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“Wall Of Force”: Analyzing The Partition Of India And Pakistan In Haroun And The Sea Of The Stories, Grace Mowery Dec 2022

“Wall Of Force”: Analyzing The Partition Of India And Pakistan In Haroun And The Sea Of The Stories, Grace Mowery

Channels: Where Disciplines Meet

Literary scholars have often interpreted Salman Rushdie’s children’s book Haroun and the Sea of Stories as a critique of censorship, but Eva König’s postcolonial analysis provides an alternate interpretation of the book. This essay builds upon König’s work and argues that the book instead critiques the damaged relationship between India and Pakistan following the 1947 partition. König’s inclusion of Edward Said’s views of othering in her analysis strengthens her argument, but she does not account for Rushdie’s context. Contextualizing the book within the history of the partition and accounting for Rushdie’s condemnation of it allows scholars to compare the fictionalized …


The Faithful Reader: Essays On Biblical Themes In Literature, Justin D. Lyons Jan 2022

The Faithful Reader: Essays On Biblical Themes In Literature, Justin D. Lyons

Faculty Books

Through essays written by faculty and staff at Cedarville University, this book explores biblical themes such as love, mercy, sin, repentance, and hope in selected works of literature. The volume serves an expression and exploration of the Christian worldview as applied to reading works of fiction from various genres and time periods. It serves also as an example of the practice of biblical integration that Cedarville University strives for in every discipline.


Review Of Somewhere In The Bayou By Jarrett Pumphrey& Jerome Pumphrey, Janelle Burd Jan 2022

Review Of Somewhere In The Bayou By Jarrett Pumphrey& Jerome Pumphrey, Janelle Burd

Library Intern Book Reviews

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Review Of Snow Horses: A First Night Story By Patricia Maclachlan, Janelle Burd Jan 2022

Review Of Snow Horses: A First Night Story By Patricia Maclachlan, Janelle Burd

Library Intern Book Reviews

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The Faithful Reader: Essays On Biblical Themes In Literature, Justin D. Lyons Jan 2022

The Faithful Reader: Essays On Biblical Themes In Literature, Justin D. Lyons

Cedrus Press Publications

Through essays written by faculty and staff at Cedarville University, this book explores biblical themes such as love, mercy, sin, repentance, and hope in selected works of literature. The volume serves an expression and exploration of the Christian worldview as applied to reading works of fiction from various genres and time periods. It serves also as an example of the practice of biblical integration that Cedarville University strives for in every discipline.