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The Perfectionists Of Oneida And Wallingford, Charles Nordhoff, Paul Royster Dec 2006

The Perfectionists Of Oneida And Wallingford, Charles Nordhoff, Paul Royster

Paul Royster

The Perfectionists of Oneida, New York, and Wallingford, Connecticut, are best known for their practice of what they called “complex marriage,” a system of polygamy and polyandry devised by their founder John Humphrey Noyes (1811–1886). This account by Charles Nordhoff (1830-1901), a journalist based in New York, was drawn from his visits to the Perfectionist colonies, and includes a description of their history, organization, manners, beliefs, worship, faith-cures, and their practice of “criticism.”


Old Comics And Current Technology Combine To Form New Hybrids, James Carter Dec 2005

Old Comics And Current Technology Combine To Form New Hybrids, James Carter

James B Carter

Critical reviews of "40 Years of The Amazing Spider-Man." DVD-ROM. Graphic Imaging Technology. New York: Marvel Comics, 2004 and "44 Years of Fantastic Four." DVD-ROM. Graphic Imaging Technology. New York: Marvel Comics, 2005.


Princes, Beasts, Or Royal Pains: Men And Masculinity In The Revisionist Fairy Tales Of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, James Carter Dec 2005

Princes, Beasts, Or Royal Pains: Men And Masculinity In The Revisionist Fairy Tales Of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, James Carter

James B Carter

An examination of the roles men fulfill in select short stories of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.


Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales, James Carter Dec 2005

Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales, James Carter

James B Carter

"Students examine three examples of revisionist fairy tales in which female characters act in empowered roles rather than behaving helpless and submissive"


Copyright, Zachary Lesser Dec 2005

Copyright, Zachary Lesser

Zachary Lesser

Encyclopedia entry on the history of copyright.


Canons And Classics: Publishing Drama In Caroline England, Zachary Lesser, Alan B. Farmer Dec 2005

Canons And Classics: Publishing Drama In Caroline England, Zachary Lesser, Alan B. Farmer

Zachary Lesser

The publication of playbooks in the 1630s helped to shape a distinctive culture of Caroline drama and to give rise to the first canon of English professional drama.