When I signed up for Early American Literature last semester, I figured it would just be a quick, three-credit, fill course. American Literature has always been one of my favorite subjects, and I figured this would an easy, albeit boring, A. Once Dr. Bob Daly came in and started lecturing, however, I knew for a fact that I would not be bored. Dr. Daly is a charismatic and entertaining professor; but perhaps more importantly is the staggering scope of his vocabulary and knowledge of literature. Brandishing words such as "adiaphora" and "hermeneutics," Dr. Daly will challenge you to expand your abilities as you go. Unlike some other learned scholars in the English department, he will not suddenly expect you to have fifty years of scholarly experience; he will treat your work as that of an advanced undergraduate student, not as Harold Bloom's latest work of literary criticism.

Dr. Daly will be teaching an advanced undergraduate course in the fall, a 499 independent study class, which is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The class, which will span traditions of American Literature, will be geared towards students looking to teach English or American Literature after graduation. If you're looking to teach after graduation, or if you just want to learn a lot more about American Literature, you could do much worse than to take a class with Dr. Daly.