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September 7, 2016: Nagle Abop Essay Reviews New Austen Musical, Department of English 2016 Western Michigan University

September 7, 2016: Nagle Abop Essay Reviews New Austen Musical, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

Chris Nagle recently attended the regional premiere of the award-winning musical Austen's Pride: A New Musical of Pride and Prejudice, featured at this year's Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival in Rochester, NY.


Thomas Hardy Essay Competition, 2016 Liberty University

Thomas Hardy Essay Competition

Honorable Mention

Call for essays on Thomas Hardy worth 250 pounds.


British Women Writers Conference Call For Papers, 2016 Liberty University

British Women Writers Conference Call For Papers

Honorable Mention

For its 25th annual meeting, the British Women Writers Conference invites papers and panel proposals considering the theme of “Generations.


Tinder: True Love Or A Nightmare?, Anthony Kao 2016 Santa Clara University

Tinder: True Love Or A Nightmare?, Anthony Kao

Pop Culture Intersections

The computer first played matchmaker in the late 1950s. Data would have been fed into the system, and after some data crunching, it would spit out a match based on common interests. Today’s dating sites, such as eHarmony.com, PlentyOfFish, and Match.com are reminiscent of the earliest days of online dating - they rely on algorithms to pair potential matches based on shared interests. With the advent of mobile dating apps such as Tinder, of which I will examine in-depth in my paper, the ability for geo-location, which allows users to “see” other users that are nearby their location, has opened …


Green Religion: Manipulation Transcending Ideology, Miranda Wittmond 2016 Santa Clara University

Green Religion: Manipulation Transcending Ideology, Miranda Wittmond

Pop Culture Intersections

As more Americans become aware of the environmental consequences of their actions and decisions, corporations have moved to profit off of rising environmental consciousness. However, instead of changing their practices to actually become environmentally conscious, many corporations often instead present a false front to make our society perceive them as green when they are not, an action commonly referred to as greenwashing. This allows them to gain advantage over their competitors, some of which might actually be sustainable, by taking advantage of consumers’ environmental consciousness. Despite legal action taken to stop this and federal laws putting restrictions on green advertising, …


Visibility Secured, Authenticity Endangered, Timothy VanWingerden 2016 Cedarville University

Visibility Secured, Authenticity Endangered, Timothy Vanwingerden

The Idea of an Essay

No abstract provided.


Wave Equations, Matt Martin 2016 Royal Holloway, University of London

Wave Equations, Matt Martin

The Goose

Poster poem by Matt Martin


Artistry More Than Entertainment, Brandon Best 2016 Cedarville University

Artistry More Than Entertainment, Brandon Best

The Idea of an Essay

No abstract provided.


Sophie Scholl: The Final Days: Ebert Versus Rainer In Regard To Sophie’S Choice, Jessica A. Elder 2016 Cedarville University

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days: Ebert Versus Rainer In Regard To Sophie’S Choice, Jessica A. Elder

The Idea of an Essay

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Rhetorical Analysis, Eleanor Raquet 2016 Cedarville University

Rhetorical Analysis, Eleanor Raquet

The Idea of an Essay

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Speaking Spanish In The United States, Molly Bolender 2016 Cedarville University

Speaking Spanish In The United States, Molly Bolender

The Idea of an Essay

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Yarn And Paintbrushes, Susanna Edwards 2016 Cedarville University

Yarn And Paintbrushes, Susanna Edwards

The Idea of an Essay

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The Bitter Taste In My Mouth, Lynnaea Myers 2016 Cedarville University

The Bitter Taste In My Mouth, Lynnaea Myers

The Idea of an Essay

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Family Is Forever, Mackenzie Pike 2016 Cedarville University

Family Is Forever, Mackenzie Pike

The Idea of an Essay

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The Importance Of Middle School Reading, Laurel Anne Ward 2016 Cedarville University

The Importance Of Middle School Reading, Laurel Anne Ward

The Idea of an Essay

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The Rise And Fall Of The Knights Of Labor: A Gilded Age Tale, Ethan D. Beck 2016 Cedarville University

The Rise And Fall Of The Knights Of Labor: A Gilded Age Tale, Ethan D. Beck

The Idea of an Essay

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Lessons For A Young Critic: Immersing Yourself In The Generosity Of Henry James Toward Balzac, Richard Goodman 2016 University of New Orleans

Lessons For A Young Critic: Immersing Yourself In The Generosity Of Henry James Toward Balzac, Richard Goodman

English Faculty Publications

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Keats, Truth, And Empathy, Peter Shum 2016 University of Warwick

Keats, Truth, And Empathy, Peter Shum

Sophia and Philosophia

At one level, Keats’s sonnet entitled On Peace (1814) is full of philosophical certainties. The speaker believes, for example, that a nation’s people have a right to live in freedom under the rule of law, and that the rule of law should be applicable to everybody. Political and philosophical commitments of this kind do not seem to be called into question in this poem, or made the subject of an enquiry. On the contrary, it is as though we are confronted with somebody who, in certain central thematic respects at least, appears to know his own mind.


Journey Of Imagination, Celeste Ashley 2016 Cedarville University

Journey Of Imagination, Celeste Ashley

The Idea of an Essay

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Intertwined, Whitney Herbert 2016 Cedarville University

Intertwined, Whitney Herbert

The Idea of an Essay

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