Criticism – Janet Ruth Heller

Article about Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio published in MidAmerica

Author: Janet Ruth Heller January 28, 2025

My article “Multiple Awakenings in Sherwood Anderson’s Story ‘An Awakening’” just appeared in MidAmerica, volume 51 (2024) on pages 43-53. I used to teach this story from the book Winesburg, Ohio to my undergraduate English composition and literature students at…
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Criticism, empathy, Fiction, Literature, Love, mental health, Psychological Issues, scholarly articles

gender roles, Grotesque characters, insight, power in society, Psychological Issues, repression, traditional norms

Janet Ruth Heller presented a memoir chapter and a literary analysis at the conference of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature on May 28-30, 2024.

Author: Janet Ruth Heller June 3, 2024

Janet Ruth Heller presented a memoir chapter and a literary analysis at the conference of the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature on May 28-30, 2024 in East Lansing, Michigan. The title of her memoir chapter is “A Pat…
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Autobiography, Body-Shaming, Conference Presentations, Creative Writing, Criticism, Family, Janet's Speaking Events, Memoir, Nonfiction, Parenting, Public Speaking

literary criticism, memoir, Parental Criticism, Power, Sherwood Anderson

Janet Ruth Heller on Panel about Midwestern Dramatic Monologues at the Writing the Midwest Conference on June 1, 2015

Author: Janet Ruth Heller April 23, 2015

Monday, June 1, 2015—Janet Ruth Heller will be discussing “Dramatic Monologues in Midwestern Poetry,” reading her poetry, and autographing her books from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Writing the Midwest, the annual conference of the Society for the Study of…
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Autographing, Books, Criticism, Humanities, Janet's Speaking Events, Literature, Midrash/Exegesis, Poetry, Poetry Reading

dramatic monologues, Midwestern literature, poetry, poetry reading