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The Works Of Hands, Christine Stewart-Nunez
The Works Of Hands, Christine Stewart-Nunez
English Faculty Publications
This work was published in South Dakota Review (2009) 47:3.
The Hermit Of Croisset: Flaubert's Fiercely Enduring Perfectionism, Richard Goodman
The Hermit Of Croisset: Flaubert's Fiercely Enduring Perfectionism, Richard Goodman
English Faculty Publications
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Teach The Children: Education And Knowledge In Recent Children's Fantasy, Elisabeth Rose Gruner
Teach The Children: Education And Knowledge In Recent Children's Fantasy, Elisabeth Rose Gruner
English Faculty Publications
This essay is an investigation into how learning is portrayed in children's books. It starts from two premises: first, that at least one origin of children's literature is in didacticism, and that learning and pedagogy continue to be important in much of the literature we provide for children today. Thus, for example, David Rudd claims that most histories of children's literature on "the tension between instruction and entertainment," and that the genre as we know it develops within, among other things, "an educational system promoting literacy" (29, 34). Seth Lerer's recent Children's Literature: A Reader's History similarly traces the origins …
My Iranian Sukkah, Farideh Dayanim Goldin
My Iranian Sukkah, Farideh Dayanim Goldin
English Faculty Publications
(First paragraph) Every year after Yorn Kippur, my husband Norman and I try to bring together the pieces of our sukkah, our temporary home for a week, a reminder of our frailty as Jews. Every year we wonder where we had last stored the metal frame, the bamboo roof, and the decorations. Every year we wonder about the weather. Will we have to dodge the raindrops and the wind once again this year for a quick bracha before eating inside? Will our sukkah stand up? Will there be a hurricane?