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Understanding The English Bible: A Comparative Analysis Of Four Bible Versions, Michael R. Coats
Understanding The English Bible: A Comparative Analysis Of Four Bible Versions, Michael R. Coats
Honors Theses
Scholarship pertaining to the Bible accounts for a great deal of research. A search for “the Bible” on just the University of Southern Mississippi Libraries website archive results in 549,075 hits, and specifying “English Bible versions” only reduces those results to 70,000. My largest difficulty in discussing the Bible lies not in finding a conversation but in finding which part of the conversation to enter. In the past fifty years, one of the largest emphases has been on using the best translation style for the Bible, a topic that has dominated the field of biblical scholarship (Ryken, Understanding 15). I …
"And A Sad Ditty Of This Story Born": Regeneration Through Decay In John Keats's Isabella, Erica Van Schaik
"And A Sad Ditty Of This Story Born": Regeneration Through Decay In John Keats's Isabella, Erica Van Schaik
Master's Theses
John Keats’s Isabella; or the Pot of Basil (1818) has been read, like many of Keats’s of works, as an allegory for the death that surrounded the poet and his life’s tragic circumstances. Isabella has also been studied in regard to its gothic horror elements. Such previous readings identify a theme of mortality and decay within the poem, but I argue these themes serve a larger purpose, one related to the possibilities created by regeneration. Isabella, a young woman whose lover, Lorenzo, is murdered by her own brothers, removes Lorenzo’s head from his corpse and places it in a potted …
Dreadful Reality: Fear And Madness In The Fiction Of H. P. Lovecraft, Phillip J. Snyder
Dreadful Reality: Fear And Madness In The Fiction Of H. P. Lovecraft, Phillip J. Snyder
Honors Theses
The effectiveness of H. P. Lovecraft’s horror relies on an atmosphere of dread in his stories. Both the verisimilitude of Lovecraft’s stories and the dilemma many of his protagonists face in losing their sanity or being perceived to have lost their sanity play a large role in creating this atmosphere. By viewing Lovecraft’s fiction through the lens of recent psychological research on fear, this project shows how his intuitive understanding of fear and his vivid imagery and sensory descriptions conform to our understanding of unconscious automatic threat avoidance behaviors. Because Lovecraft’s behavioral descriptions accurately reflect these behaviors, they increase the …
The Invention Of English Criticism, Nicolle M. Jordan
The Invention Of English Criticism, Nicolle M. Jordan
Faculty Publications
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Mind Over Magic: Repetition-Compulsion, Power Instinct, And Apprehension In Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard Of Earthsea, Phillip Snyder
Mind Over Magic: Repetition-Compulsion, Power Instinct, And Apprehension In Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard Of Earthsea, Phillip Snyder
The Catalyst
This paper analyzes what the actions of Ged, the protagonist in Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea, say about fear and its master and how these actions add to our understanding of Sigmund Freud’s concepts of repetition-compulsion, Power Instinct, and Apprehension.
Virtus Vs. Virtue: The Role Of Honor In Shakespeare’S Coriolanus, John D. Rimann
Virtus Vs. Virtue: The Role Of Honor In Shakespeare’S Coriolanus, John D. Rimann
The Catalyst
An analysis of Shakespeare's Coriolanus with an emphasis on the juxtaposition of the concepts of English Christian and Roman honor.
Andy's Inner Society: Warhol's Philosophy And Sense Of Self, Amyjoy V. Sedberry
Andy's Inner Society: Warhol's Philosophy And Sense Of Self, Amyjoy V. Sedberry
The Catalyst
Andy Warhol’s The Philosophy of Andy Warhol is an intimate look at the internal world of the painter and graphic artist. The general public often assumes that Warhol’s life was little more than a whirlwind of success and partying. His Philosophy conflicts with the general presuppositions about who Andy Warhol was. It reads like a diary and is rich with disclosures of his beliefs about love, beauty, success and underwear. Despite the intimate nature of these subjects and the apparently candid delivery of Warhol’s philosophies and life experiences, he maintains a cagey and detached voice throughout. I argue that his …
A Close Encounter With Death: Narration In Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, Erin M. Gipson
A Close Encounter With Death: Narration In Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, Erin M. Gipson
Master's Theses
While critics have discussed Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief (2005) in terms of the Holocaust, its generic hybridity, and its crossover readership for child and adult audiences, I offer the first narratological reading of its unusual narrator: Death. This reading focuses on the rhetorical strategies underlying Death’s contradictory narration, which is at once anthropomorphized and constitutively nonhuman. Scholars of The Book Thief often assume the narrator’s omniscience, but I find that Death is crucially not omniscient; rather, he merely performs omniscience to mask his humanlike limitations. Since current terminology falls short of describing Zusak’s narration, I propose the new classification …
Exploitation Of Land And Labor In Appalachia: The Manipulation Of Men In Ann Pancake's Strange As This Weather Has Been, Britani W. Baker
Exploitation Of Land And Labor In Appalachia: The Manipulation Of Men In Ann Pancake's Strange As This Weather Has Been, Britani W. Baker
Master's Theses
Ecofeminism is traditionally interested in the relationship between patriarchal domination of women and nature. Ann Pancake’s novel Strange As this Weather Has Been critiques the way the coal mining industry has affected the Appalachian people and land. The novel reflects natural ecofeminism, which views the connection between women and nature in essentialist terms. This outdated mode of ecofeminism leads to a reinforcement of gender stereotypes and a misrepresentation of the relationship between gender, nature, and culture. This study of Pancake’s novel employs a material ecofeminist approach to both critique and develop the novel’s gender politics. Material ecofeminism, even as it …
The Body Mends Itself, Hannah Elizabeth Dow
The Body Mends Itself, Hannah Elizabeth Dow
Dissertations
The following poems were completed by the author between September 2014 and April 2017.
