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My Teaching Philosophy, Marilyn R. Pukkila
My Teaching Philosophy, Marilyn R. Pukkila
Marilyn R. Pukkila
This is my philosophy of teaching and learning, as developed during the ACRL Immersion Intentional Teacher Track in Nashville, TN in December of 2009
Women At War In Mrs. Dalloway, Anne Fernald
The Cleavage Commotion: How The Press Covered Senator Hillary Clinton’S Campaign, Karen Stein
The Cleavage Commotion: How The Press Covered Senator Hillary Clinton’S Campaign, Karen Stein
Karen F Stein
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"Can No Prayers Pierce Thee?": Re-Imagining Marian Intercession In The Merchant Of Venice, Ruben Espinosa
"Can No Prayers Pierce Thee?": Re-Imagining Marian Intercession In The Merchant Of Venice, Ruben Espinosa
Ruben Espinosa
In post-Reformation England, anti-Catholic polemics delineated Marian devotion as dangerous, if not idolatrous, and attacked the Virgin Mary’s influence by contending that belief in her intercessory power posed a threat to God’s authority. But the very existence of these polemics indicates that prayer to, and desire for, the Virgin Mary’s intercession endured the Reformation. This article addresses Shakespeare’s attention to this Marian strength in The Merchant of Venice to demonstrate how he draws on Mary’s “lost” intercessory power in his development of Portia as a character reminiscent of the compassionate Virgin Mary of Catholic tradition. By casting Marian intercession in …
Reading, Learning, Teaching Toni Morrison, Karen Stein
Reading, Learning, Teaching Toni Morrison, Karen Stein
Karen F Stein
Toni Morrison, the 1993 Nobel Prize winning fiction author, is an unabashedly confrontational author. Her profound and complex novels address problems such as slavery, violence, poverty, and sexual abuse. Her work encompasses a project of total cultural renewal: she re-imagines and reaffirms the experience of African-Americans from the days of slavery up to the present, avoiding stereotypes or oversimplification. She employs African and Western literary traditions and conventions as bases for both structure and critique, re-writing some of the "master narratives" of American culture and history.
Michael Jackson: Queer Funk, Steven Bruhm