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A Hot Mess: Knowing Juliet Through Accidental Encounters In Popular Culture, Kirk Hendershott-Kraetzer

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.

Helena And “The Rarest Argument Of Wonder”: All’S Well That Ends Well And The Romance Genre, Byron Nelson

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.

Lexical Dichotomy And Ethics In Macbeth, Lindsey Simon-Jones

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.

The Dangers Of Playing House: Celia's Subversive Role In As You Like It, Allison Grant

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Hillary Nunn

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.

November 24, 2014: Comparative Drama Essay Wins Award, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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“We Know What We Are, But We Know Not What We May Be:” Marianne Faithfull, Ophelia And The Power Of Performance, Gabriel Rieger

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.

November 18, 2014: Traub Visit Big Success, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Doing And Teaching, Roderick Watson

Studies in Scottish Literature

Discusses the decision at the University of Stirling, Scotland, in the late 1960s, to appoint a Scottish poet, Norman MacCaig, to the permanent faculty, and to include creative writing options within the English studies degree program. Assesses subsequent developments and argues for the value of such integration for all literature undergraduates.

The Popular Voice In Sir David Lyndsay's Satire Of The Thrie Estaitis, Greg Walker

Studies in Scottish Literature

Analyzes the representation of the Scottish people in the 16th century Scottish drama A Satire of the Thrie Estaitis by Sir David Lyndsay [or Lindsay] (1490-1555), through the figure of the Pauper or Poor Man in the first version (the 1540 interlude performed at Linlithgow), and the character of John of the Commonwealth in the two fuller versions (at Cupar in 1552 and Edinburgh in 1554). Distinguishes Lyndsay's Pauper from equivalent figures in plays by John Bale and Nicholas Udall, and argues (by contrast with Tyrone Guthrie's famous 1948 Edinburgh festival production) that John of the Commonwealth is less a …

“The Future Of The Planet”− Scottish Cosmopolitanism/ Cosmofeminism And Environmentalism In Theresa Breslin’S Saskia’S Journey, Fiona Mcculloch

Studies in Scottish Literature

Discusses major themes and concerns in the young adult novel Saskia's Journey, by Theresa Breslin, with special attention to the relation between Breslin's environmental themes (and Scottish setting) with her portrayal of the novel's central character and multigenerational family relationships.

In The Midst Of Our Human Civil War: Hamish Henderson’S War Poetry And Soldier’S Songs, Corey Gibson

Studies in Scottish Literature

Surveys the war poetry of the Scottish poet, folklorist, and folk-singer Hamish Henderson (1919-2002), including his service with the 51st Highland Division in the Western Desert and Sicily, drawing a contrast between his long modernist poem Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica (1948) and the songs in his collection Ballads of World War II (Glasgow: Lili Marleen Club, 1947), in light of Henderson's developing political ideas and engagement with the Italian cultural theorist Antonio Gramsci.

The Comedic Devices Of Tragedy: Inter-Generic Dialogic Effects In Hardy And Shakespeare, Patrick Lawrence

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.

"An Improbable Fiction": How Fans Rewrite Shakespeare, Amelia R. Bitely

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.

"'A Merry War': Shakespeare’S Revision Of Bandello”, Paul F. Weinhold

Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

No abstract provided.

November 9, 2014: Traub To Deliver Comparative Drama Distinguished Lecture, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Translation And Community In The Work Of Elizabeth Cary, Deborah Uman

English Faculty/Staff Publications

Explores the role of female community within Elizabeth Cary's translations and her play, The Tragedy of Mariam.

