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Idealization And Desire In The Hundred Acre Wood: A.A. Milne And Christopher (Robin), Laura Bright

Laura E Bright

Argues that A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner represent the conscious rejection, unconscious reproduction, and re-imaging of the author's traumatic Victorian childhood.

Woolf’S Mrs. Dalloway, John Young

John K. Young

The famous skywriting scene in Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway owes more to 1920s advertising culture than has been previously recognized. In their rapt reading of the “Kreemo” aerial ad, the London pedestrians create both a commentary on consumerism and a model of collaborative, modernist reading.

Canonicity And Commercialization In Woolf's Uniform Edition, John K. Young

John K. Young

This paper considers Virginia Woolf the publisher alongside Virginia Woolf the author. While the Hogarth Press has long been known for making Woolf "the only woman in England free to write what I like," it also made her free to be published as she liked. Hogarth, Jane Marcus argues, "gave Woolf a way of negotiating the terms of literary publicity, and a space somewhere between the private, the coterie, and the public sphere" (144-5). I will examine one such negotiation, the Uniform Edition of Woolf's works, a series designed to capitalize on her growing recognition and marketability. Once the Woolfs …

"The Poets Welcome": An Unrecorded Manuscript By Robert Burns, G. Ross Roy, Patrick G. Scott

Patrick Scott

Introduces, reproduces, and gives provenance for a previously-unrecorded autograph manuscript of Robert Burns's poem about the birth of his first-born child, and his mixed emotions of pride and some shame at her illegitimacy.

Shelley's Mont Blanc, Spencer Hall

Spencer Hall

"Mont Blanc" studies the relationship between the poet and the omnipotent. Spencer Hall questions the attribution of the supernatural to Shelley's thinking. Hall sees Shelley as creating a non-transcendental and hybrid confluence of emotions and ideas. Shelley concept of the sublime is not intuited by the poet, but rather constructed and projected by him. It is a process in which the imagination is primary.

Wordworth's "Lucy" Poems, Spencer Hall

Spencer Hall

This essay seeks to provide meaning and a context for interpretation of the Romantic "Lucy" poems by William Wordsworth. Hall argues against two critics' opposing interpretations by suggesting the meaning is humanistic which provides somewhat of a clarity into Wordsworth's poetic development. Hall suggests that his proposed context into these poems isn't merely one dimensional, but multi-faceted and draws upon other critics.

Refashioning A Wordsworthian Tradition, Spencer Hall

Spencer Hall

In this review of the critical approaches to Wordsworthian study, Spencer Hall discusses the contrast between theory and academic study of Wordsworthian poetry and their links to each other. Wordsworth is discussed in that of the "problematic Wordsworth" and that of the "programmatic Wordsworth." The two sides show how one thought was a product of imagination which was perpetuated in our time and the other from current academic theories. Hall brings to the forefront that by recognizing the interconnectedness of Wordsworthian studies and contemporary theorizing, the issues of literary studies and liberal education can be engaged with Wordsworth.

Feminism, Ecology, Romanticism, Spencer Hall

Spencer Hall

This review studies gender discrimination in academic Romantic criticism. It brings to light the influence of the works of William Wordsworth on women poets. The review takes a look at the term "Wordsworth" and suggests it needs to be viewed not as a masculinist concept, but as a product of the combination of he and his wife's, Dorothy Wordsworth, works. The review states the book goes further past the knowledge that William used some of his wife's material as his "raw material" for his poetry and suggests that Dorothy intended to supply William with data.

Beyond The Realms Of Dream, Spencer Hall

Spencer Hall

Mary Shelley's Alastor is analyzed in light of the relationship between Gothic and Romantic literature. The relationship between Gothicism and Romanticism is assessed in light of literature. Shelly's poem is held up as a representation of mature Gothic literature owing a debt to Romanticism.

