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Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian

Dr Mitchell Kalpakgian

Author Bio and Books

Author Bio and Books

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Dr. Mitchell A. Kalpakgian is a native of New England, the son of Armenian immigrants. He earned his B.A. in English from Bowdoin College in 1963, his M.A. in English from the University of Kansas in 1965, and his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1974. He taught at Simpson College (Iowa) for thirty one years, at Christendom College (Front Royal, Virginia) for two years, and at Magdalen College (Warner, New Hampshire) for two years. From 2007-2009 he was a visiting professor of Humanities at Wyoming Catholic College in Lander.

Dr. Kalpakgian designed Seton’s Shakespeare course and is instrumental in grading the Shakespeare and other high school English courses at Seton Home Study School.

During his academic career, Dr. Kalpakgian received many academic honors, among them the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Fellowship (Brown University, 1981), the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship (University of Kansas, 1985), and an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities Institute on Children’s Literature.


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My Books

The Virtues We Need Again: 21 Life Lessons from the Great Books of the West [Paperback]
Mysteries of Life in Children's Literature
The Lost Arts of Modern Civilization [Hardcover]
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An Armenian Family Reunion
Manners in Modern Life [Hardcover]
The Marvelous in Fielding's Novels [Paperback]

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Below is a list of his articles, the most recent first.

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Wisdom from Nature

“It’s knowing what to do with things that counts.”—Robert Frost, “At Woodward’s Gardens” In Frost’s poem, “At Woodward’s Gardens,” a boy visiting a zoo carries a magnifying glass. From his ...

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Sunshine Makers

These articles will cite famous advice, wise proverbs, and prudent counsel as they appear in the classics of literature, in the words of famous characters from the good and great ...

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