Teaching Literary Geography: An American Perspective

Authors

  • Robert Briwa Montana State University

Keywords:

teaching, U.S. universities, literary geography

Abstract

This essay discusses a rationale and potential structure for teaching an introductory literary geography course in U.S. public universities.

Author Biography

Robert Briwa, Montana State University

PhD Student, Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University.

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Published

2018-02-11

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Thinking Space

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