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Review Of "Of Love And War" By Judy Hayden, Karen Gevirtz 2013 Seton Hall University

Review Of "Of Love And War" By Judy Hayden, Karen Gevirtz

Department of English Publications

No abstract provided.


2013 Complete Digest, Department of English 2013 Western Michigan University

2013 Complete Digest, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Speculation And The Emotional Economy Of 'Mansfield Park', Laura Vorachek 2013 University of Dayton

Speculation And The Emotional Economy Of 'Mansfield Park', Laura Vorachek

English Faculty Publications

At the midpoint of Mansfield Park (1814), the Bertram family dines at the Parsonage, and card games make up the after dinner entertainment. The characters form two groups, with Sir Thomas, Mrs. Norris, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant playing Whist, while Lady Bertram, Fanny, William, Edmund, and Henry and Mary Crawford play Speculation, This scene is central not only because Speculation reveals certain characters' personalities, but also because another type of “speculation” occurs during the game as the players contemplate or conjecture about one another. Moreover, “speculation” in the sense of gambling functions as a metaphor for the vicissitudes of …


The Impact Of Canadian Social Discourses On L2 Writing Pedagogy In Ontario, Amir Kalan 2013 University of Dayton

The Impact Of Canadian Social Discourses On L2 Writing Pedagogy In Ontario, Amir Kalan

English Faculty Publications

This paper attempts to illustrate the impact of Canadian social, political, and academic discourses on second language writing pedagogy in Ontario schools. Building upon the views that regard teacher knowledge as teachers’ sociocultural interactions and lived experiences, and not merely intellectual capabilities gained within teacher preparation, this article proposes that the impact of dominant social discourses on classroom practice might be more profound than teachers’ creativity and initiative. This idea is demonstrated by examining the findings of a grounded theory study of frequently employed strategies that can deal with intercultural rhetoric in EAL (English as an additional language) academic writing. …


“The Delight Of Our Earlier Days”: Character, Narrative, And The Village School, Patrick C. Fleming 2013 Rollins College

“The Delight Of Our Earlier Days”: Character, Narrative, And The Village School, Patrick C. Fleming

Faculty Publications

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Hemingway And Normal Fallibility, gene washington 2013 Utah State University

Hemingway And Normal Fallibility, Gene Washington

Gene Washington

Representing failure is common in literature. It is one of the major ways one keeps the plot going on and increasing in complexity. Hemingway's particular type of failure can be called "normal." It is the kind of failure that can happen to anyone. Thus it becomes an important part of his depictions of reality. the 'way things are."


What About The Boys?, Abigail Rine 2013 George Fox University

What About The Boys?, Abigail Rine

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.


No Rape Victim, Male Or Female, Deserves To Be Blamed, Abigail Rine 2013 George Fox University

No Rape Victim, Male Or Female, Deserves To Be Blamed, Abigail Rine

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.


The Pros And Cons Of Abandoning The Word 'Feminist', Abigail Rine 2013 George Fox University

The Pros And Cons Of Abandoning The Word 'Feminist', Abigail Rine

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.


The Child Is The Father Of The Man - Mad Men, Episode 8, Abigail Rine 2013 George Fox University

The Child Is The Father Of The Man - Mad Men, Episode 8, Abigail Rine

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.


Review Of Mcfee's "That Was Oasis", Bill Jolliff 2013 George Fox University

Review Of Mcfee's "That Was Oasis", Bill Jolliff

Faculty Publications - Department of English

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Review Of York's "Cold Spring Rising", Bill Jolliff 2013 George Fox University

Review Of York's "Cold Spring Rising", Bill Jolliff

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.


Review Of Clabough's "Inhabiting Contemporary Southern And Appalachian Literature", Bill Jolliff 2013 George Fox University

Review Of Clabough's "Inhabiting Contemporary Southern And Appalachian Literature", Bill Jolliff

Faculty Publications - Department of English

No abstract provided.


Don Draper Was Raped, Abigail Rine 2013 George Fox University

Don Draper Was Raped, Abigail Rine

Faculty Publications - Department of English

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'In Love With Either/Or': Religion And Oppositional Logic In Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (Chapter 3 Of Irigaray, Incarnation And Contemporary Women's Fiction), Abigail Rine 2013 George Fox University

'In Love With Either/Or': Religion And Oppositional Logic In Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (Chapter 3 Of Irigaray, Incarnation And Contemporary Women's Fiction), Abigail Rine

Faculty Publications - Department of English

Excerpt: "Margaret Atwood is a prolific and award-winning Canadian writer whose work regularly exposes the destructive and oppressive forces at work in society, particularly as they affect women. Though Atwood refers to herself as a 'strict agnostic: she maintains an interest in religion, which is evident in her fictional work (Moyers 2006).1 Atwood's second novel, Surfacing (1973) , has received a fair amount of critical attention for its religious themes and is examined in both Carol Christ's Diving Deep and Surfacing and Barbara Rigney's work Lilith's Daughters.2 Atwood's Cat's Eye (1989), with its mystical Marian imagery, has also been explored …


Contributors, Criterion: A Journal for Literary Criticism 2013 Brigham Young University

Contributors, Criterion: A Journal For Literary Criticism

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.


“The Most Fatal Thing A Man Can Do Is Try To Stand Alone”: Collective Individualism In Carson Mccullers’S The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, Rebecca Peterson 2013 Brigham Young University

“The Most Fatal Thing A Man Can Do Is Try To Stand Alone”: Collective Individualism In Carson Mccullers’S The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter, Rebecca Peterson

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

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Integrating Cell Phones As Technology In The High School English Classroom, Kimaya Shanell Hudgins 2013 Eastern Michigan University

Integrating Cell Phones As Technology In The High School English Classroom, Kimaya Shanell Hudgins

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

Educators are beginning to work with students whose lives have been immersed in the 22st century media culture. Many of these tools include cell phones, game consoles, laptops, iPads, handheld game devices and television, just to indicate a few. This growing technology has been used mainly for enteltainment purposes by the 21st century student and seen by others, especially educators, as a detriment to education and the intellectual abilities of these students. This paper describes the potential uses of Short Message Service otherwise known as text messaging in the high school English classroom, particularly how it might encourage …


Willa Cather’S Two Modernisms, Richard H. Millington 2013 Smith College

Willa Cather’S Two Modernisms, Richard H. Millington

English Language and Literature: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Kings And Knighthood; The Military And Political Realities Behind Hartmann Von Aue's Arthurian Romances, Brian Brice 2013 CUNY City College

Kings And Knighthood; The Military And Political Realities Behind Hartmann Von Aue's Arthurian Romances, Brian Brice

Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


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