{"id":939,"date":"2022-08-26T21:46:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T21:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/?page_id=939&preview_id=939"},"modified":"2022-10-04T21:31:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T21:31:26","slug":"faculty-pages-forman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/glsp\/faculty-pages-forman\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. J. Rhett Forman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Instructor of General Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: forman@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: 254-968-1653<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Curriculum Vitae<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Courses Taught<\/h4><\/div>
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  • PHIL 1301: Introduction to Philosophy<\/li>
  • GSTU 3398: General Studies Career Skills<\/li>
  • GSTU 4398: General Studies Capstone<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Publications<\/h4><\/div>
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    • \u201c\u2018A Vague, Invarious Delight\u2019: Ezra Pound\u2019s \u2018Middle-Aging Care\u2019 and Bernard Hart\u2019s Psychology of the Complex,\u201d Literature of the Americas<\/em>, no. 7, 2019.<\/li>
    • \u201c\u2018Mandate of Eros\u2019: The Disease of Love in Eliot, Pound, and British Psychology,\u201d Contemporary Studies in Modernism<\/em>, no. 12, 2018.<\/li>
    • \u201cMenippean Satire and Carnivalism in Ezra Pound\u2019s \u2018Pisan Canto 74,\u2019\u201d Ezra Pound and the Spanish World<\/em>, Clemson University Press, forthcoming.<\/li>
    • \u201cEzra Pound,\u201d Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context<\/em>, ABC-CLIO, forthcoming.<\/li>
    • \u201cMarianne Moore,\u201d Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context<\/em>, ABC-CLIO, forthcoming.<\/li>
    • \u201cGertrude Stein,\u201d Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context<\/em>, ABC-CLIO, forthcoming.<\/li>
    • \u201cWilliam Carlos Williams,\u201d Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature in Context<\/em>, ABC-CLIO, forthcoming.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Selected Poetry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      • \u201cUncle Sam, The Repo Man,\u201d Ezra\u2019s Book<\/em>, Clemson University Press, 2019. <\/li>
      • \u201cGold Rush,\u201d Ezra\u2019s Book<\/em>, Clemson University Press, 2019.<\/li>
      • \u201cThe Americaniad,\u201d Ezra\u2019s Book<\/em>, Clemson University Press, 2019.<\/li>
      • \u201cWe Are Singing the West,\u201d The Common Language Project Anthology<\/em>, The Writer\u2019s Garret, 2018.<\/li>
      • \u201cThe Catlin Staircase, Smithsonian American Art Museum,\u201d The Ekphrastic Review<\/em>, 2018.<\/li>
      • \u201cThe Legend of Indigo Jones,\u201d Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review<\/em>, 47, 2018. <\/li>
      • \u201cRed River Snagging,\u201d Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review<\/em>, 47, 2018.<\/li>
      • \u201cPaper Money,\u201d A Packet of Poems for Ezra Pound<\/em>, Clemson University Press, 2017.<\/li>
      •  \u201cRace and a Rebel,\u201d A Packet of Poems for Ezra Pound<\/em>, Clemson University Press, 2017.<\/li>
      • \u201cThe Americaniad.\u201d White Rock Zine Machine<\/em>, vol. 3, 2017.<\/li>
      • \u201cPeleus.\u201d Ramify: The Journal of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts<\/em>, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017.<\/li>
      • \u201cPaper Money,\u201d Make It New<\/em>, vol. 2, no. 2, 2015.<\/li>
      • \u201cThe Exchange, January 1923.\u201d Ramify:<\/em> The Journal of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts<\/em>, vol. 5, no. 1, p. 35, 2014.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Selected Book Reviews<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        • Review of View from the Stork Building: Chinese Variations<\/em>, by Joe Survant, Make It New<\/em>, vol. 6, no. 1, forthcoming.<\/li>
        • Review of The Art of Looking: How to Read Modern and Contemporary Art<\/em>, by Lance Esplund. Make It New<\/em>, vol. 5, no. 1, 2019.<\/li>
        • Review of The Humility of the Brutes: Poems<\/em>, by Ron Smith. Deep South Magazine<\/em>, April 2018.<\/li>
        • Review of For the Common Good: A New History of Higher Education in America<\/em>, by Charles Dorn. Make It New<\/em>, vol. 4, no. 4, 2018.<\/li>
        • Review of Pagan Virtue in a Christian World: Sigismondo Malatesta and the Italian Renaissance<\/em>, by Anthony F. D\u2019Elia. Make It New<\/em>, vol. 3, no. 4, 2017.<\/li>
        • Review of The Duke\u2019s Assassin: Exile and Death of Lorenzino de Medici<\/em>, by Stefano Dall\u2019Aglio. Make It New<\/em>, vol. 3, no. 3, 2017.<\/li>
        • Review of America\u2019s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve<\/em>, by Roger Lowenstein. Make It New<\/em>, vol. 2, no. 4, 2016.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Selected Presentations and Invited Talks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
          • 2019 \u201cTexas Poetry.\u201d The World is Bare Now: Nature and Human Flourishing<\/em>, Braniff Conference in the Liberal Arts, University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas. <\/li>
