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John Ridland
Emeritus
English Department
UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3170
Tel: (805) 893-3353
Fax: (805) 893-4622
Email: jridland@english.ucsb.edu
Office: SH 4717
Availability:
Office Hours: contact via email
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| John Ridland is a Research Professor in the English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School in 1964, and his central interests include poetry; verse writing; Robert Frost; and Australian/New Zealand literature. He is the author of several books of poetry, including Fires of Home (1961),Ode on Violence (1969), And Say What He is (1975), In the Shadowless Light (1978), Elegy for my Aunt (1981), and Palms (1993); as well as articles and essays in Quadrant, Helix, Southwest Review, Parnassus, and Light. Professor Ridland is currently at work on a poems, reviews, and essays. |
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Areas of Interest |
- Poetry
- Verse Writing
- Robert Frost
- Literature of Australia and New Zealand
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Books and Recent Articles |
| (un)Extinguished Lamp/Lampara (an)Apagada (2000)
John the Valiant, a verse translation of the Hungarian classic, Janos Vitez by Sandor Petofi (Corvina Press, Budapest, 1999; second edition, Devi Art Foundation, Pecs, 2001)
Life with Unkie (1999)
Palms (1993)
Elegy for my Aunt (1981)
In the Shadowless Light (1978)
And Say What He Is (1975)
Ode on Violence (1969)
"'Kindness and Courage': Eight Letters from James McAuley," Quadrant 38 7-81 (1994)
"A Favour and a Grace," Robert Frost Review (Fall 1993)
"Introduction of Harry Duncan," Soundings: Collections of the University Library 14(20) (1983)
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Current Projects |
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Recent Course Offerings |
- Writing of Verse
- Craft of Verse
- 20th Century American Poetry
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Courses
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| Winter 2004 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar |
| Fall 2003 |
ENGL 109 |
Writing of Verse |
| Fall 2003 |
CCS 112 Section 1 |
Literary Structure: Nonchronological
: Reciting Poems |
| Winter 2003 |
CCS 110Section 5 |
Genres
: Shakespeare: Winners or Losers? |
| Winter 2003 |
ENGL 132RF |
Studies in American Writers
: Robert Frost |
| Fall 2002 |
ENGL 109 |
Writing of Verse |
| Fall 2002 |
CCS 112 |
Literary Structure: Nonchronological |
| Winter 2002 |
ENGL 109 |
Writing of Verse |
| Winter 2002 |
CCS 110 |
Genres
: Genres |
| Fall 2001 |
ENGL 137B |
Poetry in America since 1900 |
| Spring 2001 |
CCS 10 |
Genres |
| Spring 2001 |
ENGL 109 |
Writing of Verse |
| Winter 2001 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar
: Modern American Poetry/20th Century |
| Fall 2000 |
ENGL 183 |
Craft of Verse |
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