I have been teaching Modern British and Irish Literature at Cape Breton University since 1990. Other interests evolved from these areas: for example, classical mythology in Modern Literatre as well as Celtic mythology. I am particularly drawn to Ye
...MoreI have been teaching Modern British and Irish Literature at Cape Breton University since 1990. Other interests evolved from these areas: for example, classical mythology in Modern Literatre as well as Celtic mythology. I am particularly drawn to Yeats and Seamus Heaney. I attend the International Irish Summer Schools as often as I can. In the last five years I have been exploring connections between the Arts and ecology and have initiated a number of projects that involve collaborations with artists, teachers, academics, and ecologists. In the next few years I would like to develop a new course on Literature and Ecology, and take it out of the classroom whenever possible. At the moment I am working on an essay on Seamus Heaney and the creative process as it is dramatized in the myth of Orpheus. I am also a devoted beach-comber.
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