          • 2018 \u201cModernist Poetry and Modern Psychology.\u201d University of New Orleans Ezra Pound Center for Literature, Brunnenburg Castle Museum, Dorf Tirol, Italy. <\/li>
          • 2020 \u201cThe Sweet New Friendship of Dante and Cavalcanti in La Vita Nuova<\/em>,\u201d The Art of Spiritual Friendship<\/em>. Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX. <\/li>
          • 2019 \u201cThe Rhetoric of Solitude: Antithesis in John Donne\u2019s Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions<\/em>.\u201d The Christian Storyteller<\/em>. Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX. <\/li>
          • 2019 \u201c\u2018Las Cosas M\u00e1s Necias y Tambi\u00e9n Las M\u00e1s Sublimes\u2019: Satire and Insanity in Cervantes, Gald\u00f3s, and Pound.\u201d Ezra Pound and the Spanish World<\/em>. Ezra Pound International Conference, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. <\/li>
          • 2019 \u201c\u2018Love Torturing Itself to Emotion\u2019: Portraits of Hysteria in Eliot and Wagner.\u201d The Image and the Word: Interactions between American Literature, Media, Visual Arts and Film<\/em>. Spanish Association for American Studies, Salamanca, Spain. <\/li>
          • 2019 \u201cOpen Educational Resources and Opening Doors for Tarleton Students.\u201d 16th<\/sup> Annual Excellence in Teaching Conference, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX. <\/li>
          • 2017 \u201cAmerican Prophet, Texas Poet: The Legend of Townes Van Zandt\u2019s \u2018Pancho and Lefty.\u2019\u201d Seminar on Bob Dylan and Poetic Song Verse<\/em>. Association of Literary Scholars, Critics and Writers, University of Dallas, Dallas, TX. <\/li>
          • 2017 \u201c\u2018Mandate of Eros\u2019: Erotic Love in Hugh Selwyn Mauberley<\/em>.\u201d Ezra Pound, Philadelphia Genius, and Modern American Poetry<\/em>. Ezra Pound International Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. PA. <\/li>
          • 2017 \u201cThe Non-Action of Rest: A Rhetorical Analysis of Michael Faraday\u2019s Experimental Researches in Electricity<\/em>.\u201d Bridging Divides, Crossing Borders, Community Building: Core Texts, Liberal Arts, College and the Human Voice<\/em>. Association for Core Texts and Courses Annual Conference, Austin College, Dallas, TX. <\/li>
          • 2016 \u201cThe Rhetoric of Virtue: Persuasion and Law in Aristotle\u2019s Nicomachean Ethics<\/em>.\u201d Tradition, Renewal: Continuity and Change in Core Text, Liberal Arts Programs<\/em>. Association for Core Texts and Courses Annual Conference, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA. <\/li>
          • 2015 \u201c\u2018Those Written Records Pure\u2019: Liberty and Doctrine in Milton\u2019s Paradise Regained<\/em>.\u201d Christianity and Culture: The Interaction of Faith and Literature through the Ages<\/em>. Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX. <\/li>
          • 2015 \u201cA \u2018Mind Leaping Like Dolphins\u2019: Ezra Pound and the Psychology of Pierre Janet.\u201d Ezra Pound and the Green World<\/em>. Ezra Pound International Conference, Brunnenburg Castle Museum, Dorf Tirol, Italy. <\/li>
          • 2015 \u201c\u2018Frankness as Never Before\u2019: Ezra Pound\u2019s Enigmatic Regard for Liberty and Totalitarianism.\u201d Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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            Scholarly Activities<\/h4><\/div>
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            Selected Awards and Grants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
            • 2019 Finalist: \u201cAppalachia Sown,\u201d Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize, Kallisto Gaia Press. <\/li>
            • 2019 Faculty Development Grant, Center for Instructional Innovation, Tarleton State University <\/li>
            • 2018 Hayek Fund for Scholars, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University <\/li>
            • 2014 Professional Development Grant, Toyota Alumni Fund, Kentucky Governor\u2019s School for the Arts <\/li>
            • 2013 Hayek Fund for Scholars, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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              Professional Affiliations<\/h4><\/div>
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              • Association for Literary Scholars, Critics and Writers <\/li>
              • Modern Language Association <\/li>
              • European Association for American Studies <\/li>
              • Spanish Association for American Studies <\/li>
              • Kenneth Burke Society <\/li>
              • Ezra Pound Society <\/li>
              • Texas Poetry Society<\/li>
              • National Federation of State Poetry Societies<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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                Degrees<\/h4><\/div>
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                • Ph.D. (cum laude) in Philology, Linguistics, and Literature, University of Salamanca, 2020.<\/li>
                • Ph.D. (with distinction) in Literature, University of Dallas, 2017.<\/li>
                • M.A. in English, University of Dallas, 2015.<\/li>
                • B.A. (faculty academic excellence award) in Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, 2012.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n