George D. Gopen
Professor of the Practice Emeritus of English
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor of the Practice Emeritus of English, English, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012
Contact Information
- 3415 Stoneybrook Drive, Durham, NC 27705
- Box 90015, Durham, NC 27708-0015
-
ggopen@duke.edu
(919) 641-1122
- Background
-
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Harvard University 1975
- J.D., Harvard University 1972
- B.A., Brandeis University 1967
-
Duke Appointment History
- Professor of the Practice of Rhetoric, Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1997 - 2012
- Director, University Writing Program, Thompson Writing Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1996 - 1998
- Professor of the Practice, English, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1992 - 1997
- Director, English, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1985 - 1996
- Associate Professor, English, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1988 - 1992
- Assistant Professor, English, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1985 - 1988
- Recognition
-
In the News
-
OCT 9, 2013 Duke Magazine
-
- Publications & Artistic Works
-
Selected Publications
-
Books
-
Gopen, G. D. Expectations: Teaching Writing from the Reader’s Perspective. Longman Publishers, Pearson Education Division, 2004.
-
Gopen, G. D. A Sense of Structure: Writing From a Reader’s Perspective. Longman Publishers, Pearson Education Division, 2004.
-
Gopen, G. D. Robert Henryson’s Moral Fables. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame UP; Edinburgh, Scotland: The Scottish Academic Press, 260 pp, 1987.
-
Gopen, G. D. Writing from a Legal Perspective. St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 225 pp, 1981.
-
-
Academic Articles
-
Gopen, G. D. “CCISSR (Color Coding for the Interpretation of Syntactic and Substantive Relationships): The Perfect Way to Teach Legal Writing.” The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, 2007.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Writing Clear and Effective Legal Prose: Lesson # 3: When to Use the Passive.” Law Practice, August 2006.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Writing Clear and Effective Legal Prose: Lesson # 2: How to Indicate to Your Reader the Most Important Words in a Sentence.” Law Practice, June 2006.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Writing Clear and Effective Legal Prose: Lesson # 1: "Where’s the Beef?".” Law Practice 32 (April 2006): 60–62.
-
Gopen, G. D. “A Tribute to Joseph Williams on the Occasion of His Being Presented with the Golden Pen Award by the Legal Writing Institute.” Journal of the Legal Writitng Institute, 2006.
-
Gopen, G. D. “"The Music of the Mind: Structure and Substance in William Morris’s The Water of the Wondrous Isles.".” Journal of William Morris Studies Xvi, 2005, 92–102.
-
Gopen, G. D. “"The Phantom Narrator Revealed: Performing the Final Song of Schubert’s Winterreise.".” Ssusa Newsletter (The Newsletter of the Schubert Society of the Usa), 3, 2005, 6–8.
-
Gopen, G. D. “"The Noble Style of Thomas Delony: Prose Rhythm as an Indication of Character.",” 2005, 39–57.
-
Gopen, G. D. “The Noble Style of Thomas Deloney: Prose Rhythm as an Indication of Character.” Imaginaries, 2005.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Why So Many Bright Students and So Many Dull Papers?: Peer Responded Journals as a Partial Solution to the Problem of Fake Audience.".” The Wac Journal, 2005, 22–48.
-
Gopen, G. D. “The Music of T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets.” Ars Lyrica XIII (2003): 29–75.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Review of Leah Ceccarelli’s Shaping Science with Rhetoric: The Cases of Dobzhansky, Schrodinger, and Wilson.” American Scientist, May 2002, 276–78.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Review of Robert L. Kindrick’s Henryson and the Medieval Arts of Rhetoric.” Studies in the Age of Chaucer 17 (1995): 223–26.
-
Gopen, G. D. “The Professor and the Professionals: Teaching Writing to Lawyers and Judges.” Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute I (1991): 79–92.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Legal Writing: A Bibliography.” Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute 1 (1991): 93–122.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Controlling Contexts: Interpretation and Expert Testimony.” American Speech 65 (1991): 323–33.
