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La Fille Publique: Depictions Of Sex Work In Fin-De-Siècle Literature, Nicole Araujo

All Student Scholarship

This thesis conducts a feminist analysis of depictions of sex work in fin-de-siècle, or turn of the19th-century, French literature. It draws connections between literature from this time period and the social and political forces that sought to eradicate female sexual autonomy. In the introduction, the political and social setting of fin-de-siècle France is explored, when sex work was widely prevalent and for many women offered a route to sexual and financial autonomy that was otherwise unattainable, much to the anxiety and irritation of the patriarchal forces in place.The first chapter analyzes Emile Zola’s Nana as a classic representation of the …

Telling Room: Color In Action, Ryan Poag, Meaghan Gonsior

Thinking Matters Symposium Archive

The Telling Room is a nonprofit writing center in Portland that helps young writers ages 6 to 18 build confidence, strengthen literacy skills, and provide real opportunities for students to display their creativity for audiences. Every year they approach creative writing through a unique theme to help keep young writers engaged. Their anthology’s theme this year is COLORS. Colors can symbolize and illustrate various aspects of life including human emotion, energy levels, and cultural phenomena. Using the connection between color and creativity, we have embarked on a project to produce a series of six short videos based on the colors …

English Department Newsletter 2017, English Department, University Of Southern Maine

Department of English Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Gnaw Bone, Tiffany Joslin

Stonecoast MFA Theses and Capstones

Even in the woods of Indiana (in an unincorporated community called Gnaw Bone, to be exact) life happens much as it happens elsewhere—people fight, they fall in love, they go to jail. I escaped this place of my childhood and moved to Washington, D.C., where I learned that much is the same no matter where I go. By exploring significant moments of my childhood in the region many call the Heartland and comparing it to my new city life, I touch on themes our country as a whole is pondering—identity, belonging, acceptance, and greed. I shine a light on an …

One Bruised Apple, Stacie Mccall Whitaker

Stonecoast MFA Theses and Capstones

The Quinn Family is always moving, and sixteen-year-old Sadie is determined to find out what they’re running from. In yet another new neighborhood, Sadie is befriended by a group of teens seemingly plagued by the same sense of tragedy that shrouds the Quinn family. Sadie quickly falls for Trenton, a young black man, in a town and family that forbids interracial relationships. As their relationship develops and is ultimately exposed, the Quinn family secrets unravel and Sadie is left questioning all that she thought she knew about herself, her family, and the world.

Heart Of The Machine, Lauren Liebowitz Mfa

All Student Scholarship

Rion lives as a roach in the down-below, sharing what little she has with other kids in need. An encounter with a dead body leaves her with what seems like someone else's memories in her head--Obsidian, one of the synthetic humanoid Protectors who battle against unknown, inhuman invaders. Rion's everyday struggle to survive and keep her friends safe is complicated by this unfamiliar, unwanted presence. As she searches for a cure or at least an explanation, she comes to the attention of different powers at play who want access to Obsidian's memories, at any cost. Soon she is fighting not …

English Department Newsletter 2016, English Department, University Of Southern Maine

Department of English Newsletter

No abstract provided.

I Am Adele Bloch-Bauer, I Am Hester Prynne, Laurie Lico Albanese Mfa

All Student Scholarship

I AM ADELE BLOCH-BAUER, I AM HESTER PRYNNE is a compilation of fiction and nonfiction. This cross-genre thesis includes two excerpts from historical novels with female protagonists, and an essay on women’s historical fiction. For the study and creation of female-centered historical fiction I researched and wrote in a wide range of areas, both intellectual and temporal. First, I read and traced the emergence of female-focused American historical fiction that began with Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, and continues today with historical fiction based in fact such as Lily King’s Euphoria and Paula McClain’s The Paris Wife and Circling the …

Currency, Elisha M. Emerson Mfa

All Student Scholarship

The privileged Watters family, David, Winnie, and their 14-year-old daughter, Faye, struggle to adjust their suburban Charlotte lifestyle to fit a much-reduced income. Their fast failure leads them down separate paths: David after enlightenment through Transcendental Meditation, Faye after the power she feels in the company of her handsome Earth Science teacher, and Winnie in a romantic foray to Alaska after buried gold. Currency probes that moment when everything changes size, when initial annoyances shrink and reality resumes a new and disturbing sense of proportion.

