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Full-Text Articles in English Language and Literature
From “A New Hope” To No Hope At All: “Star Wars,” Tolkien And The Sinister And Depressing Reality Of Expanded Universes: When Fantasy Sagas Never End, We See The Cycles Of Brutality And Totalitarianism That Fuel Them Don't, Either, Gerry Canavan
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Carrying On Like A Madman: Insanity And Responsibility In Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, Melissa J. Ganz
Carrying On Like A Madman: Insanity And Responsibility In Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, Melissa J. Ganz
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Tasting And Testing Books: Good Housekeeping’S Literary Canon For The 1920s And 1930s, Amy Blair
Tasting And Testing Books: Good Housekeeping’S Literary Canon For The 1920s And 1930s, Amy Blair
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Capital As Artificial Intelligence, Gerry Canavan
Capital As Artificial Intelligence, Gerry Canavan
English Faculty Research and Publications
This article examines science-fictional allegorizations of Soviet-style planned economies, financial markets, autonomous trading algorithms, and global capitalism writ large as nonhuman artificial intelligences, focussing primarily on American science fiction of the Cold War period. Key fictional texts discussed include Star Trek, Isaac Asimov's Machine stories, Terminator, Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano (1952), Charles Stross's Accelerando (2005), and the short stories of Philip K. Dick. The final section of the article discusses Kim Stanley Robinson's novel 2312 (2012) within the contemporary political context of accelerationist anticapitalism, whose advocates propose working with “the machines” rather than against them.
The Octavia E. Butler Papers, Gerry Canavan
The Octavia E. Butler Papers, Gerry Canavan
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Ecology 101, Gerry Canavan
Ecology 101, Gerry Canavan
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Altar At Home: Sentimental Literature And Nineteenth-Century American Religion By Claudia Stokes, Angela Sorby
Review Of The Altar At Home: Sentimental Literature And Nineteenth-Century American Religion By Claudia Stokes, Angela Sorby
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
The Literary Significance Of Herman Melville’S Benito Cereno: An Analytical Reflection On Benito Cereno As A Fictional Narrative, Dani Kaiser
4997 English: Capstone
In Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno (1855), Captain Amasa Delano discovers a distressed slave ship in need of aid, only to later find out that his perception of the dire situation was completely incorrect. Melville’s novella is derived from Delano’s nonfiction account of the experience, titled Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (1817). This paper focuses on three questions that demonstrate why Melville wrote a novella almost completely derived from a nonfiction account of the events aboard the ship. In order to understand why Melville’s novella is powerful, one must ask, as an overarching question why …
Biography And Broken Barriers: Melville’S Use Of Personal Experience And Social Groups To Achieve Commentary In Typee And Redburn, Katelyn Quigley
Biography And Broken Barriers: Melville’S Use Of Personal Experience And Social Groups To Achieve Commentary In Typee And Redburn, Katelyn Quigley
4997 English: Capstone
Melville’s texts continue to be relevant to a contemporary readership well over a century since original publication, as his words not only illuminate and examine nineteenth century experiences, but also present concepts and ideas that continue to be worthy of consideration by modern audiences. One such issue that is regularly addressed in Melville’s works is that of identity: of the individual, of society, and of the individual as he navigates between the fabrics of various social worlds. This paper examines Social Identity Theory and its components that both achieve identification of the individual and the aggregate in society and define …
Interpretations Of Herman Melville’S Moby-Dick In The Field Of Visual Arts, Madeline Kudlata
Interpretations Of Herman Melville’S Moby-Dick In The Field Of Visual Arts, Madeline Kudlata
4997 English: Capstone
Artistic adaptations of literary classics allow readers to visualize and contextualize some of the most important themes, motifs, scenes, and images in a story that may be difficult to grasp through verbal text alone. From these adaptations, one can analyze the stylistic and thematic similarities or differences in the way an artist portrays elements of Melville’s Moby-Dick. Through their varying artistic styles and media, abstract impressionist Frank Stella, self-taught artist Matt Kish, and award-winning children’s book illustrator Allan Drummond express how Melville’s novel can manifest itself in a multitude of contexts: emotional, literal, and theoretical. By analyzing the way …
Eowyn As Queen, Brian Scheidt
Eowyn As Queen, Brian Scheidt
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
No abstract provided.
