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At First Glance, Laura Baker Oct 2011

At First Glance, Laura Baker

Honors Theses

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Martel: The Transitional Frank, Nicholas Wallace Mataya May 2011

Martel: The Transitional Frank, Nicholas Wallace Mataya

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How Ordinary Objects Become Extraordinary: Artcurial And The Brancusi Sale, Marie Katherine Perret May 2011

How Ordinary Objects Become Extraordinary: Artcurial And The Brancusi Sale, Marie Katherine Perret

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Threads: A Collection Of Short Stories, Samantha Alleman May 2011

Threads: A Collection Of Short Stories, Samantha Alleman

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Une Exploration Du Retour Impossible D’Aimé Césaire Et De Pham Van Ky, Nicole Horne May 2011

Une Exploration Du Retour Impossible D’Aimé Césaire Et De Pham Van Ky, Nicole Horne

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Playright: A Portfolio And Reflection On The Craft, Christine Baniewicz May 2011

Playright: A Portfolio And Reflection On The Craft, Christine Baniewicz

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Puritan Self-Examination Solitude And Relationship In The Devotional Literature Of The New England Puritans, Christine Pyle May 2011

Puritan Self-Examination Solitude And Relationship In The Devotional Literature Of The New England Puritans, Christine Pyle

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The Art Of Losers: Images Of Women, Children, Farmers, Soldiers, And Clergy In Republican Spanish Civil War Propaganda Posters, Emily Perkins May 2011

The Art Of Losers: Images Of Women, Children, Farmers, Soldiers, And Clergy In Republican Spanish Civil War Propaganda Posters, Emily Perkins

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Coming Of Age In Louisiana, Black And White Southern Womanhood, Christina Jones May 2011

Coming Of Age In Louisiana, Black And White Southern Womanhood, Christina Jones

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“Human Rights, Development, And Global Justice”, Ian Cruise Apr 2011

“Human Rights, Development, And Global Justice”, Ian Cruise

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An Examination Into Fundamental Attunements: Anxiety, Boredom, Depression, And Joy, John Milligan Apr 2011

An Examination Into Fundamental Attunements: Anxiety, Boredom, Depression, And Joy, John Milligan

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On The Origin Of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, And Fiction, Hope Hollocher, Agustín Fuentes, Charles H. Pence, Grant Ramsey, Daniel John Sportiello, Michelle M. Wirth Jan 2011

On The Origin Of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, And Fiction, Hope Hollocher, Agustín Fuentes, Charles H. Pence, Grant Ramsey, Daniel John Sportiello, Michelle M. Wirth

Faculty Publications

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“Describing Our Whole Experience”: The Statistical Philosophies Of W.F.R. Weldon And Karl Pearson, Charles H. Pence Jan 2011

“Describing Our Whole Experience”: The Statistical Philosophies Of W.F.R. Weldon And Karl Pearson, Charles H. Pence

Faculty Publications

There are two motivations commonly ascribed to historical actors for taking up statistics: to reduce complicated data to a mean value (e.g., Quetelet), and to take account of diversity (e.g., Galton). Different motivations will, it is assumed, lead to different methodological decisions in the practice of the statistical sciences. Karl Pearson and W. F. R. Weldon are generally seen as following directly in Galton’s footsteps. I argue for two related theses in light of this standard interpretation, based on a reading of several sources in which Weldon, independently of Pearson, reflects on his own motivations. First, while Pearson does approach …


Nietzsche’S Aesthetic Critique Of Darwin, Charles H. Pence Jan 2011

Nietzsche’S Aesthetic Critique Of Darwin, Charles H. Pence

Faculty Publications

Despite his position as one of the first philosophers to write in the “post- Darwinian” world, the critique of Darwin by Friedrich Nietzsche is often ignored for a host of unsatisfactory reasons. I argue that Nietzsche’s critique of Darwin is important to the study of both Nietzsche’s and Darwin’s impact on philosophy. Further, I show that the central claims of Nietzsche’s critique have been broadly misunderstood. I then present a new reading of Nietzsche’s core criticism of Darwin. An important part of Nietzsche’s response can best be understood as an aesthetic critique of Darwin, reacting to what he saw as …


