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American Studies

Selected Works

1999

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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities

Giving The Devil His Due: Leeching And Edification Of Spirit In The Scarlet Letter And The Witches Of Eastwick, James Plath Sep 1999

Giving The Devil His Due: Leeching And Edification Of Spirit In The Scarlet Letter And The Witches Of Eastwick, James Plath

James Plath

The essays collected here evaluate the religious dimension of Updike's prodigious literary vision, looking broadly at Updike's understanding of religion in ordinary human experience, in the context of historic Christianity, and in contemporary American culture.

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Sentimental Abolition In Douglass’S Decade: Revision, Erotic Conversion, And Politics Of Witnessing In Frederick Douglass's "Heroic Slave" And My Bondage And My Freedom, P. Foreman Dec 1998

Sentimental Abolition In Douglass’S Decade: Revision, Erotic Conversion, And Politics Of Witnessing In Frederick Douglass's "Heroic Slave" And My Bondage And My Freedom, P. Foreman

P. Gabrielle Foreman

No abstract provided.

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The Ambiguous Politics Of Politicizing, Or De-Politicizing, The Aesthetic, Sean Mccann Dec 1998

The Ambiguous Politics Of Politicizing, Or De-Politicizing, The Aesthetic, Sean Mccann

Sean McCann

No abstract provided.

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Walter Burre’S The Knight Of The Burning Pestle, Zachary Lesser Dec 1998

Walter Burre’S The Knight Of The Burning Pestle, Zachary Lesser

Zachary Lesser

A study of The Knight of the Burning Pestle in the context of the career of its publisher, Walter Burre, focusing especially on his use of the typographical technique of "continuous printing."

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Inviting The Mother Tongue: Beyond "Mistakes," "Bad English", And "Wrong Language", Peter Elbow Dec 1998

Inviting The Mother Tongue: Beyond "Mistakes," "Bad English", And "Wrong Language", Peter Elbow

Peter Elbow

This essay grows out of feeling torn between conflicting goals or obligations. I think most teachers of first year college writing courses also feel this conflict, and I experience it acutely as director of a university writing program. On the one hand, I feel an obligation not to force all my students to conform to the language and culture of mainstream English. (See “The Students’ Right To Their Own Language” [Committee].) On the other hand, I feel an obligation to give all my students access to the written language of power and prestige.

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Using The Collage For Collaborative Writing, Peter Elbow Dec 1998

Using The Collage For Collaborative Writing, Peter Elbow

Peter Elbow

No abstract provided.

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What Are The Advantages Of Using Vitamove For Back Pain?, Eda Msmith Dec 1998

What Are The Advantages Of Using Vitamove For Back Pain?, Eda Msmith

eda msmith

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