A Motorcar Runs Through It: Imagining The Unwritten Western Book,
2013
Boise State University
A Motorcar Runs Through It: Imagining The Unwritten Western Book, Tara Penry
English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations
Address to the Thomas Wolfe Society, Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting, 25 May 2013, Boise, Idaho.
In the last session this morning, David Radavich said, “Ultimately, Thomas Wolfe did not find the home that he was seeking. He remained restless... [and] his true home was in writing.” I too would like to talk this evening about the relationship between home and community on the one hand and restless motion on the other. I am interested in Wolfe’s thoughts about homes and communities in A Western Journal, and in the way—had he lived—westerners themselves might have continued to influence him as he …
The Scarlet Letter: A Façade For Subversion Of Patriarchy,
2013
Georgia College & State University
The Scarlet Letter: A Façade For Subversion Of Patriarchy, Tessa Arnold
The Corinthian
This essay will work in two parts. First, it will examine The Scarlet Letter as representing a dystopian society created by political and religious leaders’ thirst for power and control above the needs and desires of the people whom they are supposed to protect. The second part of this essay will examine the effects of the dystopian Puritan society specifically as it relates to Hester Prynne.
Gender Performance And The Reclamation Of Masculinity In Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns,
2013
Gardner-Webb University
Gender Performance And The Reclamation Of Masculinity In Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, John William Salyers Jr.
MA in English Theses
Salyers analyzes Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns as both a product of and a commentary upon the American 1980s. The text focuses on analysis of key characters and their performance of socially assigned or accepted gender roles. Chief among these are James Gordon, seen as a nostalgic clinging to an antiquated masculinity, and Ellen Yindel, a woman who feels pressured by society to abandon her own gender identity in favor of a more socially acceptable one. The text posits that, against these two, Miller's work seeks to recognize a more modern, empowered, feminism in the character of Robin, …
Killing John Wayne: Intertextual Revision In Green Grass, Running Water,
2013
Georgia College & State University
Killing John Wayne: Intertextual Revision In Green Grass, Running Water, Eileen Totter
The Corinthian
Western mythology relies on its presumed supremacy. This reliance is found in both biblical and contemporary cowboy mythology. The tension in Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water derives from the idea that Western myths that glorify white heroes and vilify Native Americans provide no support for the modern Native characters in the text.
Wisdom From A Lost Friend To A New Friend,
2013
Providence College
Wisdom From A Lost Friend To A New Friend, Veronica Murphy
Common Reading Essay Contest Winners
Third Place
Apologue,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
When Saw Grass Grows To Meet The Sky,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Growing Up During World War Ii,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fat Dope Dealers,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Saint Lucia,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Holy,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sandymount Strand: Vigil,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pale Eye,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
My Esol Class Discusses Food,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
From Leafmold,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Resurrection Spell,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
In The Garden Dream,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cardinal,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Poem,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
In Sleep, Always A Small Death,
2013
University of Alabama at Birmingham
