Betty Maree Cortus Ph.D.

Address:        7831 Rush Rose Drive, # O-108  (the O is a    capital letter O  which stands for our building  "Oak Grove."

                        Carlsbad, CA 92009

 

Phone:          (760) 704-6305

Email:          bcortus@hardy-l.com

 

Current Academic Status:

Independent Scholar

Vice President, The Thomas Hardy Association (TTHA)

 

Publications and Presentations:

2003: "The Cycle of Regeneration: Metamorphosis in Hardy's Poems." The Hardy Review, Vol. V (2002).

 

2000: "Subtextual Resonances in 'A Sunday Morning Tragedy.'" Days to Recollect: Essays In Honor of Robert Schweik, ed. Rosemarie Morgan. New Haven: The Hardy Assoc. Press (2000), 25-30.

 

1996: "'A Night of Questionings': Shelleyan Chords and Discords." Presentation, Thomas Hardy Society Conference Symposium, UK. Published in The Hardy Review. Vol. I (1998) 58-64.

 

1998-2004: Intro, "Overview of the Forum," The Hardy Review Vols.i-vii.

 

1995: Lecture, "The Poems of Thomas Hardy," AAUW, Ann Arbor.

Scholarly Sample: See

" A Night of Questionings,"

The Hardy Review (1998)

TTHA
VP

Betty Cortus is Director of TTHA's

FORUM

General discussion group

 

&

POTM

Poem of The Month discussion group

 

              

Education:

1993: City Uni. of New York Graduate School: Ph.D

Dissertation: "Thomas Hardy: Death and the Afterlife in the Poems."

1983 BA. summa cum laude, University of Minnsota

 

Teaching / Academic Activities:

1996-Present: Mira Costa College, Oceanside, California: Honorary Lecturer, Literature, in LIFE (A Learning-In-Retirement Program).

1993-1995: Visiting Scholar, Uni. of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

1990, 1991: Adjunct Prof..Eng.Norwalk Community College, CT.