Emma Davenport
@emmadavenport.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Emory. Victorian lit, legal & political theory, novels.
Look, there are many reasons to admire Joe Buttigieg, but this approach to citation is top 3 at least
August 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Look, there are many reasons to admire Joe Buttigieg, but this approach to citation is top 3 at least
Sabrina Carpenter, alias Foucault 😍
June 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Sabrina Carpenter, alias Foucault 😍
The Penguin edition of Lydia Davis's (excellent) translation of Madame Bovary:
April 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Penguin edition of Lydia Davis's (excellent) translation of Madame Bovary:
Teaching Robert Browning tomorrow, which means it's time to introduce my students to this all-time banger tweet @ncecire.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Teaching Robert Browning tomorrow, which means it's time to introduce my students to this all-time banger tweet @ncecire.bsky.social
Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regai
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regai
November 25, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regai
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regai
Um. This NYT Cooking blurb is giving Moby Dick in a big way.
September 29, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Um. This NYT Cooking blurb is giving Moby Dick in a big way.
English/Anglophone Lit jobs down from 611 in 2017 to 270 in 2023. Horrific.
July 17, 2024 at 2:46 PM
English/Anglophone Lit jobs down from 611 in 2017 to 270 in 2023. Horrific.
Yeah, this is not at all a very weird thing to say to a visitor.
April 7, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Yeah, this is not at all a very weird thing to say to a visitor.
Jonathan Harker's first clue that all would not be well at Castle Dracula should have been that Dracula signs off the same way a 7-year-old signs their letter to Santa.
April 6, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Jonathan Harker's first clue that all would not be well at Castle Dracula should have been that Dracula signs off the same way a 7-year-old signs their letter to Santa.
Given "delve" is the giveaway that something was written by AI, per Eric Naiman-- you really gotta respect the the commitment of having AI write your ad for AI.
April 4, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Given "delve" is the giveaway that something was written by AI, per Eric Naiman-- you really gotta respect the the commitment of having AI write your ad for AI.
Duolingo really nailed its choice for Tennyson's Lancelot.
March 5, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Duolingo really nailed its choice for Tennyson's Lancelot.
READY to teach Deleuze & Guattari! 🌳🥔
February 20, 2024 at 9:16 PM
READY to teach Deleuze & Guattari! 🌳🥔
Friends who are writing NAVSA proposals this weekend, I made this for you:
January 26, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Friends who are writing NAVSA proposals this weekend, I made this for you:
CONGRATS TO OUR STUDENTS!!!
November 28, 2023 at 10:06 PM
CONGRATS TO OUR STUDENTS!!!
One finds totally bonkers things just hanging out in one's institutional library: requested a volume of Toru Dutt's poetry from Emory's library and, reader, it is an 1882 first edition.
November 6, 2023 at 1:56 PM
One finds totally bonkers things just hanging out in one's institutional library: requested a volume of Toru Dutt's poetry from Emory's library and, reader, it is an 1882 first edition.
Reskeet with a picture of your first vampire lover.
September 14, 2023 at 10:24 PM
Reskeet with a picture of your first vampire lover.