Russell Potter
My blogs
- HEFT
- English 433: Modern Grammar
- ENGL-122: Literature and the Canon
- The Land in Trust
- Media Culture II
- English 123 Section 4
- Modern Grammar
- Victorian Literature and Visual Culture
- FYW 100-20: Reinventing the Wheel
- The Virtual Growlery
- PYG</cen...
- Arctic Encounters</cent...
- English 120: Literature and Identity (Section 7)
- ENGL 315: Literature,Envir... and Ecocriticism
- VISIONS OF THE NORTH
- English120:Liter... and Identity (Section 8)
- Media Studes at RIC
- ENGLI... 350: Tolkien and Language</ce...
- Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies
- Russell Potter
- ENG 305B: Advanced Creative Writing
- ENGL-121: Literature and Nation
- Arctic Book Review
- ENGL 432: Studies in the English Language
- English 208: British Literature
- Media Culture I
- RAP Test Blog
- English 123: Literature and Genre
- ENGL 306: Victorian Literature and Culture
- E P I S T E M O P H I L I A
- English 206: British Literature from 1800
- English 232: Writing for the Public Sphere
- ENGL 460: The Ends of Exploration
- English 120: Literature and Identity (Section 7)
- Media Aesthetics
Gender | Male |
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Industry | Education |
Occupation | Professor of English |
Location | Rhode Island, United States |
Introduction | Russell Potter is Professor of English at Rhode Island College. He speciality is the history of polar exploration (Arctic Spectacles, 2007), with a focus on the the lost 1845 Arctic expedition of Sir John Franklin; his 2016 book, Finding Franklin: The Untold Story of a 165-Year Search,details the long search for evidence of the expedition. In 2022, along with Peter Carney, Regina Koellner, and Mary Williamson, he has edited a volume containing all the known letters to and from Franklin's men: May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth: Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition; the publisher is McGill-Queen's University Press. |
Interests | Arctic Exploration, Victorian Visual Culture, Pre-cinema, Early Film, Panoramas, Magic Lanterns, Dioramas, Shadow Plays, Toy Theatres, Charles Dickens, Rare Books, Printmaking, Illustrated Newspapers, Penny Gaffs, Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars, Coffee Shops, Terry Gilliam, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Steampunk, L. Frank Baum, Sherlock Holmes |
Favorite Movies | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Pan's Labyrinth, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 49th Parallel, Let the Right One In, Modern Times, City of Lost Children |
Favorite Books | Our Mutual Friend, The Barnum Museum, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Swallow, The Accursed Share, Untimely Meditations, Lanark |