Mary Ann Wimsatt

Professor

wimsattm@mailbox.sc.edu

Education

Ph.D., Duke University, 1964

Specialization Areas

• African-American Literature and Cultural Studies
• Literature and the Philosophy of Religion
• Comics and Graphic Novels

Recent Courses

See Course Descriptions for detailed information.

• ENGL 758     Southern Literature, 1800-1900
• ENGL 759     Southern Literature, 1900-present
• ENGL 427     Modern American Literature
• ENGL 285     Topics in American Literature for Non-English Majors
• ENGL 350E   Documentary Film and Literature of Modern War

Publications and Honors

Entries for "Gail Godwin" and "William Gilmore Simms" in the newly issued volume Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary, Louisiana State University Press, 2006..

"'Humor, Simms, Baldwin, and Me' in Studies in American Humor, New Series 13 (2005-2006)

An online review of Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, novel and film (1997 film)

She has been appointed to the Editorial Board of "Studies in American Humor"