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Eng 3402-001: Methods Of Teaching Literature In Secondary Schools, Robin Murray

Spring 2014

No abstract provided.

Eng 5020-001: Graduate Workshop In Creative Writing: Poetry, R Quesada

Spring 2014

No abstract provided.

Daughters Of Coke: Women’S Legal Discourse In England, 1642–1689, Mihoko Suzuki

English Articles and Papers

An abstract for this item is not available.

[Review Of The Book: Milton’S Messiah: The Son Of God In The Works Of John Milton By Russell M. Hillier], Gregory Chaplin

English Faculty Publications

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Travel Sized: A Collection Of Essays, Wendi L. Kozma

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Travel Sized: A Collection of Essays investigates the importance of memory and understanding the self in relation to one’s experiences with travel and food. It is the author’s contribution to the genre of creative nonfiction and explores themes of body, self-awareness and self-realization through events that shaped who she is, both personally and professionally. The collection houses eight essays—each focusing on space, the body, and exploration of memory to better understand one’s self. Subjects range from coming to terms with one’s size to appreciating one’s experiences both stateside and abroad. At the center of the collection is the need, no, …

College And Career Readiness Anchor Standards For English: Preparedness Of Students And Teachers As Perceived By West Virginia English Language Arts Teachers In Grades Six Through Twelve, Mary Ann Triplett

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine how prepared students are to learn the competencies outlined in the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for English Language Arts and how prepared teachers are to teach those same competencies as perceived by West Virginia English Language Arts teachers in grades six through twelve. In addition, this study examined differences, if any, between student preparedness and teacher preparedness as well as differences among respondents with different demographic or attribute variables. Finally, this study described effective instructional strategies and beneficial professional development topics identified by respondents. Data obtained from responses …

Introduction: Better Men, Bradley Deane

English Publications

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Deciphering Irish Catholic Identities: Past And Present, Eamon Maher

Articles

This collection of essays, compiled and edited by Oliver Rafferty, is a significant contribution to making sense of the tangled labyrinth that is Irish Catholic identities. The plural is important here, as there are, in fact, multiple Catholic identities, something that is often forgotten in the rush to blandly link “Irish” and “Catholic”.

Convict Voices: Women, Class, And Writing About Prison In Nineteenth-Century England, Anne Schwan

University of New Hampshire Press: Open Access Books

In this lively study of the development and transformation of voices of female offenders in nineteenth-century England, Anne Schwan analyzes a range of colorful sources, including crime broadsides, reform literature, prisoners' own writings about imprisonment and courtroom politics, and conventional literary texts, such as Adam Bede and The Moonstone. Not only does Schwan demonstrate strategies for interpreting ambivalent and often contradictory texts, she also provides a carefully historicized approach to the work of feminist recovery. Crossing class lines, genre boundaries, and gender roles in the effort to trace prisoners, authors, and female communities (imagined or real), Schwan brings new insight …

The Lost Boys, Jason Walker

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 189-192

War Reporter, John Saad

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 193-198

Of Broomsticks, The "Moderns;' And Self-Expression, Nathalie Zimpfer

Religion in the Age of Enlightenment

Broomsticks have a history of making their way into Jonathan Swift's works. One might recall that such is the object of Peter's theologico-interpretive rantings in A Tale of a Tub, in which "after some pause the Brother so often mentioned for his Erudition, who was very skill'd in Criticisms, had found in a certain Author, which he said should be nameless, that the same Word which in the Will is called Fringe, does also signify Broom-stick." More conspicuously, said object is also at the heart of A Meditation upon a Broomstick, an amusing opuscule whose full title, A …

Volume 46 (2014), C. V. Davis

The Broad River Review

The 2014 edition of The Broad River Review was edited by C. V. Davis. The publication contains fiction, non-fiction, art, poetry, and photography. The cover, "Icy Down Shelter," was photographed by Les Brown. The winner of the J. Calvin Koontz Poetry Award, given annually for a portfolio of poetry to a senior English major, is Dennis Zaragoza. The Rash Awards, named in honor of Ron Rash, a 1976 graduate of Gardner-Webb University, are awarded annually for outstanding works in poetry and fiction. The 2013 award recipients are Tom Howard for his fiction work titled, “Grandfather Vampire” and Jessica Glover for …

Cross-Pollinating The Mind: Reflections At The Crossroads Of English And Stem Studies, Cindy Lutenbacher, Alison Ligon

Journal of South Texas English Studies

No abstract provided.