The Ideal, The Rhetorical, And The Erotic, Spencer Hall

Spencer Hall

In this review of English Romanticism Spencer Hall examines two works in regards to the intense interest in P. B. Shelley's works. Hall uses many examples to demonstrate why Shelley has become so popular and why he will be in the years to come. With the ongoing critical reexamination of Shelley's works, and evidence of teachers use in their classrooms and in undergraduate studies, the passionate intensity that is undertaken affirms how "hot" Shelley really is.

Religion And The Academy: Report On The Western Conference On British Studies Roundtable, Robert Ellison

Robert Ellison

This article is a report of a roundtable I moderated at the 2006 meeting of the Western Conference on British Studies. It proposes some directions religious studies might take in the 21st century; it is also the first publication to mention of the British Pulpit Online, an emerging digital resource for the study of the sermon from 1688-1901.

“’National Apostasy,’ Tracts For The Times, And Plain Sermons: John Keble's Tractarian Prose.”, Robert Ellison

Robert Ellison

John Keble is perhaps best known for The Christian Year and his work as Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 1831 to 1841. In this essay, I argue that his prose is worthy of study as well. I focus on "National Apostasy," the sermon that John Henry Newman saw as the inauguration of the Oxford Movement; the 8 pieces he contributed to the Tracts for the Times; and his many contributions to the Plain Sermons, by Contributors to the "Tracts for the Times."

The Tractarians' Political Rhetoric, Robert Ellison

Robert Ellison

This article examines the political speaking and writing of John Keble, John Henry Newman, and other leading figures of the Oxford Movement. It argues that while they were essentially conservative in the pulpit, where they spoke as official representatives of the Established Church, they were more critical and outspoken in other works, where they enjoyed more of the freedom afforded to private citizens.

Introduction To A New History Of The Sermon : The Nineteenth Century, Robert Ellison

Robert Ellison

This is the introduction to A New History of the Sermon:The Nineteenth Century, a collection of essays I edited for Brill Academic Publishers. It discusses the concept and history of "rhetorical criticism," and seeks to lay a foundation for the rhetorical study of the Anglo-American pulpit.

The Tractarians' Sermons And Other Speeches, Robert Ellison

Robert Ellison

This is the first chapter of A New History of the Sermon: The Nineteenth Century, a collection of essays I edited for Brill Academic Publishers. It provides an overview of the Tractarians' homiletic theory, and examines the various genres of their oratory: sermons (both "plain" and "university"), lectures, and episcopal charges.

Prophecy And Anti-Popery In Victorian London: John Cumming Reconsidered, Robert Ellison, Carol Herringer

Robert Ellison

John Cumming (1807-1881) was the popular minister of the Crown Court Church of Scotland in London's Covent Garden. This article examines his views on the end times and the Roman Catholic Church, two of the favorite subjects of his preaching.

The Representation Of Samson's Eyes In Samson Agonistes, Timothy J. Burbery

Timothy J. Burbery

Everyone knows that in Samson Agonistes Milton altered many details in the judges narrative of Samson, changing Dalila from a concubine to a wife, for instance, and inventing the characters of Harapha and the Public Officer. Yet one alteration that has gone unnoticed is the fact that Samson's eyeballs remain intact and his face looks normal and uninjured even after his being violently blinded by the Philistines.

'Predicting' The Future Of Library Opac: Assistive Technologies For Everyone, Danielle Lee-Muma

Danielle K.L. Lee-Muma

Word prediction, unlike the broader area of predictive text which can include T9 language for cellphones without full keyboards, is intended to make typing easier in augmentative and alternative communication for individuals with cognitive and physical impediments (Garay-Vitoria and Abascal 2006, pg 188). While word prediction is intended for AAC, it has potential to alleviate or eliminate the disconnection between library patrons and the Library of Congress Subject Headings used by librarians in cataloguing. Library users often use keywords instead of subject headings because they do not understand the use and syntax of the Library of Congress Subject Headings. By …

