Dr. Anita Helmbold
Sessional Professor of English
Office: A241Phone: 780-465-3500 ext. 8109
Email: anita.helmbold@kingsu.ca
Education
Ph. D., English, 2002 University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB)M. A., English, 1996 California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
B. A., Christian Education, 1982 Pacific Christian College (Fullerton, CA)
Research Interests
● Tobias Wolff
● Chaucer
● Arthurian narratives
● Early English drama
● Shakespeare
● Christianity and literature
Recent Publications
“Ann,” “Ann’s Husband” (“Say Yes”). Facts on File Dictionary of Literary Characters. Vol. 4. Forthcoming.“The Narrator,” “My Father” (“Powder”). Facts on File Dictionary of Literary Characters. Vol. 4. Forthcoming.
“Mary,” “Louise” (“In the Garden of the North American Martyrs”). Facts on File Dictionary of Literary Characters. Vol. 4. Forthcoming.
“Tub,” “Kenny,” “Frank” (“Hunters in the Snow”). Facts on File Dictionary of Literary Characters. Vol. 4. Forthcoming.
Understanding the Frontispiece to Corpus Christi College Cambridge MS 61: The Political Language of a Lancastrian Portrait. New York: Mellen, 2010.
“East Meets (Mid-)West: Repressed Violence and Violent Repression in Stephen Crane’s ‘The Blue Hotel.’” Midwestern Miscellany. Fall, 2009.
“Chaucer Appropriated: The Troilus Frontispiece as Lancastrian Propaganda.” Studies in the Age of Chaucer. Fall, 2008.
“The Virgin Martyr Updated: ‘In the Garden of the North American Martyrs’ as a Secular Saint’s Life.” The Year’s Work in Medievalism. Ed. Gwendolyn Morgan. Vol. 20 and 21. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2007. 54-68.
Recent Papers Presented
"On the Road Again: Travel, Travail, and the Life of the Spirit in the Short Stories of Tobias Wolff." Southwestern Conference on Christianity and Literatuer, Costa Mesa, CA, April 7-10, 2011.“Sacramentalism in Tobias Wolff: Infusing Grace into the Everyday.” Southwestern Conference on Christianity and Literature, Houston, TX, October 1-3, 2009.
“Tobias Wolff: Unsung Regionalist Writer of the Pacific Northwest.” Pacific Northwest American Studies Association, Lincoln City, OR, April 16-18, 2009.
“Teacher, Apostle, Prophet, Martyr: The Visionary Voice in Tobias Wolff’s ‘In the Garden of the North American Martyrs.’” West Regional Christianity and Literature Conference, Newberg, OR, April 16-18, 2009.
"Grace Unmerited: Experimenting with Forgiveness in The Two Gentlemen of Verona." Christianity and Literature Study Group (an ACCUTE Allied Organization), Vancouver, BC, May 31 - June 3, 2008.
“Grotesque Encounters: O’Connor in the Classroom.” Session on Flannery O’Connor at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference, Calgary, AB, October 4-6, 2007.
“Suffering as Spiritual Formation: Finding Grace through Pain in ‘In the Garden of the North American Martyrs.’” Conference on Christianity and Literature, Western Regional Meeting, Langley, BC, May 10-12, 2007.
“Tobias Wolff’s ‘In the Garden of the North American Martyrs’: A Lesson in How to Resurrect a Dead Religious Genre.” Forty-Eighth Annual Midwest Modern Language Association Convention, Chicago, IL, November 9-12, 2006.
“Teaching the Virgin Martyr Saint’s Life via Tobias Wolff’s ‘In the Garden of the North American Martyrs.’” Forty-First International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 4-7, 2006.
“A Case Study of Violence: Tobias Wolff’s ‘The Chain.’” Thirty-Seventh Annual College English Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, April 6-8, 2006.
“Which Witch? Distinguishing between Magic as Taboo and Entertainment.” Through the Wardrobe: Engaging Fantasy in the Arts and Popular Culture. Riverside, CA, March 11, 2006.
Courses I Teach
ENGL 204 - Reading to Know, Writing to be Known: An Introduction to Literature IENGL 205 - Reading to Know, Writing to be Known: An Introduction to Literature II
ENGL 304 - Stories of Becoming I: Literature from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century
ENGL 320 - The Play’s the Thing: Shakespeare Today
ENGL 328 - The Once and Future King: Arthurian Literature and Legend
ENGL 410 - Negotiating the Past: Medieval Literature