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The Weddynge Of Sir Gawen And Dame Ragnell [Vhs], Linda Marie Zaerr Nov 1999

The Weddynge Of Sir Gawen And Dame Ragnell [Vhs], Linda Marie Zaerr

Linda Marie Zaerr

The complete text in Middle English. ISBN 0-8425-2458-4.


Paragons Of Virtue With Carnal Appetites: The Women In Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, And Antony And Cleopatra, Michele Gibney Nov 1999

Paragons Of Virtue With Carnal Appetites: The Women In Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, And Antony And Cleopatra, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

A theme that Shakespeare treat several times in his plays is the sexual mistrust of women and their subsequent testing and vindication. It appears that men “perceiving sexuality as power over women, fear its loss through female betrayal,” (VIII, 41). Specifically I am choosing to look at three plays, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, and Antony and Cleopatra, in order to examine the different ways in which females in these plays, Desdemona, Hero, and Cleopatra, cope with the male insecurities that they are confronted with. In so doing, I hope to point out that Shakespeare’s reasoning in continually bringing up …


Feminist Spiritualities: A Brief Overview, Marilyn Pukkila Oct 1999

Feminist Spiritualities: A Brief Overview, Marilyn Pukkila

Marilyn R. Pukkila

A bibliographic essay on the early beginnings of feminist spirituality literature, from the 1960s to 1998.


Fortifying The Ideal Ego: Idealization In Morrison's Tar Baby And In Some White Feminist Cross-Race Fantasies, Jean Wyatt Oct 1999

Fortifying The Ideal Ego: Idealization In Morrison's Tar Baby And In Some White Feminist Cross-Race Fantasies, Jean Wyatt

Jean Wyatt

No abstract provided.


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.


Learning Spanish, Linda Niemann Aug 1999

Learning Spanish, Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

No abstract provided.


Review: The Rhetoric Of Power In The Bayeux Tapestry, By Suzanne Lewis, Daniel Terkla Jul 1999

Review: The Rhetoric Of Power In The Bayeux Tapestry, By Suzanne Lewis, Daniel Terkla

Daniel Terkla

In the preface to her study of the much-discussed Bayeux Tapestry, Suzanne Lewis, professor of art history at Stanford University, wonders, "[W]hy another book on the Bayeux Tapestry?" (xiii). She confidently responds that she has "something new to say" (xiii) and quickly invokes the major recent studies of this important artwork. Although she does not situate her work in that context beyond invoking names, Professor Lewis states that she has "no quarrel with . . . Michael Parisse (1983), David Wilson (1985), David Bernstein (1986), J. Bard McNulty (1989), or Wolfgang Grape (1993)" (xiii). Acknowledging that The Rhetoric of Power …


The Origins Of Science Fiction Criticism: From Kepler To Wells, Arthur B. Evans Jun 1999

The Origins Of Science Fiction Criticism: From Kepler To Wells, Arthur B. Evans

Arthur Bruce Evans

No abstract provided.


Collecting The South: An Historical Overview Of Reference Sources For The Study Of Southern Literature, Jeanne Pavy Jun 1999

Collecting The South: An Historical Overview Of Reference Sources For The Study Of Southern Literature, Jeanne Pavy

Jeanne Pavy

No abstract provided.


Challenges From Infant Research To Freud's Theory Of Primary Identification, Jean Wyatt Apr 1999

Challenges From Infant Research To Freud's Theory Of Primary Identification, Jean Wyatt

Jean Wyatt

No abstract provided.


Margaret Atwood Revisited, Karen Stein Dec 1998

Margaret Atwood Revisited, Karen Stein

Karen F Stein

Fiction writer, poet, critic, cartoonist, editor, children's book author, lecturer, teacher, and activist, Margaret Atwood is a major figure in the contemporary flowering of Canadian literature. This book provides an overview of Atwood's works, focusing on central themes, especially the paradoxes and possibilities of storytelling, sexual politics, and quests. Atwood's protagonists are storytellers, witnesses to a world that is often confusing and dangerous; the fictions these characters invent about their lives can become traps, self-fulfilling prophecies, or liberating fictions.


The Meaning Of The “Meaningless” Refrain In Igbo Folksongs And Storytelling Events, Chukwuma Azuonye Dec 1998

The Meaning Of The “Meaningless” Refrain In Igbo Folksongs And Storytelling Events, Chukwuma Azuonye

Chukwuma Azuonye

In this chapter, 'Chukwuma Azuonye...considers possible meanings of the “nonsense” refrains from Igbo folk songs that audiences sing during storytelling events in southeastern Nigeria. He classifies the refrains into eight categories, and concludes (and convinces the reader) that the “meaningless” description given to these refrains is erroneous. Each sound has a definite connotation, symbolic value, or specific meaning' (De Vos, Gail, 2001, Review of Traditional Storytelling Today: An International Sourcebook, ed. Margaret Reed Macdonald, Journal of American Folklore, Volume 114, Number 454, Fall, p. 503).


