About

Addendum is a student-authored blog with reflections on early English literature, beginning with Anglo-Saxon literature and ending around the year 1800. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “addendum” refers to “A thing that is added, typically in order to correct, clarify, or supplement something, esp. an item added at the end of a book, an appendix.” Drawing on the tradition in book history of including an addendum at the end of a book, this blog will function as an addition to our regular class meetings: authors will “correct, clarify, or supplement” our in-class discussions as they write in response to various literary works. Addendum will cover five different themes: Wanderers, Religious Devotion, The Romance, Money and Power, and Gender Debates. Contributors to the Crimson Miscellany are currently participating in Honors English Literature I at the University of Alabama, taught by Dr. Emily Fine.