Editors’ Introduction, Tamara Bangs, Chloe ́ Mcmillan, Chelcie Smith
Editors’ Introduction, Tamara Bangs, Chloe ́ Mcmillan, Chelcie Smith
Coastlines
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“You Can Get There From Here”: Campus Transportation Practices: What They Are, And What They Could Be, Ashley Bowman
“You Can Get There From Here”: Campus Transportation Practices: What They Are, And What They Could Be, Ashley Bowman
Coastlines
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Revisioning Ecology: Oikos Logos And A Human Niche, James Inabinet
Revisioning Ecology: Oikos Logos And A Human Niche, James Inabinet
Coastlines
No abstract provided.
Ethical Energy Use At Gulf Park: Some Suggestions For Greater Sustainability, Tiffany Morris, Chelcie Smith
Ethical Energy Use At Gulf Park: Some Suggestions For Greater Sustainability, Tiffany Morris, Chelcie Smith
Coastlines
No abstract provided.
The Case Against Plastic Bottles At Gulf Park, Tamara Bangs, Chloe ́ Mcmillan, Chelcie Smith
The Case Against Plastic Bottles At Gulf Park, Tamara Bangs, Chloe ́ Mcmillan, Chelcie Smith
Coastlines
No abstract provided.
The Paradox Of “Sustainable Development”: A Critique Of The Gulf Park Campus Master Plan, Lacy Lawler
The Paradox Of “Sustainable Development”: A Critique Of The Gulf Park Campus Master Plan, Lacy Lawler
Coastlines
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“The Great Work Of Repairing”: An Argument For Ecoliteracy Education At Gulf Park, Tamara Bangs
“The Great Work Of Repairing”: An Argument For Ecoliteracy Education At Gulf Park, Tamara Bangs
Coastlines
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The Sun Shines Every Day In Mississippi: An Argument For Solar Power At Gulf Park, Chloe ́ Mcmillan, Chelcie Smith, Amber Kaufman, Ben Reynoso
The Sun Shines Every Day In Mississippi: An Argument For Solar Power At Gulf Park, Chloe ́ Mcmillan, Chelcie Smith, Amber Kaufman, Ben Reynoso
Coastlines
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“No Environmental Battle Is Ever Won, Only Delayed”: 30 Years Of Environmental Of Activism On The Mississippi Coast, Steve Shepard
“No Environmental Battle Is Ever Won, Only Delayed”: 30 Years Of Environmental Of Activism On The Mississippi Coast, Steve Shepard
Coastlines
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Spring 2017 Coastlines Vol. 1, Issue 5 - Front Matter
Spring 2017 Coastlines Vol. 1, Issue 5 - Front Matter
Coastlines
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The World’S Greatest Detectives: Analyzing The Relationship And Cultural Meaning Of Sherlock Holmes And Batman, Emma F. Reeves
The World’S Greatest Detectives: Analyzing The Relationship And Cultural Meaning Of Sherlock Holmes And Batman, Emma F. Reeves
Honors Theses
The characters Sherlock Holmes and Batman represent a Gothic archetype aimed at uncovering societal fears and tensions. The thesis analyzes four Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and four Batman-centered graphic novels from DC Comics. By looking at the two in conjunction with each other, this project develops a more comprehensive understanding of the Gothic detective hero in the historical contexts of Victorian England and modern United States of America. The two characters are first explained in terms of the Gothic and as archetypal figures before being examined in terms of their similar contemporary social contexts. Finally, the …
"Her Splendid Children Will Be Born Here”: Anglo-American Relations And Sexual Selection In Transatlantic Fiction, 1870–1914, Jennifer Lynn Robertson
"Her Splendid Children Will Be Born Here”: Anglo-American Relations And Sexual Selection In Transatlantic Fiction, 1870–1914, Jennifer Lynn Robertson
Dissertations
In recent decades, scholars have sought to examine the discourse of evolutionary theory in the realist novel. This dissertation examines the ways in which the novel form embodied evolutionary theory by examining Anglo-American courtship plots. In chapter 2, I examine Charles Glascock’s courtship of Caroline Spalding in Anthony Trollope’s He Knew He Was Right. During their courtship, Caroline’s dominant behaviors subvert traditional hierarchies between nations, classes, and genders. However, the open plot of evolutionary change hints at a revolutionary restructuring of social relations. I argue that Caroline and Glascock’s relationship reverts to a more traditional power structure upon their …