The Heir And The Treasure: The Grammatical Construction Of Aragorn And Arwen, Rachel Landsem
The Heir And The Treasure: The Grammatical Construction Of Aragorn And Arwen, Rachel Landsem
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
No abstract provided.
The Role Of Realism And Idealism In Decision-Making: A Case Study Of Tolkien’S And Jackson’S Ents And Elves, Max Bertelotti
The Role Of Realism And Idealism In Decision-Making: A Case Study Of Tolkien’S And Jackson’S Ents And Elves, Max Bertelotti
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
Attempting to fight Sauron without the Ring of Power is, of course, fruitless. Nearly all the characters in the Lord of the Rings understand this. While many readers debate the reasoning and logic behind sending Frodo and Sam alone into Mordor, few debate the reasoning for each specific race of Middle Earth to become involved in the fight against Sauron. Given Sauron’s impeccability and resilience, any non-destruction-of-the-Ring attempt at defeating Sauron must categorically be deemed infeasible. It fails logic then that, with a few exceptions, each race that the reader encounters in the Lord of the Rings finds it necessary …
Tolkien, Fandom, And Priorities, Melissa Conroy
Tolkien, Fandom, And Priorities, Melissa Conroy
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
No abstract provided.
The Inherent Goodness Of Gardens And Their Stewards, Dj Castillo
The Inherent Goodness Of Gardens And Their Stewards, Dj Castillo
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
No abstract provided.
Tolkien's Middle-Earth: Race Personified Through Orcs, Colleen Fessler
Tolkien's Middle-Earth: Race Personified Through Orcs, Colleen Fessler
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
From the time of Middle-earth’s creation, a complex society of hierarchies has existed both within and among the different races and creatures in Tolkien’s world. The race-constructed hierarchies speak to the way in which the different races understand themselves and those around them, just as people do in today’s modern society. While embarking on the journeys of this world with Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, with Frodo and the fellowship’s journey across Middle-earth to destroy the ring and Sauron in Mordor in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and from the creation of Arda and Middle-earth until the Third …
Songs In Middle-Earth, Ellory Busch
Songs In Middle-Earth, Ellory Busch
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
No abstract provided.
The Anti-War Adoption Of Lord Of The Rings, Kayla Spencer
The Anti-War Adoption Of Lord Of The Rings, Kayla Spencer
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
Ten years after Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy was first published in 1954, an unexpected party discovered Middle-earth. America’s counterculture adopted the series, despite its largely conservative, patriarchal, and militant ideologies. Tolkien himself was not fond of the hippie movement, calling them his “deplorable cultus” (Helms 7). Although always adamant that his books were not allegory, the hippies found it anyway and applied his art to their own agendas. Second-wave feminists understood Eowyn’s refusal to let her romantic interest and her father determine her fate, as well as her fear of being kept in a cage and unable to …
Dominion: Examining The Subject Of Power In Tolkien, Kieran Moriarty
Dominion: Examining The Subject Of Power In Tolkien, Kieran Moriarty
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
The discussion of power and one’s use of it in literature is far from a novel one. This is especially so regarding how one uses power to rule others. Two notable and conflicting ways to rule are using one’s power over the ruled, to keep control of them, and using one’s power for the ruled, by helping and supporting them. The clash between these two can be seen as early as the first book of the Jewish and Christian bibles, wherein God gives humans “dominion over…all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth,” asking them …
J.R.R. Tolkien And His Influence On Modern Fantasy Writer Tamora Pierce, Alexandria Curry
J.R.R. Tolkien And His Influence On Modern Fantasy Writer Tamora Pierce, Alexandria Curry
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien’s writing of female and racial minority characters has been criticized as misogynistic and racist by many critics of Tolkien. However, these critics come to these conclusions due to the limited quantity of these characters overall, especially those of the female sex, and their involvement in the overall story’s plot. Tolkien uses women sparingly and because of this, each one has important characteristics and roles that they play. Therefore, if not invalidating the critics position on his supposed misogynistic views, then, at least, dissolving some of their support platforms. However, the roles that the women play are important in understanding …
In A World With No Religion, How Did It Become So Christian? Christianity Within The Lord Of The Rings, Rhiley O'Rourke
In A World With No Religion, How Did It Become So Christian? Christianity Within The Lord Of The Rings, Rhiley O'Rourke
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
No abstract provided.
