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The Book That Made Me: A Girl, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

Faculty Publications

In this installment of The Book That Made Me, a series from Public Books reflecting on the books that have changed our lives, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner reflects on the freedom he received—to become a whole other person, in a whole other place—from an unexpected source.

Religion And Violence In Jesse James Films, 1972–2010, Travis Warren Cooper

Journal of Religion & Film

This essay analyzes recent depictions of Jesse James in cinema, examining filmic portrayals of the figure between the years of 1972 and 2010. Working from the intersection of the anthropology of film and religious studies approaches to popular culture, the essay fills significant gaps in the study of James folklore. As no substantial examinations of the religious aspects of the James myths exist, I hone in on the legend’s religiosity as contested in filmic form. Films, including revisionist Westerns, are not unlike oral-history statements recorded and analyzed by anthropologists, folklorists, and ethnographers. Jesse James movies, in other words, have much …

How To Attain Liberation From A False World? The Gnostic Myth Of Sophia In Dark City (1998), Fryderyk Kwiatkowski

Journal of Religion & Film

In the second half of the 20th century, a fascinating revival of ancient Gnostic ideas in American popular culture could be observed. One of the major streams through which Gnostic ideas are transmitted is Hollywood cinema. Many works that emerged at the end of 1990s can be viewed through the ideas of ancient Gnostic systems: The Truman Show (1998), The Thirteenth Floor (1999), The Others (2001), Vanilla Sky (2001) or The Matrix trilogy (1999-2003).

In this article, the author analyses Dark City (1998) and demonstrates that the story depicted in the film is heavily indebted to the Gnostic myth of …

Eng 100: Social Changes Promoted On Television, Avery Hoskins

English 100-200-300 Conference

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Roasted: Coffee, Insult, Rhetoric, David Pharis Gifford

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

While insult has been a frequent topic for rhetorical study in the past, little if any work has gone toward the formation of a systematic theory of insult. Karina Korostelina has proposed a theory of intergroup identity insults, which appears promising from a socio-cultural perspective. However, her theory does not address the particularly rhetorical characteristics of insults, preferring instead to analyze them with reference to their socio-historic context. While her theory proves sound under scrutiny, it does little to shed light on pejorative rhetoric as rhetoric.

In what follows, I would like to propose certain characteristics of pejorative rhetoric that …

Narratives Of Miami In Dexter And Burn Notice, Myles Mcnutt

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

In popular discourse around television, a series’ relationship with place is often marked through the suggestion its setting is “like a character in the show”, but this article argues against adopting this as a framework for analyzing television’s relationship with space and place. It articulates the relationship between this discourse of “spatial capital” and hierarchies of cultural capital within the television industry, limiting the types of series that are deemed to warrant closer investigation regarding issues of space and place and lacking nuanced engagement with place’s relationship with television narrative in particular. After breaking down the logic under which these …

Lind's "A Charlie Brown Religion: Exploring The Spiritual Life And Work Of Charles M. Schulz" (Book Review), Cathie L. Chatmon

The Christian Librarian

A review of Lind, S. J. (2016). A Charlie Brown religion: Exploring the spiritual life and work of Charles M. Schulz. Jackson, MI: University of Mississippi Press. 200 pp. $25.00. ISBN 9781496804686

Portfolio Vol. Iv N 4, Dick Wager, Toby Raymond, John Wyman, Virginia Benson, Peg Collins, Leslie Seagrave, Molly White, Duke Smith, Ed Stocker, John Saunders

Portfolio

Wager, Dick. "Collective Bargaining." Prose. 3-5.

Raymond, Toby. "Lochinvar Rides Again." Poetry. 6.

Wyman, John. "Lily of the Alley." Prose. 8-9.

Benson, Virginia. "Lost Cause." Prose. 10.

Collins, Peg. "The Curtain Falls." Prose. 11.

Dorsey, Ann. "Jack." Picture. 12.

Sulke, Jim. "Old Pete." Picture. 12.

Myers, Sue. "Jerry." Picture. 12.

