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The Enduring Austen Heroine: Self-Awareness And Moral Maturity In Jane Austen's Emma And In Modern Austen Fan-Fiction, Brittany A. Meng Nov 2010

The Enduring Austen Heroine: Self-Awareness And Moral Maturity In Jane Austen's Emma And In Modern Austen Fan-Fiction, Brittany A. Meng

Masters Theses

Jane Austen's novels continue to be popular in the twenty-first century because her heroines are both delightful and instructive; they can be viewed as role models of personal growth due to their honest self-examination and commitment to high moral standards. Chapter one establishes the patterns of personal growth that uniquely characterizes Austen's heroines in each of her six novels. Chapter two tests these conclusions by carefully examining the character of Emma Woodhouse. Though Emma is a unique heroine due to her wealth and social privileges, she follows the principles of personal growth possessed by Austen's other heroines. Chapter three further …


Review: Isle Of Swords, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong May 2010

Review: Isle Of Swords, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

All Children's Book Reviews

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Review: A Faraway Island, Janice A. Delong, Rachel Schwedt May 2010

Review: A Faraway Island, Janice A. Delong, Rachel Schwedt

All Children's Book Reviews

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Review: Frindle, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong May 2010

Review: Frindle, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

All Children's Book Reviews

Review of Andrew Clements' Frindle. Illustrated by Brian Selznick. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 1996. ISBN: 0689806698 (Ages 10 to 12)


Review: Reaching For The Sun, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong May 2010

Review: Reaching For The Sun, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

All Children's Book Reviews

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Review: Hate That Cat, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong May 2010

Review: Hate That Cat, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

All Children's Book Reviews

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Hues, Tresses, And Dresses: Examining The Relation Of Body Image, Hair, And Clothes To Female Identity In Their Eyes Were Watching God And I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Alisha Priolo Castaneda Apr 2010

Hues, Tresses, And Dresses: Examining The Relation Of Body Image, Hair, And Clothes To Female Identity In Their Eyes Were Watching God And I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, Alisha Priolo Castaneda

Masters Theses

Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings convey powerful relations between body image, hair, and clothes. Because a proper understanding of the theory of womanism provides a basis for comprehending the African American female's relation to herself and the world around her, a working definition and description of the term and its general significance to African American critical theory is provided in chapter two. The third chapter focuses on the general topic of body image in relation to black female identity and includes a more specific analysis of the …


Flora: Mrs. J.E.B. Stuart, Brenda A. Ayres Mar 2010

Flora: Mrs. J.E.B. Stuart, Brenda A. Ayres

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This is the story of the Confederate General JEB Stuart through the eyes of his wife, Flora Stuart. Flora wore mourning for the last sixty years of her life after the death of her husband at Yellow Tavern in 1864. She devoted the rest of her life to commemorating the gallantry, Christian faith, and sacrifice of one of the most colorful and controversial cavalry officers during the Civil War.


Review: The Pocket Daring Book For Girl’S: Wisdom And Wonder, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong Mar 2010

Review: The Pocket Daring Book For Girl’S: Wisdom And Wonder, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

All Children's Book Reviews

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Review: A Week In The Woods, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong Mar 2010

Review: A Week In The Woods, Rachel Schwedt, Janice A. Delong

All Children's Book Reviews

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Nothing New, Mark Harris Jan 2010

Nothing New, Mark Harris

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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