Classes
– Shakespeare and Film
– Shakespeare in America
– Studies in Poetry
– 20th Century Poetry
– Literary Analysis
– Modern Drama
Learn more about Dr. Goertz
Specializations: twentieth-century literature
Education
B.A., Centre College
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Awards
1997, the Arthur and Ilene Baynham Award for Outstanding Teaching
Publications
Books:
Co-edited with E. Eden, Carol Shields, Narrative Hunger, and the Possibilities of Fiction. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Contributions to Books:
“Mothers and Monsters: The Return of the Great Goddess in George R. R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire” in Myth in the Modern World: Essays on Intersections with Ideology and Culture. Eds. John Perlich and David Whitt. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014.
“The Hero with the Thousand-and-First Face: Miyazaki’s Girl Quester in Spirited Away and Campbell’s Monomyth” in Millennial Mythmaking: Essays on the Power of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Films and Games. Eds. John Perlich and David Whitt. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010.
“Treading the Maze of Larry’s Party.” Carol Shields, Narrative Hunger, and the Possibilities of Fiction. Eds. E. Eden & D. Goertz eds. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003, 230-254.
“To Pose or Not to Pose: The Interplay of Object and Subject in the Works of Angela Carter.” In British Women Writing Fiction. Ed. Abby H.P. Werlock. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2000, 213-28
“Anny Annas in Finnegan’s Wake? Manny!” In The Anna Book: Searching for Ann in Literary History. Ed. Mickey Pearlman. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992, 123-30.
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