Elliott Sober: Did Darwin Write The Origin Backwards? Philosophical Essays On Darwin’S Theory, Charles H. Pence, Hope Hollocher, Ryan Nichols, Grant Ramsey, Edwin Siu, Daniel John Sportiello Jan 2011

Elliott Sober: Did Darwin Write The Origin Backwards? Philosophical Essays On Darwin’S Theory, Charles H. Pence, Hope Hollocher, Ryan Nichols, Grant Ramsey, Edwin Siu, Daniel John Sportiello

Faculty Publications

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A Performer's Interpretation Of David Del Tredici's Chana's Story: A Cycle Of Six Songs On Texts Of Chana Bloch, Shelly Lenn Buchanan-Garlotte Jan 2011

A Performer's Interpretation Of David Del Tredici's Chana's Story: A Cycle Of Six Songs On Texts Of Chana Bloch, Shelly Lenn Buchanan-Garlotte

LSU Major Papers

The purpose of this document is to reveal a performer’s perspective on David Del Tredici’s Chana’s Story. This six-song cycle for mezzo-soprano chronicles the marriage of poet and translator, Chana Bloch, and is based on her translations and poetry. The first chapter of this document provides biographical data about David Del Tredici, which presents a view of his compositional development, and includes events and individuals of influence in the composer’s life, such as teachers and poets. The second chapter includes biographical data about the poet, Chana Bloch, which is provided to enhance the interpretation of the poetry and to facilitate …


Front Matter Jan 2011

Front Matter

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Paradise Lost As Incomplete Argument, Ryan J. Stark Jan 2011

Paradise Lost As Incomplete Argument, Ryan J. Stark

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Why Did Robespierre Write An Eloge De Gresset?, Mircea Platon Jan 2011

Why Did Robespierre Write An Eloge De Gresset?, Mircea Platon

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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"An Answer From Horace" Ambiguity And Paradox In Pope's Imitation Of Satire 2.1, Laura Thomason Wood Jan 2011

"An Answer From Horace" Ambiguity And Paradox In Pope's Imitation Of Satire 2.1, Laura Thomason Wood

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Eliza Haywood At The Sign Of Fame, Patrick Spedding Jan 2011

Eliza Haywood At The Sign Of Fame, Patrick Spedding

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Metaphor In The Poetry And Criticism Of The Restoration And Early Eighteenth Century, Mark A. Pedreira Jan 2011

Metaphor In The Poetry And Criticism Of The Restoration And Early Eighteenth Century, Mark A. Pedreira

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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"Attended By A Whole Nation" The Americas In The Female American, Julia Kark Callander Jan 2011

"Attended By A Whole Nation" The Americas In The Female American, Julia Kark Callander

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Of Ancients And Moderns The Sociopolitical Significance Of Rousseau's Musical Caricatures, Sophie Bourgault Jan 2011

Of Ancients And Moderns The Sociopolitical Significance Of Rousseau's Musical Caricatures, Sophie Bourgault

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Not The History Of Ideas Laughter, Music, And Metaphor In Pope's Definition Of Criticism, Philip Smallwood Jan 2011

Not The History Of Ideas Laughter, Music, And Metaphor In Pope's Definition Of Criticism, Philip Smallwood

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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A Lock Without A Key Satiric Metaphor In Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Jaclyn Geller Jan 2011

A Lock Without A Key Satiric Metaphor In Samuel Butler's Hudibras, Jaclyn Geller

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Swift's Style, The Nakedness Of The Houyhnhnms, And The Deceits Of Rhetoric, David Venturo Jan 2011

Swift's Style, The Nakedness Of The Houyhnhnms, And The Deceits Of Rhetoric, David Venturo

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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"All Ardour, All Intrepidity" William Beckford At The Strawberry Hill Sale, Stephen Clarke Jan 2011

"All Ardour, All Intrepidity" William Beckford At The Strawberry Hill Sale, Stephen Clarke

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Translating Memory Dryden, Oldham, And Friendship, Greg Clingham Jan 2011

Translating Memory Dryden, Oldham, And Friendship, Greg Clingham

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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On The Road With Digital Humanities, David Hill Radcliffe Jan 2011

On The Road With Digital Humanities, David Hill Radcliffe

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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