Rosenthal, Joan. "Canadian Farmhouse." Picture. 13.

Deeds, Ed. "Mirror Lake." Picture. 13.

Peters, Doris. "Trees." Picture. 13.

Seagrave, Leslie. "Chinese Coins." Poetry. 14.

White, Molly. "Thoughts in the Rain." Poetry. 14.

Smith, Duke. "Keeping the Records Straight." Prose. 15.

Stocker, Ed. "Joe." Prose. 16-17.

Saunders, John. "Seven Year's Luck." Prose. …

Portfolio Vol. Iv N 3, Virginia Benson, Alison Phillips, Margaret Shields, Thelma Willett, Karl Eschman, Bob Maxwell, John Wyman, Dorothy Hart, Roger Reed, William Mather, John Hammer, Duke Smith, Edward Stransky, Leslie Seagrave

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Benson, Virginia. "Rejected." Prose. 3.

Phillips, Alison. "Lure in April." Poetry. 6.

Shields, Margaret. "Wedding Morning." Prose. 7.

Willett, Thelma. "Ex Libris: G.K.W." Poetry. 8.

Benson, Virginia. "High Note." Poetry. 8.

Maxwell, Bob. "Discovery." Poetry. 8.

Eschman, Karl. "The Case for Modern Music." Prose. 8-9.

Wyman, John. "Dissonance." Prose. 10-11.

Hart, Dorothy. "The Origin of Memorial Day." Prose. 12.

Reed, Roger. "Notes on the Drama." Prose. 13.

Parker, Mab. "Black Girl." Picture. 14.

Mather, William. "The Pasquin." Prose. 15.

Hammer, John. "Over the Green Grass." Prose. 16.

Maxwell, Bob. "Genesis..." Poetry. 19.

Maxwell, Bob. "We Three." Poetry. 19.

Stransky, Ed. …

Portfolio Vol. Iv N 2, Danner Mahood, Mary Virginia Lay, Dorothy Card, John Kinney, Adela Beckham, Robert Bridge, Gordon Seagrave Md, David K. Chin, Charles Jones, Duke Smith, Dave Siegfried, Margaret Shields, Adela Beckham, Toby Raymond, Horace King

Portfolio

Mahood, Danner L. "War Sonnets." Poetry. 2.

Lenser, Eugene. "Landscape." Picture. 2.

Lay, Mary Virginia. "Damned Laughter." Prose. 3-4.

Card, Dorothy. "They Call It Love." Prose. 5.

Kinney, John. "Maestro." Prose. 7-9.

Anstaett, Joe. "Styleglance." Picture. 6.

Beckham, Adela. "Still the Echo." Poetry. 10.

Bridge, Robert. "Design for Life." Prose. 11.

Seagrave, Dr. Gordon. "Letter from Burma." Prose. 12-13.

Chin, David K. "To know their theatre is to know the Chinese people." Prose. 15.

Jones, Charles. "The Bookshelf." Prose. 16.

Smith, Duke. "Keeping the Records Straight." Prose. 17.

Beckham, Adela. "If Love Could Be." Prose. 19.

Raymond, Toby. "The Courtship …

Portfolio Vol. Iii N 4, Willie Moll, John Barrington, Arthur Ward Lindsey, John Stewart, Allison Phillips, Lindsey E. Yoxall, Adela Beckham, Brooks Fields, Dorothy Deane, Duke Smith, David Timrud

Portfolio

Moll, Willlie. "I Was in Kitchener Camp." Prose. 5-6.

Barrington, John. "The Pledging of Homer McGunk." Prose. 7-9.

Stewart, John. "In Time of Death." Prose. 10.

Lindsey, Arthur Ward. "Retrospect." Prose. 11-13.

Phillips, Allison. "Blue Moon." Poetry. 14.

Yoxall, Lindsey E. "Pro Patria." Prose. 15-16.

Beckham, Adela. "Wind--Dreams." Poetry. 18.

Fields, Brooks. "The Doctor Takes a Trip." Prose. 19-20.

Deane, Dorothy. "Review of New Books." Prose. 21.

