The Over-Education Of The Negro: Academic Novels, Higher Education And The Black Intellectual,
2014
CUNY Graduate Center
The Over-Education Of The Negro: Academic Novels, Higher Education And The Black Intellectual, Archie Lavelle Porter
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This dissertation focuses on the academic novel - a literary genre which fictionalizes the lives of students and professors in institutions of higher education. In particular this project focuses on academic novels written by black writers and which address issues in black higher education. This dissertation has two concurrent objectives: 1) to examine the academic novel as a particular genre of literature, and to highlight some specific novels on black American identity within this genre, and 2) to illustrate the pedagogical value of academic fiction. Through the ancient practice of storytelling, academic novels link the travails of the individual student …
A Chant Of Dilation: Walt Whitman, Phrenology, And The Language Of The Mind,
2014
CUNY Graduate Center
A Chant Of Dilation: Walt Whitman, Phrenology, And The Language Of The Mind, Anton Borst
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
A Chant of Dilation analyzes Walt Whitman's poetic engagement with two very modern ideas: the materiality of the mind and the discursive nature of science. During the antebellum period these ideas found expression in the popular science of phrenology, the theory that the mind was divided into various faculties physically located in different parts of the brain. This theory would find a ready audience in Whitman, a poet preoccupied with the body, the soul, and their connection. The writings and publications of premier American phrenologists Orson and Lorenzo Fowler, surveyed in this project, rhetorically mediated emerging conceptions of the brain-embodied …
Dangerous Associations,
2014
Marquette University
Dangerous Associations, Jodi Melamed
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of John Brunner By Jad Smith,
2014
Marquette University
Review Of John Brunner By Jad Smith, Gerry Canavan
English Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
Article 4 - Domestic Furor - Judy Davies,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 3 - Ruthie, The Duck Girl - Elaine Mcdermott,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 2 - Grey Rain - Elaine Mcdermott,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 6 - Dear Child Of Nature - Judy Davies,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 5 - In Case Of Decadence - Phil Lemere,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Coastlines Spring 2014 Issue - Front Matter,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 7 - You're Going To Die - Phillip Levin,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 8 - The Last Minute Diner - Ryan Dallett,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 9 - Behind The Scenes - Ashley Bowman,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 11 - Smoke Flower - Patricia Butkovitch,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 10 - Snow Storm - Patricia Butkovitch,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 13 - Perception - Melanie Mcleod,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 19 - Bath Time - Megan Wilkinson,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 18 - Two Guys Walk Into A Bar - Megan Wilkinson,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 18 - Two Guys Walk Into A Bar - Megan Wilkinson
Coastlines
No abstract provided.
Article 15 - The Democratic English Language - Mario Spann,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 15 - The Democratic English Language - Mario Spann
Coastlines
No abstract provided.
Article 14 - The Baby And The Berlin Wall - Mario Spann,
2014
The University of Southern Mississippi
Article 14 - The Baby And The Berlin Wall - Mario Spann
Coastlines
No abstract provided.
