Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
- Keyword
-
- Literature (2)
- Poetry (2)
- Activism (1)
- Anni Mirabiles (1)
- Appalachia (1)
-
- Appalachian (1)
- Bilingual education (1)
- Civil rights (1)
- Don West (1)
- Education (1)
- Equality (1)
- Family (1)
- Heroes (1)
- Heroism (1)
- Human rights (1)
- Humanity (1)
- Kentucky (1)
- Labor (1)
- Loss (1)
- Love (1)
- Miners (1)
- Multicultural education (1)
- Poems (1)
- Poets (1)
- Prose (1)
- Sharecroppers (1)
- Social activism (1)
- Social activists (1)
- Social justice (1)
- Social movements (1)
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 17 of 17
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
The Holy Guide-Book And The Sword Of The Lord: How Melville Used The Bible In Redburn And White-Jacket, Kris Lackey
The Holy Guide-Book And The Sword Of The Lord: How Melville Used The Bible In Redburn And White-Jacket, Kris Lackey
English Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Vol. 5, No. 4 (1985), Carl Petersen, Carolyn Blakemore
Vol. 5, No. 4 (1985), Carl Petersen, Carolyn Blakemore
Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review
No abstract provided.
A Journey Inward : Initiation In Katherine Anne Porter's Miranda Stories, Anne Lobdell
A Journey Inward : Initiation In Katherine Anne Porter's Miranda Stories, Anne Lobdell
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
Tracing the initiation motif in Katharine Anne Porter's "Miranda stories" uncovers her maturing protagonist's search for order and personal truth. Miranda's inward journey ultimately leads not to nihilism and despair, as some critics suggest, but to an honest and courageous affirmation of the independent spirit.
Porter's fiction involving Miranda and her family background reveal varying stages of this maturing that, together with parallel theories of initiation, fall into critic Mordecai Marcus' paradigm of initiation types. The "tentative" initiation stories only brush the child Miranda's awareness and deal primarily with the external world. They include "The Circus," marking an "emotional" initiation …
Vol. 5, No. 3 (1985), Richard A. Shine, M. B. Mayfield, Barry Hannah Jr.
Vol. 5, No. 3 (1985), Richard A. Shine, M. B. Mayfield, Barry Hannah Jr.
Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review
No abstract provided.
Superior Instants: Religious Concerns In The Poetry Of Emily Dickinson, Elisabeth Buckner
Superior Instants: Religious Concerns In The Poetry Of Emily Dickinson, Elisabeth Buckner
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
When I decided to write a thesis on Emily Dickinson's poetry, my intention was to show that she did, indeed, implement a concrete philosophy into her poetry. However, after several months of research, I realized that this poet's philosophy was ongoing and sometimes inconsistent. Emily Dickinson never discovered the answers to all of her religious and spiritual questions although she devoted her entire life to that pursuit. What Dickinson did discover was that orthodox religion had no place in her heart or mind and she must make her own choices where God was concerned. Immortality was an intense fascination to …
Vol. 5, No. 2 (1985), Carl Petersen
Vol. 5, No. 2 (1985), Carl Petersen
Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review
No abstract provided.
San José Studies, Winter 1985, San José State University Foundation
San José Studies, Winter 1985, San José State University Foundation
San José Studies, 1980s
Volume 11, Issue 1
Anni Mirabiles: Kentucky Literature At The Turn Of The Century, William S. Ward
Anni Mirabiles: Kentucky Literature At The Turn Of The Century, William S. Ward
The Kentucky Review
No abstract provided.
Vol. 5, No. 1 (1985), William Boozer, Jane E. Allen
Vol. 5, No. 1 (1985), William Boozer, Jane E. Allen
Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review
No abstract provided.