Doing A Lot With A Little: Making Digital Humanities Work At A Small College, Deborah Vanderbilt

English Faculty/Staff Publications

I'm interested in how one goes about integrating digital tools into the liberal arts, and my perspective is that of a long-time faculty member in a small department at a small school. The common wisdom is that today's students know and can do more than most faculty in all things digital, and we need merely provide opportunities for them to use those skills. But that's not true for many students. Our department's newest faculty member has a specialty in digital media, specifically gamification. And although many students are flocking to her classes, she's also encountering resistance from some English majors: …

Walt Whitman's Vision Of The Inferno, Or Dante In Drum-Taps, Joshua Matthews

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

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October 31, 2014: Fellowship Opportunities At The John Carter Brown Library, 2015-16, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Deconstructing The Rhetoric Of Fear In Post 9/11 Young Adult Literature, Ronald Dean Straight

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This study demonstrates how M.T. Anderson's "Feed" (2002), Scott Westerfeld's "Uglies" (2006), and Veronica Roth's "Divergent" (2011) offer young adult readers alternative messages through tropes and rhetorical devices within a mediated reality. The outcome of these messages offers mixed messages about rebellion and conformity to young adults living in a post 9/11 global community. The development of this message begins with teens in "Feed" exploring a dystopian future where society is tied together through technology that eliminates boundaries. The teens within the story explore a world, for a week, where those boundaries are reestablished due to an act of terror, …

October 25, 2014: Acclaimed Frankenstein Production Exclusively At Kzoo10, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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October 19, 2014: Rare Book School Fellowship, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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Toying With Fantasy: The Postmodern Playground Of Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels, Daniel Luthi

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Attempts to discover exactly how Terry Pratchett manages to get away with violating the rules of the fantasy tradition laid out in Tolkien’s “On Fairy-stories.” Pratchett consistently revels in the absurdity of Discworld as a concept, breaks the fourth wall, and disrupts Tolkien’s proviso against satirizing magic itself; and yet the Discworld sails on, imperturbable. Pratchett’s concept of narrative imperative is discussed as one of the keys to the success of his invented world.

Reviews, David Bratman, Joe R. Christopher, Janet Brennan Croft, Bradford Lee Eden, Andrew Higgins, Tiffany Brooke Martin

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Stories About Stories: Fantasy and the Remaking of Myth. Brian Attebery. Reviewed by David Bratman.

The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on Middle-earth Corporeality. Edited by Christopher Vaccaro. Reviewed by Janet Brennan Croft.

Critical Essays on Lord Dunsany. S.T. Joshi, ed. Lanham MD. Reviewed by Tiffany Brooke Martin.

History, Guilt, and Habit. Owen Barfield. Reviewed by Bradford Lee Eden.

In the Nameless Wood: Explorations in the Philological Hinterland of Tolkien's Literary Creations. J.S. Ryan. Edited by Peter Buchs. Reviewed by Andrew Higgins.

The Letters of Ruth Pitter: Silent Music. Edited by Don W. King. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Cults Of Lovecraft: The Impact Of H.P. Lovecraft's Fiction On Contemporary Occult Practices, John Engle

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Examines a particularly troubling use of fiction: the adoption of an author’s work, against his own intentions, as a quasi-religious text for cultic practices. Lovecraft’s mythos is thus observed in the process of deliberately being made into a worship tradition by occult and Satanic practitioners, in spite of the author’s personal scientific rationalism.

October 9, 2014: Patrick Brantlinger Visit, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.

October 8, 2014: Anthony Ellis Speakers Series /Full Season Poster 2014/2015, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.

The Unicorn Newsletter Fall 2014, Stephanie Nunley

English Department Publications

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The Poetics Of Talk In Robert Louis Stevenson’S Treasure Island, Amy Wong

Collected Faculty Scholarship

This essay considers the relationship between Robert Louis Stevenson’s well-loved adventure classic Treasure Island and his philosophical commitments to talk. For Stevenson, talking and adventuring share an experiential poetics that emphasizes responsiveness to unpredictable interactions. By examining several of Stevenson’s prose pieces, including “Talk and Talkers” and “My First Book” as well as Treasure Island, this essay argues that the novel aspires to translate the poetics of talk into a print medium. Treasure Island imagines itself as a form of “living print,” a work that, like Long John Silver’s parrot, seems more dynamic than print typically is, yet is …