Raju, I am sorry, but I do not plan to post any handouts on Bacon and Addison and Steele. The lecture notes that I have on those writers are out-of-date and, given that I am now a retired professor, I do not have the time to update those notes. Sorry.
Best wishes,
Dr. Tarvin

Comment on American Literature by Raju Subramanian

Raju Subramanian — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:54:33 +0000

Your website provides very useful information. It will be useful for me if you could supply analysis of Bacon’s Essays, Addison and Steele essays (particularly prose works of English literature) etc. Thank you very much, indeed.

Comment on British Literature by bouthainah

bouthainah — Sat, 25 May 2013 15:20:14 +0000

Dear Dr William Tarvin
I am writing to thank you for your hard effort which was very helpful along with the efforts of all my professors to pass my comprehensive Exams in M.A English Literature and Criticism, and as you predicted i passed with “Excellence” thanks again

Comment on British Literature by Dr. William Tarvin

Dr. William Tarvin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:46:51 +0000

Dear Teresa,
I am happy that you found the Themes of American Literature handout valuable for your class. I wish you good fortune in your career and your life.
Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any other literary questions

Sincerely,
Dr. Tarvin

Comment on British Literature by Teresa Hinkle-Jones

Teresa Hinkle-Jones — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:26:46 +0000

Wow…I am shocked that you actually responded! THANK YOU so much! I just downloaded the information from Tthe TpT site and it was well worth the small fee! I am encouraged by your generosity through the sharing of knowledge! Thanks again…

Comment on British Literature by Dr. William Tarvin

Dr. William Tarvin — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:41:41 +0000

Dear Teresa Hinkle-Jones,

Thank you for your inquiry.
Because of the popularity of my American Themes literary handout, I moved it to the website http://www.teacherspayteachers.com
You may purchase it there for a small price.
I have had to do this with certain of my popular handouts in order to help me cover the expenses of my free website http://www.tarvin.lit
Again, thank you for your interest in my website, which recently reached 30,000 users.

Best wishes in your educational career.

Sincerely,
Dr. Tarvin

Comment on British Literature by Teresa Hinkle-Jones

Teresa Hinkle-Jones — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:00:07 +0000

Dr. Tarvin, I am a secondary teacher and I love the information that you have provided! I am in need of a document that I found a few years ago on your site…it was entitled “Major Themes in American Literature”. If possible, can you please forward me a copy of that documement…it has vital information which will help my students as they approach an upcoming unit. Thank you so much…have a blessed day!

Comment on British Literature by Dr. William Tarvin

Dr. William Tarvin — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:51:02 +0000

Dear Marketa,
Thank you for your kind comments about my literary website. It has certainly grown in the last year, and now I have just over 30,000 visitors, many of whom are regular users of my handouts.
Concerning Heaney, of course, he is an Irish poet. The first sentence of my handout on him clearly identifies him and as an “Irish poet,” and I follow with a few sentences on the importance of Irish landscape in his poems.
Also In the headnote to the British Literature site, I state, “Also certain European writers who influenced British Literature will be discussed.” Heaney falls in this category, as do the Czech writer Franz Kafka and the Nigerian poet and playwright Wole Soyinka, who are included in my British Literature site.
Thank you again. I appreciate such intelligent emails as yours as it gives me the opportunity to clarify the purpose of my website. I wish you all success and happiness in your literary studies. You seem to have a brilliant mind and a wonderful attention to details, both necessary in a literary scholar.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any other literary points to make or questions about my handouts.
Sincerely,
Dr. William L. Tarvin

Comment on British Literature by Marketa

Marketa — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:24:02 +0000

Dear Tarvin,
your analyses are great, thank you so much for sharing them. Just to point out that Seamus Heaney is not a British poet, but Irish. The Republic of Ireland is a separate country to Great Britain.
Best wishes.