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"And The Light Flood Over The Land": Reading Region In Marilynne Robinson's Gilead, Joshua Davidson 2012 Oberlin College

"And The Light Flood Over The Land": Reading Region In Marilynne Robinson's Gilead, Joshua Davidson

Honors Papers

An interdisciplinary analysis of Marilynne Robinson's second novel Gilead. Investigates the novel's interactions with various figurations of the Middle West, specifically the production of an affective reality in this supposedly affectless region. Uses the contributions of New Regionalist social historians to frame Robinson's work.


A Poetics Of Space: Opening Up A World Through Vessel Metaphors In Modern And Contemporary Poetry, Lili Pariser 2012 Oberlin College

A Poetics Of Space: Opening Up A World Through Vessel Metaphors In Modern And Contemporary Poetry, Lili Pariser

Honors Papers

This project follows the strangely consistent fascination in modern and contemporary poetry with vessel objects. From Wallace Stevens' "jar [placed] in Tennessee," to "That vase" of Philip Larkin or James Merrill's "clear vase of dry leaves vibrating on and on," even so far back in literary history as the shapely "Grecian Urn" of John Keats' famous ode among numerous others, the genre is teeming with vessels. I argue that these kinds of objects open up distinctive possibilities for poetic exploration because of the unique way that they engage with space. Consequently, by using these objects as metaphors, poets are able …


Pledging Peace In Aldous Huxley’S Eyeless In Gaza, Charles Andrews 2012 Whitworth University

Pledging Peace In Aldous Huxley’S Eyeless In Gaza, Charles Andrews

English Faculty Scholarship

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Low-Stakes, Reflective Writing: Moving Students Into Their Professional Fields, Joyce Neff, Garrett J. McAuliffe, Carl Whithaus, Nial P. Quinlan 2012 Old Dominion University

Low-Stakes, Reflective Writing: Moving Students Into Their Professional Fields, Joyce Neff, Garrett J. Mcauliffe, Carl Whithaus, Nial P. Quinlan

English Faculty Publications

This study examines low-stakes, written commentaries from a graduate counseling course to better understand the role writing plays in the transition from being a student to becoming a professional practitioner. The cross disciplinary research team used methods from Grounded Theory to analyze 60 commentaries and found that: (1) low-stakes, reflective writing revealed changes in self-awareness from Situational Self-Knowledge to Pattern Self-Knowledge (Weinstein & Alschuler, 1985); (2) low-stakes writing provided evidence of students connecting personally to learning and then connecting learning to professional practice; and (3) low-stakes writing encouraged the instructor to make mid-course adjustments to his teaching methods. This study …


Pecan Grove Review Volume 13, St. Mary's University 2012 St. Mary's University

Pecan Grove Review Volume 13, St. Mary's University

Pecan Grove Review

Creative writings by students, faculty, and staff of the St. Mary's University community.


Prayer To Worms, William Wright 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Prayer To Worms, William Wright

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 127


Featured Poet: David Bottoms, Birmingham Poetry Review Staff 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Featured Poet: David Bottoms, Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 1-2


A Man Seeking Experience Enquires The Way Of The Woman In The Pamplemousses Garden, Tim Liardet 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

A Man Seeking Experience Enquires The Way Of The Woman In The Pamplemousses Garden, Tim Liardet

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 83


Temporary Portables, David Rosenthal 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Temporary Portables, David Rosenthal

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 120


Measuring The Moon (1956), Ron Houchin 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Measuring The Moon (1956), Ron Houchin

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 72


Thirteen, Nikki Zielinski 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Thirteen, Nikki Zielinski

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 132-133


Birmingham Poetry Review 39 (Complete Issue), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham Poetry Review 39 (Complete Issue), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

No abstract provided.


Lake Alice Epithalamium, Heather Hamilton 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lake Alice Epithalamium, Heather Hamilton

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 69


The Wall Board Knife, Michael Casey 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

The Wall Board Knife, Michael Casey

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 26


Ficus Carica (Fig ), Amy Glynn Greacen 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ficus Carica (Fig ), Amy Glynn Greacen

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 58-59


Amygdalus Persica (Peach), Amy Glynn Greacen 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Amygdalus Persica (Peach), Amy Glynn Greacen

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 53-55


To My Jailor, Rebecca Parson 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

To My Jailor, Rebecca Parson

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 110


Stars Pay Back The Dark, Noel Conneely 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Stars Pay Back The Dark, Noel Conneely

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 36


Thematics Of Dirt, Cal Freeman 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Thematics Of Dirt, Cal Freeman

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 49


Complaint Of The Cubicle Jockey, Charles Jensen 2012 University of Alabama at Birmingham

Complaint Of The Cubicle Jockey, Charles Jensen

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 75-76


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