| Candace Waid is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her central interests include American literature and culture; gender studies; African-American literature; southern literature; and regional literature. She is the author of Edith Wharton's Letters from the Underworld: Fictions of Women and Writing (University of North Carolina Press, 1991), as well as articles on Wharton, Faulkner, and Welty. Professor Waid is currently at work on a book on Faulkner and Welty, as well as Blood Union: Conjuring the Conjugal and other Arts in Southern Literature. |
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Areas of Interest |
- American literature and culture
- Gender studies
- African-American literature
- Southern literature
- Regional literature
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Books and Recent Articles |
- Letters from the Underworld: Fictions of Women and Writing (U of North Carolina P, 1991)
- "Building The House of Mirth," in Biographies of Books: The Compositional Histories of Notable American Writings (U of Missouri P, 1996)
- Editor, The Age of Innocence (Norton Critical Edition) (Forthcoming, Norton Press)
- Co-Editor, A Forward Glance: New Essays on Edith Wharton (U of Delaware P, 1999)
- Editor, The Muse's Tragedy and Other Stories (Signet, 1990)
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Current Projects |
- A book-length project on William Faulkner and Eudora Welty
- A book-length project entitled Blood Union: Conjuring the Conjugal and other Arts in Southern Literature
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Recent Course Offerings |
- Southern Literature
- Faulkner
- American Literature from 1900 to present
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| Quarter |
Course |
Title |
| Spring 2010 |
ENGL 10 |
Introduction to Literary Study |
| Spring 2010 |
ENGL 10S |
Seminar for Introduction to Literary Study |
| Winter 2010 |
ENGL 133SO |
Studies in American Regional Literature
: Southern Literature |
| Fall 2009 |
ENGL 128SC |
Literary Genres
: The Story Cycle Novel |
| Fall 2009 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Faulkner: Deeper into Yoknapatawpha |
| Spring 2009 |
ENGL 100SO |
Honors Seminar
: for ENGL 133SO |
| Spring 2009 |
ENGL 133SO |
Studies in American Regional Literature
: Southern Literature: Language and Culture |
| Spring 2009 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Faulkner |
| Spring 2008 |
ENGL 128SC |
Literary Genres
: Communities of Fiction: The Story Cycle Novel |
| Spring 2008 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar
: Faulkner |
| Spring 2008 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Literature of the U.S. South |
| Winter 2008 |
ENGL 133SO |
Studies in American Regional Literature
: Southern Literature |
| Fall 2007 |
ENGL 165TL |
Topics in Literature
: Slave Narrative/Slave Novel |
| Winter 2007 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar
: Faulkner |
| Winter 2007 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Autobiographical Fictions |
| Fall 2006 |
ENGL 100SO |
Honors Seminar |
| Fall 2006 |
ENGL 133SO |
Studies in American Regional Literature |
| Fall 2006 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Faulkner, Welty, Wright |
| Winter 2006 |
ENGL 100SO |
Honors Seminar |
| Winter 2006 |
ENGL 133SO |
Studies in American Regional Literature |
| Winter 2006 |
ENGL 134NA |
Studies in the Literature of Cultural and Ethnic Communities in the United States |
| Fall 2005 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar
: Faulkner |
| Fall 2005 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Faulkner |
| Spring 2005 |
ENGL 100SO |
Honors Seminar |
| Spring 2005 |
ENGL 133SO |
Studies in American Regional Literature |
| Winter 2005 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Faulkner II |
| Spring 2004 |
ENGL 100SO |
Honors Seminar |
| Spring 2004 |
ENGL 133SO |
Studies in American Regional Literature
: Southern Literature |
| Spring 2004 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Faulkner |
| Winter 2004 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar
: Faulkner |
| Spring 2003 |
ENGL 104A |
American Literature from 1900 to present |
| Spring 2003 |
ENGL 104AS |
Seminar for American Literature from 1900 to present
: Honors Section |
| Spring 2003 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar
: Faulkner |
| Winter 2003 |
ENGL 134NA |
Studies in the Literature of Cultural and Ethnic Communities in the United States
: Native American Writers |
| Winter 2003 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Landscapes of the Mind: Wharton, Faulkner, Morrison |
| Spring 2002 |
ENGL 104A |
American Literature from 1900 to present |
| Spring 2002 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar
: Faulkner |
| Winter 2002 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Faulkner |
| Fall 2001 |
ENGL 133SO |
Studies in American Regional Literature
: Southern Literature |
| Spring 2001 |
ENGL 104A |
American Literature from 1900 to present |
| Spring 2001 |
ENGL 104AS |
Seminar for American Literature from 1900 to present |
| Winter 2001 |
ENGL 133SO |
Studies in American Regional Literature
: Southern Literature, Language, and Culture |
| Winter 2001 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar
: Deep West |
| Fall 2000 |
ENGL 235 |
Studies in American Literature
: Southern Literature, Culture, and History |
