ÿþ<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>| Department of English | University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="_styles/css/basic.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="_styles/css/print.css" /> <style type="text/css" media="screen"> @import "_styles/css/style.css"; </style> </head> <body> <div id="header"> <h1 id="dept"><a href="http://www.clas.ufl.edu">College of Liberal Arts and Sciences<span></span></a><a name="top" id="top"></a></h1> <h2 id="uf"><a href="http://www.ufl.edu/">University of Florida<span></span></a></h2> </div> <div id="mainContainer"> <div id="content"> <img src="AEwwwRAS.jpg" alt="Photo by RAS" width="250" height="300" border="0" /> <img src="leaves.jpg" alt="Photo by RAS" width="250" height="300" border="0" /> <center> <i><small>from my rose garden</small></i></center> <hr /> <br /> <p><i>The scholar is that man of all men who stands readiest to stand corrected.</i></p> <h4></h4> <p><b><small>&ldquo;This is the first college professor who has made me feel respected as a thinker. In his words, he assumes the intelligence of his students. He does not talk down to his students. He teaches so that in order to keep up one must exert a certain amount of effort to reach his plane of thought. I have been forced (quite happily) to grow as a reader&rdquo;</small></b> <i>(comment posted 11/28/2012)</i></p> <hr /> <br /> <p>To browse the books I have published, follow this <a href="ras books page.htm">link</a>.<br /> To read poetry I have recently published, follow this <a href="http://www.bestthinking.com/thinkers/arts_and_entertainment/literature/poetry/al-shoaf#">link</a> and open "Articles." <br /> My third volume of poetry, <a href="http://www.bestthinking.com/ebooks/arts_and_entertainment/literature/poetry/ pied-piper-philology-love-words"><i>Pied-Piper Philology: Love Words</i></a>, is also available.<br /> <br /> </p> <center> <a href="http://www.bestthinking.com/ebooks/arts_and_entertainment/literature/poetry/ pied-piper-philology-love-words"><img src="PPPc1.jpg" alt="Cover Art by A. Elaine Shoaf" width="190 " height="205" border="0" /></a></center> <br /> <h6><br /> </h6> <p></p> </div> <div id="priNav"> <p></p> <h3><b>Department of English</b></h3> <img src="_styles/images/bn-books-jeezny.jpg" alt="University of Florida Department of English" width="240" height="140" border="0" /> <h2>Primary Navigation</h2> <ul> <li><a href="">Profile</a></li> <li><a href="4333F13SYLL.pdf">ENL 4333 Shakespeare: The Tragedies (Fall 13)</a></li> <li><a href="S&LA.pdf">Shakespeare and Latin Antiquity (Graduate Seminar Fall 13)</a> </li> <li><a href="CV.pdf">Curriculum Vitae (PDF)</a></li> </ul> <h4>Department Site</h4> <p><a href="http://www.english.ufl.edu">Department of English</a></p> <h4>R. Allen Shoaf<br /> Alumni Professor of English</h4> <p>4338 Turlington Hall<br /> University of Florida<br /> Gainesville, FL 32611-7310<br /> 352 294 2841<br /> <a href="mailto:ras@ufl.edu">ras@ufl.edu</a></p> </div> <div id="footer"> <h3>Frequently Used Sites</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://news.ufl.edu/" class="ref">News</a></li> <li><a href="http://calendar.ufl.edu/" class="ref">Calendar</a></li> <li><a href="http://phonebook.ufl.edu/" class="ref">Directory</a></li> <li><a href="https://my.ufl.edu/ps/signon.html" class="ref">MyUFL</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.isis.ufl.edu/" class="ref">ISIS</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ufl.edu/websites/" class="ref">Web Site Listing</a></li> <li><a href="http://campusmap.ufl.edu/" class="ref">Campus Map</a></li> <li><a href="http://webmail.ufl.edu/" class="ref">WebMail</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.questions.ufl.edu/" class="ref">Ask UF</a></li> </ul> <p>© <a href="http://www.ufl.edu/" id="footerHome" title="University of Florida">University of Florida<span></span></a>, Gainesville, FL 32611; (352) 392-3261.</p> <h3>General Site Information</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ufl.edu/thisSite/">About This Site</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ufl.edu/disability/">Disability Services</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.webadmin.ufl.edu/policies/internet_privacy/">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="http://search.ufl.edu">Search</a></li> <li></li> </ul> <p>This page was last updated <!--#flastmod virtual="${DOCUMENT_URI}"-->08/06/13</p> <p>Photo by Jeezny, Flickr</p> </div> </div> </body> </html>