sentimental education

Life lessons on the road, off the shelf

According to Petrarch, travel and reading are the best ways to gain experience.

By Lucy Tang | Sep 15 08:34 pm ET

Sentimental education: of discovering the self within a book

The other day in one of my seminars, a classmate, who I will refer to as “C,” revealed that his favorite book was John Kennedy Toole’s A Confederacy of Dunces. I was absolutely flabbergasted—not from shock, but by how perfectly the book matched his personality.

By Lucy Tang | Apr 26 09:12 pm ET

Sentimental Education: Better to teach from the book or bring it to life?

With a title like “Sentimental Education,” I suppose it’s only appropriate to devote one column to pedagogical imperatives.

By Lucy Tang | Mar 30 12:04 am ET

Sentimental Education: Reconsidering Economic Themes of Literature

A New York Times article a few months ago focused on the current influx of Wall Street types into creative industries. The United States as a nation on credit was bound to collapse.

By Lucy Tang | Mar 8 10:29 pm ET

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