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2004

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Literary Histories, Michael J. Drexler, Ed White Dec 2003

Literary Histories, Michael J. Drexler, Ed White

Michael J Drexler

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Write First: Putting Writing Before Reading Is An Effective Approach To Teaching And Learning, Peter Elbow Dec 2003

Write First: Putting Writing Before Reading Is An Effective Approach To Teaching And Learning, Peter Elbow

Peter Elbow

The phrase “reading and writing” reflects the implicit assumption that reading comes first and that writing must follow. First graders can “write” all the words they can say, albeit in their own manner and using invented spelling. Encouraging this kind of writing gives children control over letters and texts, giving them an understanding that they need ultimately for reading. The word learning itself tends to promote reading over writing because we often assume learning refers to input, not output, that it’s a matter of putting other people’s ideas inside us. Writing is more caught up with meaning making, however, and …

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The Original Placement Of The Hereford Mappa Mundi, Daniel Terkla Dec 2003

The Original Placement Of The Hereford Mappa Mundi, Daniel Terkla

Daniel Terkla

Although antiquarians, historians of cartography, palaeographers and art historians have written about the Hereford mappa mundi for more than three hundred years, we know little about its original placement or use. This paper relies on new masonry and endrochronological evidence and the system of medieval ecclesiastical preferments to argue that this monumental world map was originally exhibited in 1287 next to the first shrine of St Thomas Cantilupe in Hereford Cathedral’s north transept. It did not function as an altarpiece, therefore, but as part of what I call the Cantilupe pilgrimage complex, a conglomeration of items and images which was …

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Failed Manhood, Failed History: Masculinity And Agency In Herman Melville's Benito Cereno And Alejo Carpentier's The Kingdom Of This World, Cesar Valverde Dec 2003

Failed Manhood, Failed History: Masculinity And Agency In Herman Melville's Benito Cereno And Alejo Carpentier's The Kingdom Of This World, Cesar Valverde

Cesar Valverde

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Feminist History, Theory, And Practice In The Shakespeare Classroom, Robert Lublin Dec 2003

Feminist History, Theory, And Practice In The Shakespeare Classroom, Robert Lublin

Robert Lublin

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The Empire From The Street: Virginia Woolf, Wembley, And Imperial Monuments, Scott Cohen Dec 2003

The Empire From The Street: Virginia Woolf, Wembley, And Imperial Monuments, Scott Cohen

Scott Cohen

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