Smith, Duke. "Review of New Recordings." Prose. 21.

Timrud, David. "Refugee." Prose. 22-23.

Portfolio Vol. Iv N 1, Alison Phillips, John Hammer, Kenneth I. Brown, Mary Virginia Lay, Margaret Shields, Tom Rogers, Ira Price Iii, Betty Tinnerman, Virginia Benson, William Wilson, Leslie Seagrave, Bob Chester, Audrey Wurdmann, Joseph Auslander, Jean Koncana, David Timrud, Margaret Roach

Portfolio

Phillips, Alison. "Reflection." Poetry. 2.

Rood, John. "The Accused." Picture. 2.

Lay, Mary Virginia. "Irony." Poetry. 6.

Lay, Mary Virginia. "Not Know God?" Poetry. 6.

Shields, Margaret. "Hope." Poetry. 6.

Rogers, Tom. "Football and Education." Prose. 7.

Hammer, John. "Red?" Prose. 3-4.

Brown, Kenneth I. "The Christmas Guest." Prose. 5.

Price III, Ira. "Thomas Carlyle-Political Reactionary." Prose. 8-10.

Tinnerman, Betty. "Greater Love Hath No Man." Prose. 11.

Hall, Jim. "Gentlement--To Arms!" Prose. 12-13.

Benson, Virginia. "Drop That Hammer!" Prose. 14-15.

Wilson, William. "Thomas Wolfe--Volcano." Prose. 16.

Seagrave, Leslie. "Trelawney." Prose. 16.

Chester, Bob. "Keeping the Records Straight." Prose. 17.

Wurdman, …

Portfolio Vol. Iii N 3, Alison Ewart, Bob Maxwell, Virginia Martindale, Harriet Puffer, James Cox, Adela Beckham, Chester Varney, Dorothy Deane, Bob Smith, Dave Taylor, Margaret Gratza, Joseph Royce

Portfolio

Ewart, Alison. "Revenge." Prose. 3-4.

Maxwell, Bob. "Christ in Cleats." Prose. 5.

Martindale, Virginia. "Somnolence." Poetry. 6.

Frey, Erwin F. "Isolt." Picture. 6.

Puffer, Harriet. "Thirteenth Hour." Prose. 7-8.

Cox, James. "Selling Denison." Prose. 9-10.

Beckham, Adela. "Admonition." Poetry. 12.

Homer, Winslow. "Watching the Breakers." Picture. 12.

Varney, Chester. "The Snake Tree." Prose. 13-16.

Smith, Bob. "Review of New Recordings." Prose. 17.

Deane, Dorothy. "Review of New Books." Prose. 17.

Taylor, Dave. "An Artist Prepares." Prose. 19.

Gratza, Margaret. "Poems." Poetry. 20.

Reeder, Lydia. "Landscape." Picture. 20.

Royce, Joe. "Youth Hostels." Prose. 21-28.

Portfolio Vol. Iii N 2, David Timrud, Thomas Fox, Bob Maxwell, Virginia Martindale, Edward Deeds, Bernard Bailey, Dorothy Deane, Duke Smith, Dave Taylor

Portfolio

Timrud, David. "Brain Fever." Prose. 3-5.

X, Mister. "Shadows." Poetry. 6.

Fox, Thomas. "Purgatory of The Gods." Prose. 7-8.

Deeds, Ed. "The Messiah." Prose. 9-10.

Maxwell, Robert. "Haunted." Poetry. 10.

Maxwell, Bob. "Fortune Teller." Prose. 11-12.

Russell, Mark. "Illustration." Picture. 6.

Thomas, Roland. "'Tween Classes." Picture. 2.

Bailey, Bernard. "Boy and Instructor." Prose. 15.

Gratza, Margaret. "Three Poets." Poetry. 16.

Phillips, Alison. "Nasturtiums." Poetry. 16.

B.J.W. "Restlessness." Poetry. 16.

Russell, Mark. "Still Life." Picture. 16.

Martindale, Virginia. "The Boat In The Bayou." Prose. 17-18.

