Travis Knapp
@tknapp.bsky.social
Sometimes early modernist, sometimes serious. Freezing in North Dakota
Saw Yo-Yo Ma perform tonight. He was exquisite. Wonderful to step away from life's worries for a few hours and be enchanted by Bach (and others).
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Saw Yo-Yo Ma perform tonight. He was exquisite. Wonderful to step away from life's worries for a few hours and be enchanted by Bach (and others).
One unexpected benefit of leaving the TT job (to support partner taking a job at a larger university)? Relearning to love my local, non-academic library.
October 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
One unexpected benefit of leaving the TT job (to support partner taking a job at a larger university)? Relearning to love my local, non-academic library.
Here for Bloo on Bluesky
millennials are band directors now and I think that’s terrific
September 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Here for Bloo on Bluesky
Nebraska gets Schlafly Pumpkin Ale, so I guess I can get my basic on this fall.
September 7, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Nebraska gets Schlafly Pumpkin Ale, so I guess I can get my basic on this fall.
Labor Day seems an appropriate occasion to spend the morning filling out job applications.
September 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Labor Day seems an appropriate occasion to spend the morning filling out job applications.
"But, your fathers, who had not adopted the fashionable idea of this day, of the infallibility of government . . . They went so far in their excitement as to pronounce the measures of government unjust, unreasonable, and oppressive, and altogether such as ought not to be quietly submitted to."
July 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"But, your fathers, who had not adopted the fashionable idea of this day, of the infallibility of government . . . They went so far in their excitement as to pronounce the measures of government unjust, unreasonable, and oppressive, and altogether such as ought not to be quietly submitted to."
Tried accessing all the URLs listed in an author's note from a book published in 2000. Was not expecting the only working one to be an angelfire link.
June 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Tried accessing all the URLs listed in an author's note from a book published in 2000. Was not expecting the only working one to be an angelfire link.
Oh, Early Modern English. Will my students have comments about "how greatly I Iong after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ"? I imagine so.
April 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Oh, Early Modern English. Will my students have comments about "how greatly I Iong after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ"? I imagine so.
My article on the beauty of holiness in #earlymodern England is now on JSTOR: www.jstor.org/stable/27371...
It's not always about altars...
It's not always about altars...
April 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My article on the beauty of holiness in #earlymodern England is now on JSTOR: www.jstor.org/stable/27371...
It's not always about altars...
It's not always about altars...
To avoid the two-body-problem, I'm looking at changing careers. Wasn't expecting to see a bunch of grifter academies on LinkedIn looking for instructional designers or curriculum designers.
April 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
To avoid the two-body-problem, I'm looking at changing careers. Wasn't expecting to see a bunch of grifter academies on LinkedIn looking for instructional designers or curriculum designers.
The US may be crumbling, but my undergrad mentor just sent me an email that ended with the sweetest postscript telling me to let him know when I'm comfortable calling him by his first name instead of "Dr. so-and-so" and that it took a former Rhodes scholar over two decades to get there.
April 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The US may be crumbling, but my undergrad mentor just sent me an email that ended with the sweetest postscript telling me to let him know when I'm comfortable calling him by his first name instead of "Dr. so-and-so" and that it took a former Rhodes scholar over two decades to get there.
Forgot the #earlymodern tag! And probably others.
March 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Forgot the #earlymodern tag! And probably others.
Timely Jeremiah reading for tomorrow's Bible as Lit class? "Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall"
February 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Timely Jeremiah reading for tomorrow's Bible as Lit class? "Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall"
I don't want to get out of bed.
January 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I don't want to get out of bed.
First day of the semester! Will very quickly discover if having three consecutive classes of varying topics (comp 2, Bible as literature, ethics and philosophy of science) with no break is worth the payoff of being done with teaching before noon...
January 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
First day of the semester! Will very quickly discover if having three consecutive classes of varying topics (comp 2, Bible as literature, ethics and philosophy of science) with no break is worth the payoff of being done with teaching before noon...
My semester starts tomorrow, so naturally tonight I'm looking at the RSA and SAA schedules to note interesting sessions. Discovered that while Thursday's sessions don't align between organizations (annoying), Friday's and Saturday's do. Whew.
January 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
My semester starts tomorrow, so naturally tonight I'm looking at the RSA and SAA schedules to note interesting sessions. Discovered that while Thursday's sessions don't align between organizations (annoying), Friday's and Saturday's do. Whew.
Received a physical copy of a collected edition. Noticed my institution was listed incorrectly (a word left out). Cross-checked email and calendar. My fault: I was boarding a Greek Island cruise that day. I guess I wrote the bio on my phone and missed the author bio in the last revision. Oops.
December 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Received a physical copy of a collected edition. Noticed my institution was listed incorrectly (a word left out). Cross-checked email and calendar. My fault: I was boarding a Greek Island cruise that day. I guess I wrote the bio on my phone and missed the author bio in the last revision. Oops.
Fun little bug: the built-in Windows thermometer took a brutally cold temperature and made it to extinction-level hot.
December 4, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Fun little bug: the built-in Windows thermometer took a brutally cold temperature and made it to extinction-level hot.
My quasi-lit review chapter on (sacramental) confession in "The Winter's Tale" is out now in an edited collection on Shakespeare and religion. My first contribution to such a collection. Also the first time I've transitioned from a footnoted draft to a no footnotes chapter...
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
Shakespeare and Religion: Global Tapestry, Dramatic Perspectives
Discover religious themes in Shakespeare's plays across twelve articles, examining influences in his comedies, tragedies, and romances.
vernonpress.com
November 1, 2024 at 7:47 PM
My quasi-lit review chapter on (sacramental) confession in "The Winter's Tale" is out now in an edited collection on Shakespeare and religion. My first contribution to such a collection. Also the first time I've transitioned from a footnoted draft to a no footnotes chapter...
#earlymodern
#earlymodern
Can friendly sarcasm be a good teaching trait? I think my grammar students may be sending me a message...
October 14, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Can friendly sarcasm be a good teaching trait? I think my grammar students may be sending me a message...