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bmielke@truman.edu
McClain 314, x 4122
Office hours for Spring 2009
MWF 2:30-3:30
T 2:30-3:30
R 10:30-12:00 and 3:00-5:00
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began to teach at Truman in 1986, and he specializes in and
usually teaches American Literature, early modern to post-modern British
Literature, 20th Century World Literature, Film, Literary Theory, American
Studies, and Cultural Studies. His current research interests are revising
for publication book-length manuscripts in American nuclear culture and
avant-pop music; starting a project on American Catholicism in the
wake of Vatican II.
"I'm from
Milwaukee. I did my graduate work primarily at Duke University
(both MA and PhD). Aside from turning my hobbies into my areas of
specialization, I also like to cook for people and care for my 3 cats, 21
fish, and corn snake. I also like to sing and play crude synthesizer
and/or/as percussion."
Dr. Mielke's
favorite authors are James Joyce and Lester Bangs. His favorite text is Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany.
His favorite quotation?
"...[H]uman language is like a
cracked tub on which we beat out ditties to make a bear dance, when we would
move the stars to weep."
-Gustave
Flaubert, Mme. Bovary
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