Deane, Dorothy. "Review of New Books." 19.

Deane, Dorothy. "Review of New Recordings." 19.

Koos, Betty. …

Portfolio Vol. Iii N 1, Carolyn Metcalf, Bob Maxwell, Alison Ewart, Alison Phillips, Adela Beckham, Don Bethune, Norman Nadel, Dorothy Deane, Bob Smith, Ruth Franke, Jim Black

Portfolio

Metcalf, Caroline. "Master of the World." Prose. 3-5.

Phillips, Alison. "Eulogies." Poetry. 6.

Chadeayne, Robert O. "Oak Street." Picture. 6.

Bethune, Don. "Denisonism." Prose. 7-8.

Maxwell, Bob. "My Star." Prose. 9-11.

V_______, S_______. "Poet Philosopher." Poetry. 12.

Ewart, Alison. "Pious Fraud." Prose. 13-15.

Beckham, Adela. "Reflections." Poetry. 16.

Velicka, Edward. "Portrait." Picture. 16.

Deane, Dorothy. "Review of New Books." Prose. 17.

Smith, Bob. "Review of New Recordings." Prose. 17.

Franke, Ruth. "Original Designs." Picture. 18.

Black, Jim. "Drama." Prose. 19-20.

Nadel, Norman S. "Initial Plunge." Prose. 23-24.

Portfolio Vol. Ii N 4, Virginia Martindale, Robert Maxwell, Lucy Lewis, Chester Varney, Adela Beckham, James Black, Doris Flory, Dick Wager, Paul Saunders, Bob Smith, Dave Mitchell, Elsie Bonnet, Dave Taylor, Ed Deeds, Kate Olive Boyd, Dorothy Deane

Portfolio

Browne, Phil. "Alumni". Picture. 2.

Martindale, Virginia. "A Statue By Jude". Prose. 3.

Maxwell, Robert. "Reflections". Poem. 6.

Lewis, Lucy. "Quiet Zone". Prose. 7.

Varney, Chester. "Tinder Box". Prose. 9.

Beckham, Adela. "Spring Harvest". Poem. 10.

Beckham, Adela. "Morning". Poem. 10.

Black, James. "The Drama at Denison". Prose. 11.

Mackie, Reino. "Landscape". Picture. 6.

Flory, Doris. "April Showers". Poem. 14.

Flory, Doris. "Aspiration". Poem. 14.

Wager, Dick. "Solitude". Poem. 14.

Wager, Dick. "Regret". Poem. 14.

Bastida, Sorella y. "Children on the Beach". Picture. 14.

Saunders, Paul. "Review of New Books". Prose. 15.

Smith, Bob. "Review of New Recordings". Prose. 15. …

Portfolio Vol. Ii N 3, Ira Price Ii, Harry Clement, Robinson Jeffers, Bill C. West, Robert Maxwell, Stanley Hanna, Avery A. Shaw, H.A. Deweerd, Paul Saunders, Robert Smith, Bernard Bailey, Don Bethune, David Mitchell, Meridan Bethune, Dick Wager, Virginia Martindale

Portfolio

Jeffers, Robinson. "From 'The Beaks of Eagles'". Poem. 6.

Clement, Harry. "Mr. Bigger Tries Faith". Prose. 7.

Shaw, A.A. "Students of Denison". Prose. 9

Deweerd, H.A. "New German War Prophets". Prose. 11.

West, Bill C. "Reproach". Poem. 14.

West, Bill C. "Dilemma". Poem. 14.

Manship, Paul. "Dancer and Gazelles". Picture. 14.

Saunders, Paul. "Review of New Books". Prose. 15.

Smith, Bob. "Review of New Records". Prose. 15.

Picasso, Pablo. "Nude (Pink)". Picture. 16.

Korbel, Mario. "The Andante". Picture. 16.

Bethune, Don. "Review of 'Susan and God'". Prose. 17.

Baily, Bernard. "Thornton Wilder's 'Out Town" Reviewed". 17.

