Elizabeth Howells

Elizabeth Howells is chair of the Department of English at Georgia Southern University, where she teaches literature and composition. Recent publications include articles on pedagogy, pop culture, Victorian literature, and a textbook entitled 'Literature: Reading to Write' (Pearson).
There Is No Place Like ‘Ted Lasso’

There Is No Place Like ‘Ted Lasso’

Ted Lasso‘s frequent allusion to the Wizard of Oz shows its guiding principle of selflessness triumphs, no matter the score in the end.

Beyond Don as Dorian: Fin de Siècle, ‘Mad Men’, and Aesthetics

Beyond Don as Dorian: Fin de Siècle, ‘Mad Men’, and Aesthetics

Given the parallels between Dorian Gray and Don Draper, can we use the lesson of the former to predict the fate of the latter?