Goblins, Greed, And Goodness: The Symbolic And Narrative Degradation Of Goblins Within The Hobbit, Katelyn Stine
Goblins, Greed, And Goodness: The Symbolic And Narrative Degradation Of Goblins Within The Hobbit, Katelyn Stine
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
Throughout The Hobbit, J.R.R Tolkien establishes a variety of races that range on a diverse scale of good and evil. Within this spectrum, Goblins are portrayed as being the most evil in comparison to every other race on Middle Earth. Tolkien utilizes a variety of literary devices -from a repeated symbolic association with fire to their physical intolerance to environmental elements such as sunlight- to establish the complete disconnection between the Goblins and the natural world. This detachment allows their race as an entirety to become the embodiment of evil, which functions as a plot device throughout the narrative. Goblins …
The Prominence Of Pippin, Jasmine Sunderlage
The Prominence Of Pippin, Jasmine Sunderlage
4610 English: Individual Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien
When building a fictional world as involved and vast as that of J.R.R. Tolkien’s multiple drafts are a must in order to work out the exact details and to make sure that all the possible loose ends are tied up and addressed. Characters can come and go, change in temperaments and in how involved they are when it comes to the story itself. Whereas some characters may start of as highly involved in the plot, they may become nothing other than a supporting character after going through multiple drafting processes. For other characters, however, they may start as a walk-on/walk-off …
This Old House: Leaving The Empty Nest, C. J. Hribal
This Old House: Leaving The Empty Nest, C. J. Hribal
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
The Pulpit's Muse: Conversive Poetics In The American Renaissance, Michael William Keller
The Pulpit's Muse: Conversive Poetics In The American Renaissance, Michael William Keller
Dissertations (1934 -)
This dissertation focuses on the interaction between poetic form and popular religious practice in the nineteenth century United States. Specifically, I aim to see how American poets appropriated religious tropes—and especially religious conversion—in their poetry with specific designs on their audience. My introduction analyzes the phenomenon of religious conversion up through the nineteenth century with help from psychologists and historians of religion, including William James and Sydney Ahlstrom. In the introduction, I also explore how revivalist conversion helped inform the poetics of Walt Whitman and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Chapter one focuses on Emerson’s poetry, particularly as it enacts Emerson’s poetic …
Review Of The Difficult Art Of Giving: Patronage, Philanthropy, And The American Literary Market By Francesca Sawaya, Sarah Wadsworth
Review Of The Difficult Art Of Giving: Patronage, Philanthropy, And The American Literary Market By Francesca Sawaya, Sarah Wadsworth
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Cronstadt Castle [Supplemental Material], Sarah Crompton, Wendy Fall
Cronstadt Castle [Supplemental Material], Sarah Crompton, Wendy Fall
Gothic Archive Supplemental Materials for Chapbooks
No abstract provided.
Buying Time, C. J. Hribal
Buying Time, C. J. Hribal
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Review: Reinventing The Wheel, Gerry Canavan
Review: Reinventing The Wheel, Gerry Canavan
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Stretching Beyond The Semester: Undergraduate Research, Ethnography Of The University, And Proposals For Local Change, Beth Godbee, Jessica Bazan, Megan Glise, Ariel Gonzalez, Katelyn Quigley, Brittany White
Stretching Beyond The Semester: Undergraduate Research, Ethnography Of The University, And Proposals For Local Change, Beth Godbee, Jessica Bazan, Megan Glise, Ariel Gonzalez, Katelyn Quigley, Brittany White
English Faculty Research and Publications
This article focuses on undergraduate research and mentoring through the lens of an “Ethnography of the University” course that engages students in writing and researching for local change. At our institution (Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin), “Ethnography of the University” is a writing-intensive English course in which students conduct semester-long, original, mixed-method research projects about some aspect of their undergraduate experience. Students move from asking questions of interest and importance to the campus community through stages of data collection and analysis and toward final reporting through multiple means: (1) article-length papers, (2) in-class presentations, and (3) research posters. Students present …