Maxwell, Robert. "Reflections". Poem. …

Portfolio Vol. Ii N 2, Chester Varney, Don Barlow, Bill C. West, Robert Gordon, Kenneth Maxwell, Harry J. Sweitzer, James Black, Ed Deeds, Paul Saunders, Bob Smith, David Mitchell, James Hahn

Portfolio

Browne, Phil. "Beaver ad Sawyer at Night". Picture. 2.

Varney, Chester. "To Dream Beyond". Prose. 3.

West, Bill C. "Admonition" Poem. 6.

West, Bill C. "Insomnia" Poem. 6.

Barlow, Don. "Heart Determines". Prose. 7.

Gordon, Robert. "From an Unknown Innocent to..." Poem, 11.

Black, James. "Playing Around". Prose. 13.

Parsons, Edith. "The Turtle Baby". Picture. 14.

Deeds, Ed. "Raymond Scott - - Classic Swing". Prose. 15.

Schrechkengost, Viktor. "Black Sheep-The Creature God Forgot". Picture. 14.

Smith, Bob. "Review of New Recordings". Prose. 15.

Saunders, Paul. "Book Reviews and Comments". Prose. 16.

Browne, Phil. "to Patsy". Picture. 17.

Sandor, Joseph. "Meditation". …

Portfolio Vol. Ii N 1, Phil Browne, Fate Simmons, Chester Varney, Bill C. West, Pierre Puvis De Chavannes, Ames Pierce, David Timrud, Stephen Dohanos, Jean Francois Millet, Rockwell Kent, Dean Beier, Edna St. Vincent Millay, James Black, Paul Saunders, Alberto Salietti, Barbara Eschman, Richard Whitehead Jr., Adela Beckham, Doris Flory, Stanley Hanna, Harry J. Sweitzer, Kate Hopkins

Portfolio

Browne, Phil. "The Approach to Fraternity Row". Picture. 2.

Simmons, Fate. "The Sand House". Prose. 3.

The College Catbird, Groucho. "Ode to my Fellow Students". Poem. 6.

Varney, Chester. "The Tramp". Prose. 7.

Browne, Phil. "Shell Shock". Prose. 9.

West, Bill C. "Mr. Freud...". Poem. 10.

West, Bill C. "Bacchanal". Poem. 10.

De Chavannes, Pierre Puvis de. "Summer". Poem. 10.

Pierce, Ames. "A Student Looks at Europe". Prose. 11.

Timrud, David. "Though you Knew it Not". Poem. 13.

Timrud, David. "Le Joi De Vivre". Poem. 13.

Timrud, David. "The Ghostly Loom". Poem. 13.

Dohanos, Stephen. "West Quoddy Light, Maine". Picture. …

Portfolio Vol. I N 3, Harry J. Sweitzer, Phil Browne, James Overhuls, Annie Macneill, George Baker, Adela Beckham, Charles Vincent, Doris Flory, Robert Shaw, Barbara Cronberger, Stanley Hanna, Norman Nadel, Don S. Bethune, Eugene Vodev, Pewilla Dick, Thorndike Dwelly, Helen Clements, Alice Schille, Robert Chadeayne, John Stewart, Virginia Beck

Portfolio

Sweitzer, Harry J. "Portfolio Goes to Press". Prose. 1.

Browne, Phil. "William Howard Doane Library". Picture. 2.

Overhuls, James. "Out of Himself". Prose. 3.

MacNeill, Annie Marie. "To President and Mrs. Shaw". Poem. 6.

Baker, George. "Saint in a Silo". Prose 7.

Beckham, Adela. "In Moods". Poem. 8.

Vincent, Charles. "Incident of August 7, 1930." Prose. 9.

Flory, Doris. "Opinions". Poem. 10.

Flory, Doris. "Thoughts in Spring". Poem. 10.

Flory, Doris. "Breakfast Scene". Poem. 10.

Shaw, Robert B. "A Date for the Dances". Prose. 11.

Cronberger, Barbara. "And the Years Go On". Prose. 13.

Hanna, Stanley. "Reola, Reola". Poem. 14. …