Welcome to the second issue of Deluge, the undergraduate research journal of Penn State University’s Department of English. Nationwide, increased attention has been paid in recent years to undergraduate research in the humanities, and the Department of English would like to highlight the kinds of research its undergraduates undertake each year. Once again, we have a selection of exceptional honors theses and research papers that have been written, edited and published entirely by Penn State undergraduates.

The first issue of Deluge was published in May of 2003 by myself and the rest of the students of Engl 297A, under the instruction and supervision of Mark Morrisson. This year, as Mark was not available to teach the class again, I took on the task myself. I am proud to present some of the excellent work that my peers in the English Department have done in the past year. I hope you enjoy these essays as much as I do.

John Whitney Scudder
Editor & Webmaster

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If you are an undergraduate in Penn State's English Department, and would like to submit an essay for publication in our next issue, please click here.

If you have any other questions or comments, feel free to email me at Kimberly Del Bright kdb9@psu.edu.