The Bitter Relicks Of My Flame: The Embodiment Of Venereal Disease And Prostitution In The Novels Of Jane Austen, Melanie Erin Osborn

Melanie E Osborn

Resembling the mercurial, black beauty mark used as an ornamental concealment of syphilitic sores, Jane Austen’s comedy of manners likewise acted as a superficial cosmetic device that concealed the ubiquity of venereal disease and prostitution hidden within. Through her characters, Austen used veiled narrative to highlight the reality of venereal disease and prostitution in eighteenth-century England. This thesis uncovers the hidden narrative in Jane Austen’s novels, as a means of better understanding the impact venereal disease and prostitution had on sexual issues with women and the female body during the eighteenth century. Beginning with an almost comic reference to venereal …

Respect Des Fonds D'Archives: Theory And Application, Danielle Lee-Muma

Danielle K.L. Lee-Muma

This paper examines the principle of Respect des fonds, its history and reason for becoming a dominant principle, and what its aspects mean: interpreting original order as an internal arrangement, and discussing external arrangement in the principle of provenance. Case studies (both real world examples and hypothetical examples based on real fonds and archives) will be used to discuss how the twin principles of respect des fonds, original order and provenance can be put into practice. The case studies are used to discuss what problems can arise in the application of respect des fonds.

Original Sources And Modern Sources On Burns's Songs, Patrick Scott

Patrick Scott

The Literary Transactions Of Europe: An Unrecorded Continuation Of The St. James’S Magazine, Barbara L. Fitzpatrick

Barbara L. Fitzpatrick

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Fairy Tale Stylization Project, Dan Gleason

Dan Gleason

The Fairy Tale project is a group project that captures the key distinctions in literary style that we analyze in our Modern World Fiction class. In that class, we look at fiction through the lens of different stylistic flavors: maximalism, minimalism, ludic (playful) style, surrealism, and magical realism. The fairy tale project helps students look back on all these different styles, reflect on them, and note their key features and differences more clearly. In this project, groups of students will rewrite a fairy tale in all (five) literary styles. Each member of the group will rewrite the tale in one …

Breaking Down Barriers: Accessibility In The Wild West Of E-Resources, Danielle Lee-Muma

Danielle K.L. Lee-Muma

E-resources can be extremely useful for patrons who have a visual or hearing impediment because electronic materials can be accessed from home and many of them have a form of accessibility embedded in them. The problem lies in discovering what accessible features are available in each resource and how to make the most of them. Every e-resource has a different layout and set of functions. Come see the quickest, easiest, most inexpensive and time-effective ways of making e-resources available to patrons who have a visual or hearing impediment.

Literary Criticism In New Media: A Critical Analysis Of The Website Television Tropes And Idioms And The Place Of Literature In Digital Culture, Linda K. Börzsei

Linda Börzsei

The aim of this thesis is to present and critically assess the website Television Tropes and Idioms (commonly known as TV Tropes, located at www.tvtropes.org), and to describe how it might be inserted into the context of literary theory and criticism, as well as show how it displays the characteristic features of New Media and indicates a possible place for literature in digital culture. The website catalogues recurring patterns and conventions in literature and entertainment media. Included in its analysis is an examination of the term 'trope' and a demonstration of the website literary critical method with the help of …

Review Of Poetry, Pictures, And Popular Publishing: The Illustrated Gift Book And Victorian Visual Culture 1855-1875 By Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Katherine D. Harris

Katherine D. Harris

No abstract provided.

Literary Annual, Katherine D. Harris

Katherine D. Harris

No abstract provided.

Rudolph Ackermann, Katherine D. Harris

Katherine D. Harris

No abstract provided.

Spenserianism And Satire Before And After The Bishops’ Ban: Evidence From Thomas Middleton, Rachel Hile

Rachel E. Hile

No abstract provided.

Woolf And Intertextuality, Anne Fernald

Anne E Fernald

No abstract provided.