Gen Ms 31 Thomas Carper Papers Finding Aid, Megan Hendrix

Search the General Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Description:

This collection contains poems, writing logs and published works of poet Thomas Carper. Originally from Cornish, Maine, Carper is a Professor Emeritus who taught poetry and creative writing at USM from 1967 to 1997 and currently divides his time between Maine and France. The Papers include multiple drafts showing revisions of the poem along with the final version.

Date Range:

1982-2007

Size of Collection:

2 ft

English Department Newsletter 2015, English Department, University Of Southern Maine

Department of English Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Webster's Geometry; Or, The Irreducible Duchess, Benjamin Bertram Phd

Faculty Publications

This study of geometry, gender, and skepticism in John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi argues that the play leaves us in a hall of mirrors, a horror show of optical tricks, delusion, narcissism, and perspectivism from which there seems to be no escape, no masterpiece of God’s creation upholding reality beyond sensory images. In the absence of a transcendental referent, the Duchess’ willful and fearful journey «into the wilderness» – the life she leads as a result of her furtive marriage to her steward Antonio – becomes an alternative to both the public sphere mapped by divine patterns of order …

Measure For Measure And The Discourse Of Husbandry, Benjamin Bertram Phd

Faculty Publications

The article explores early modern husbandry, which are more focused on encouraging its readers to lead pious, productive and economical lives. In "Measure for Measure," by William Shakespeare, the play centers on the rise of state husbandry as it focused on the parallels between Duke Vincentio and James I and views of sex and marriage. According to the author, there are two competing views of sex in the work including Lucio's pleasurable economy that resists the order of state husbandry.

Words & Images 2012, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Editor: Caroline O'Connor Thomas

Design: Adriana Warner

Back Cover: Dichotomy: Health and Harm, Beatrice Abbott

English Department Newsletter 2011, English Department, University Of Southern Maine

Department of English Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Words & Images 2010, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Publishing Director: Jesse Leighton

Fiction Editors: Renee Decamilis, Brian Spigel, Mark Rowland

Art Director: Aubin Thomas

Poetry Editors: Tamarah Smith, Jonathan Wilson, Todd Perry

Words & Images 2009, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Managing Editor: Seth A. Bishop

Fiction Editor: Chad Chamberlain

Poetry Editor: Jeff Hodenberg

Words & Images 2008, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Ryan Gato

Assistant Publishing Director: Grace Mueller

Managing Editor: Benjamin Rybeck

Words & Images 2007, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Melissa St.Germain

Assistant Director: Ryan Gato

Advising Director: Brian Farrell

Words & Images 2006, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Keith W. Foster

Associate Publishing Directors: Brian Farrell, Neil Knowlton-Randall, Cyndle R. Plaisted

Art Directors: Jeffrey Hamm, Rebecca Stockbridge

Words & Images 2005, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Victor Wyatt

Art Director: Mark Ford

Poetry Editor: Keith Foster

Words & Images 2003, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Art Editor: Lorienne Schulze

Literary Editor: Jennifer Thomas

Production Director: Josh Cook

Words & Images 2002, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Art Editor: Jody Desjardins

Publishing Director: Sarah Gagnon

Literary Editor: Amy Cemodanovs

Words & Images 2001, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Publishing Director: Allison Bouchard

Illustrator: Sarah Gagnon

Art Editor: Bradford Conner

Words & Images 2000, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words and Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Editor: Jeanette D'Entremont

Art Editor: Allisson Bouchard

Literary Editor: Sybil Ridge

Words & Images 1999, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words & Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine.

Editor: Narayan Nayar

Art Editor: Aimee Gagnon

Illustrator: Steve Amoroso

Words & Images 1998, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Words and Images is an annual arts and literature publication distributed by the University of Southern Maine

Editor: Narayan Nayar

Art Editor: Lisa Solomon

Literary Editor: Megan Marshall

Words And Images 1994, University Of Southern Maine

Words and Images

Publishing Director: M. Griffin Kane

Le Culte De Sainte Foy À Sélestat Et À Conques: Étude Comparative, Kathleen M. Ashley Phd, Pamela Sheingorn

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Our Paper 12/1992, Our Paper

Our Paper (1983-1992)

No abstract provided.