-
GOPEN, G. D., and J. A. SWAN. “THE SCIENCE OF SCIENTIFIC WRITING.” American Scientist 78, no. 6 (November 1, 1990): 550–58.Link to Item
-
GOPEN, G. D. “'PIERS PLOWMAN' - A GLOSSARY OF LEGAL DICTION - ALFORD,JA.” Journal of English and Germanic Philology 89, no. 2 (April 1990): 215–18.Link to Item
-
Gopen, G. D. “What’s an Assignment Like You Doing in a Course Like This?: Writing To Learn Mathematics.” College Math Journal 21 (1990): 2–19.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Review of John A. Alford’s Piers Plowman: A Glossary of Legal Diction.” Journal of English and Germanic Philology 89 (1990): 215–18.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Legal Writing from the Perspective of the Reader: An Approach That Works.” New Jersey Law Journal, December 1989, 8–9.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Review of Joseph A. Hornsby’s Chaucer and the Law.” Studies in the Age of Chaucer 11 (1989): 241–47.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Theme and Variations: The Concept of Audience.” Edited by Sondra J. Stang and Robert Wiltenburg, 1988, 95–97.
-
Gopen, George D. “The State of Legal Writing: Res Ipsa Loquitur.” Michigan Law Review 86, no. 2 (November 1987): 333–333. https://doi.org/10.2307/1288923.Full Text
-
GOPEN, G. D. “PRIVATE GRIEF INTO PUBLIC ACTION + SHAKESPEARE - THE RHETORIC OF JOHN-OF-GAUNT IN 'RICHARD II'.” Studies in Philology 84, no. 3 (1987): 338–62.Link to Item
-
Gopen, G. D. “The State of Legal Writing: Res Ipsa Loquitur.” University of Michigan Law Review 86 (1987): 1201–47.
-
Gopen, George D. “Let the Buyer in the Ordinary Course of Business Beware: Suggestions for Revising the Prose of the Uniform Commercial Code.” The University of Chicago Law Review 54, no. 4 (1987): 1178–1178. https://doi.org/10.2307/1599732.Full Text
-
Gopen, George D. “The English Teacher and English Song: A Sequel.” College English 47, no. 8 (December 1985): 856–856. https://doi.org/10.2307/376622.Full Text
-
GOPEN, G. D. “THE ESSENTIAL SERIOUSNESS OF HENRYSON,ROBERT 'MORAL FABLES' - A STUDY IN STRUCTURE.” Studies in Philology 82, no. 1 (1985): 42–59.Link to Item
-
Gopen, G. D. “The Essential Seriousness of Robert Henryson’s Moral Fables: A Study in Structure.” Studies in Philology 82 (1985): 42–59.
-
Gopen, G. D. “The English Teacher and English Song: A Sequel.” College English 47 (1985): 60–74.
-
Gopen, George D. “Rhyme and Reason: Why the Study of Poetry Is the Best Preparation for the Study of Law.” College English 46, no. 4 (April 1984): 333–333. https://doi.org/10.2307/376940.Full Text
-
Gopen, G. D. “Perceiving Structure: Teaching Writing at Law Schools.” Harvard Law School Bulletin 35 (1984): 27–29.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Every Spring a New Haystack: A Method for the Annual Evaluation of New Composition Textbooks.” Writing Program Administration 7 (1984): 17–25.
-
GOPEN, G. D. “CHAUCER FRANKLIN IN THE 'CANTERBURY TALES' - THE SOCIAL AND LITERARY BACKGROUND OF A CHAUCERIAN CHARACTER - SPECHT,H.” Journal of English and Germanic Philology 82, no. 3 (1983): 436–39.Link to Item
-
Gopen, G. D. “A Rare Book’s Odyssey.” Antiquarian Book Monthly Review 10 (1983): 52–55.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Review of Henrik Specht’s Chaucer’s Franklin in the Canterbury Tales.” Journal of English and Germanic Philology 82 (1983): 436–39.
-
Gopen, G. D. “Prostitution and the Writing Consultant: A View of a View,” 1981, 621–27.
-
GOPEN, G. D. “COMPOSITION COURSE FOR PRE-LAW STUDENTS.” Journal of Legal Education 29, no. 2 (January 1, 1978): 222–31.Link to Item
-
Gopen, G. D. “A Course in Composition for Pre-Law Students.” Journal of Legal Education 29 (1978): 222–31.
-
“A Question of Cash and Credit: Writing Programs at Law Schools.” Journal of Contemporary Law 3 (1977): 191–200.
-
Dumezil, Georges. “Translation of Notes on the Cosmic Bestiary of the Edda and the Rig Veda.” Edited by Einar Haugen, 1973.
-
-
Some information on this profile has been compiled automatically from Duke databases and external sources. (Our About page explains how this works.) If you see a problem with the information, please write to Scholars@Duke and let us know. We will reply promptly.