In A Land Of Plenty: A Don West Reader, Don West, Constance Adams West
In A Land Of Plenty: A Don West Reader, Don West, Constance Adams West
Copyright-Free Books
Rooted in a particular place, the South and especially the Appalachian hills; in a long time, with poems dating from as early as 1932 and as late as 1981; and in the wide experience of a man who has been a farmer, lineman, preacher, organizer, deck hand, professor, and journalist. Land of Plenty is about America over the last half a century. It is about miners, freedom, racism, sharecroppers, family, love, loss, the South, laughter, labor, hunger, and heroism...Constance Adams West's spare illustrations make Land of Plenty still more beautiful." -Dave Roediger, Dept. of History, Northwestern U.
"Failed Love" In The Drama Of Edward Albee, Steven Leonard Long
"Failed Love" In The Drama Of Edward Albee, Steven Leonard Long
Masters Theses
The plays of Edward Albee are frequently examinations of characters who are unable to love or to be loved. A central and recurring conflict which runs through many of Albee's plays is the conflict which stems from the lack of success which the characters often experience as they strive to find love. The uncertainty and ambiguity which surround the abstraction called "love" leave the characters with feelings of unhappiness, frustration, fear, self-hatred, and despondency. Though the individuals in Albee's plays are aware that love is the ingredient which is missing from their lives, none knows how to go about alleviating …
Beating The Devil: Life And Art In Peter Cartwright's Autobiography, Robert Bray
Beating The Devil: Life And Art In Peter Cartwright's Autobiography, Robert Bray
Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Mark Twain's Confidence Men, Sharon K. Scruton
Mark Twain's Confidence Men, Sharon K. Scruton
Masters Theses
In Mark Twain's literature the confidence man has special talents, but he is also subject to human failings. Through the characters of Huck Finn and Hank Morgan (A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court) Twain exposes the traps into which a con artist, as a creative talent, can fall. Twain knows these traps, both from experience and from fears of what the future holds. Hank Morgan becomes an extension of Huckleberry Finn. He is a figure who, as he progresses, leaves the best talent of a con artist behind--the talent of instinct. The natural abilities of insight and …
The Academic Achievement Of Chinese-American Fluent English Proficient And Non-Minority Background Intermediate Grade Students (Bilingual, Asian-American), Edmund W. Lee
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
More than a decade has passed since the United States Supreme Court made its historic decision in Lau v. Nichols on January 21, 1974. Ruling in favor of the non-English-speaking Chinese plaintiffs, the Court upheld earlier guidelines established by the office for Civil Rights for school districts with more than five percent national origin-minority group children. In delivering the Court's opinion, Justice Douglas reiterated these words of J. Stanley Pottinger, former director of OCR:
Nature Vs Society In The Works Of Stephen Crane, Rodney R. Parker
Nature Vs Society In The Works Of Stephen Crane, Rodney R. Parker
Masters Theses
The five works of Stephen Crane I chose to discuss in this thesis are: "The Open Boat," "A Mystery of Heroism," "The Blue Hotel," Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, and The Red Badge of Courage. All of these works are representative of the fictional vision of Stephen Crane. A persistent theme that Crane uses in virtually all of his stories is the relationship between the human and the natural worlds. The world of nature is one of indifference. It shows no interest in the activies of mankind, and is, in fact, incapable of doing so. But Crane's …
The Law And Mark Twain, Jeff Andrew Weigel
The Law And Mark Twain, Jeff Andrew Weigel
Masters Theses
Varying concepts of law are an essential part in many of Mark Twain's works. Twain's position as an observer and critic of society is often reflected by the way he represents law and justice in his stories. His dislike of injustice and cruelty caused him to focus on these "legal" problems as a way of revealing and attacking various injustices in society. My thesis examines Twain's perception of law as he exposes it in Roughing It, Pudd'nhead Wilson, The Prince and the Pauper, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The general objective of my …
Beating The Devil: Life And Art In Peter Cartwright's Autobiography, Robert Bray
Beating The Devil: Life And Art In Peter Cartwright's Autobiography, Robert Bray
Robert Bray
No abstract provided.