Material Culture And Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson Dec 1998

Material Culture And Medieval Drama, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

The contributions by distinguished American and British scholars to this volume recognize that early drama depended on specific developments in material culture in order to achieve its effects, which included both visual and auditory means of appealing to audiences. The discussions range from the parchment and paper on which the plays were written to the instruments which enhanced their production. Of special interest is Mary Remnant’s survey of musical instruments available to producers; she is the recognized expert on medieval English instruments.


Baptism, The Three Enemies, And T. S. Eliot, Clifford Davidson Dec 1998

Baptism, The Three Enemies, And T. S. Eliot, Clifford Davidson

Clifford Davidson

No abstract provided.


Cannon Schmitt. Alien Nation: Nineteenth-Century Gothic Fictions And English Nationality, Steven Bruhm Dec 1998

Cannon Schmitt. Alien Nation: Nineteenth-Century Gothic Fictions And English Nationality, Steven Bruhm

Steven Bruhm

No abstract provided.


Igbo Stories And Storytelling, Chukwuma Azuonye Dec 1998

Igbo Stories And Storytelling, Chukwuma Azuonye

Chukwuma Azuonye

A classification and discussion of the main forms and contexts of Igbo storytelling and the poetics of their oral performance, illustrated with a text recorded in the context of the oral performance


Mary Roberts Rinehart, Mary Freier Dec 1998

Mary Roberts Rinehart, Mary Freier

Mollie Freier

No abstract provided.


Langston Hughes’S Theater, Deborah Martinson Dec 1998

Langston Hughes’S Theater, Deborah Martinson

Deborah Martinson

No abstract provided.


Complementary Medicine, Linda Niemann Dec 1998

Complementary Medicine, Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

No abstract provided.


The Treatment Of Gay And Lesbian Fiction For Young Adults In The Reviewing Media, Paulette Rothbauer, Lynne Mckechnie Dec 1998

The Treatment Of Gay And Lesbian Fiction For Young Adults In The Reviewing Media, Paulette Rothbauer, Lynne Mckechnie

Paulette Rothbauer

No abstract provided.


Entries On Margaret Avison, Marilyn Dumont, Sara Jeannette Duncan, And Pat Lowther, Ian Rae Dec 1998

Entries On Margaret Avison, Marilyn Dumont, Sara Jeannette Duncan, And Pat Lowther, Ian Rae

Ian Rae

No abstract provided.


“‘Thou Art Exact Of Taste’: The Ars Amatoria As Intertext In Paradise Lost.”, M. Stapleton Dec 1998

“‘Thou Art Exact Of Taste’: The Ars Amatoria As Intertext In Paradise Lost.”, M. Stapleton

M. L. Stapleton

No abstract provided.


The "Had-I-But-Known”, Mary Freier Dec 1998

The "Had-I-But-Known”, Mary Freier

Mollie Freier

No abstract provided.


Wheels Of Fortune (Book Review), Linda Niemann Dec 1998

Wheels Of Fortune (Book Review), Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Reviews the book "Driving to Detroit: An Automotive Odyssey," by Lesley Hazleton. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998.


Good Hearted Woman, Melanie Sumner Dec 1998

Good Hearted Woman, Melanie Sumner

Melanie Sumner

Abstract forthcoming


Out Of Alaska, Melanie Sumner Dec 1998

Out Of Alaska, Melanie Sumner

Melanie Sumner

Abstract forthcoming


The Guide, Melanie Sumner Dec 1998

The Guide, Melanie Sumner

Melanie Sumner

Abstract forthcoming


Henry Ii Als Herrscher In Der Anonymen Komödie Looke About You: Stoffgeschichtliche Und Quellenkritische Untersuchungen (Henry Ii As Sovereign In The Anonymous Comedy Looke About You: Motif Development And Sources), Mojgan Behmand Dec 1998

Henry Ii Als Herrscher In Der Anonymen Komödie Looke About You: Stoffgeschichtliche Und Quellenkritische Untersuchungen (Henry Ii As Sovereign In The Anonymous Comedy Looke About You: Motif Development And Sources), Mojgan Behmand

Mojgan Behmand

No abstract provided.


Picture This: Stephen King’S Queer Gothic, Steven Bruhm Dec 1998

Picture This: Stephen King’S Queer Gothic, Steven Bruhm

Steven Bruhm

No abstract provided.


The Yellow Wallpaper And The Monster Within, Christy Allen Dec 1998

The Yellow Wallpaper And The Monster Within, Christy Allen

Christy Allen

No abstract provided.