Many years ago, I believed I would become an 18th and 19th century British literature specialist. I took an independent study my last year in college, and I acquired a LOT of novels from the 18th century as a means of building the teaching collection. Lo and behold, I changed my mind my first year of the PhD (to 20th and 21st century, which is an *enormous* shift, but I’ve been very fortunate, and it was absolutely the right choice for me), and that meant […]