Teaching Literature in Virtual Worlds : Immersive Learning in English Studies (Paperback)

Preface  1. Introduction  2. A Virtual World for Lord of the Flies: Engaging Students and Meeting Common Core Standards  3. Midsummer Madness and Virtual Tempest: Shakespeare as Foolish Role-Play Game  4. From Migrant Labor to High Society: Of Mice and Men and The Great Gatsby in Virtual Worlds  5. Teaching Things Fall Apart in the Village of Umuofia  6. Content Learning in Literary Virtual Worlds: The Village of Umuofia  7. Building a Secondary Brave New World  8. Riffing on the Pied Piper: Combining Research and Creativity  9. Virtual Flanerie: Strolling through Mrs. Dalloway’s London  10. "Virtual Museums: British Literary Works in Historical and Cultural Context"  11. "The Kindness of Strangers": Angels in America in a Virtual World 12. From MUDs to Metaverses: The Past and Future of Immersive Literary Worlds  13. On The Building of Worlds Contributors  Bibliography