A Letter Home To Parents, Jennifer Jennings Davis

Journal of South Texas English Studies

No abstract provided.

William Maginn And The Denial Of Authorship: The Text Of The Colby Lecture At The Annual Meeting Of The Research Society For Victorian Periodicals, University Of Delaware, 2014, David E. Latane

English Publications

This the text of a plenary lecture given in 2014 after being named co-winner of the Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize from the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals. It traces the transformation of a theoretically inclined book project centered on William Maginn to the first full-length biography of Maginn.

Decay And Perversion In Jacksonian America: George Lippard’S The Quaker City, Keith Lydon

Undergraduate Review

In the United States, the period between the termination of the 18th century and the commencement of the 19th century is characterized by the struggle to forge a national identity that was uniquely American in its independence from European influence. American writers of this period understood that the creation of an American literature distinct from the influence of Europe and shaped by the social, political, and natural environment of the United States would provide the country with the first vestiges of the autonomous cultural identity it so desperately desired. However, this work proved to be problematic, as with little financial …

Voices Of Usu: An Anthology Of Student Essays, 2014, Utah State University Department Of English

Voices of USU

This collection of student writing represents the voices of over 2,000 students who enroll each academic year in Utah State University’s second-year composition course, Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode. Voices of USU celebrates excellence in writing by providing undergraduate students of diverse backgrounds and disciplines the opportunity to have their work published.

From Dracula To Twilight: The Threat Of The Romantic Vampire, Alexis Cantanzarite

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.

Dracula's Truth Claim And Its Consequences, Hans De Roos

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.

Beauties And Beasts Of Carmilla, Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, And Dracula, Shirley Ibach

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.

"The Blood In The Life!": Victorian Manifestations Of Porphyric Anxiety And Blooklust In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Ashley Szanter

Journal of Dracula Studies

No abstract provided.

Taming The Perfect Beast: The Monster As Romantic Hero In Contemporary Fiction, Lara Klaber

ETD Archive

This thesis examines the contemporary phenomenon of the paranormal romance, as exemplified by Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. Although immensely popular, the series has drawn harsh criticism for its writing style and for the sexual politics portrayed in the novels. Readers of the series have been subjected to similar harsh criticism for enjoying these works in spite of the aforementioned issues. Careful examination of the books, however, reveals that the source of their popularity draws from several factors: the use of a narrative structure known as the Rebirth scenario, particularly popular in romance novels an inverted form of the traditional Beauty …

Birmingham Poetry Review 41 (Front Matter), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

No abstract provided.

Birmingham Poetry Review 41 (Complete Issue), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

No abstract provided.

Birmingham Poetry Review 41 (End Matter), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 199-213

Positioning First-Year Composition: Hybrid Learning For Student Engagement And Sustainability, Lorie Stagg Jacobs

English Dissertations - Archive

This study uses quantitative and qualitative methodology to describe, and analyze the use of social media to create a blended learning environment in the first-year composition classroom. Findings indicate hybrid courses foster retention-minded best practices, increase student engagement in course material, extend concepts and assignments beyond the classroom, and encourage critical analysis of multiple media, thereby supporting the development of a digital literacy. Furthermore, I argue seizing participatory culture as a teaching and learning frontier positions First-Year Composition at the forefront of college retention efforts and provides connections to STEaM endeavors, raising the status of the field generally, and suggesting …

More Than Just A Piece In Their Games: Agency And The Docile Body In The Hunger Games And Reality Television, Kathleen Denison

English Theses - Archive

In recent years, with the rise of social media and normalized forms of surveillance there has been an increase in the visibility of how female bodies are policed within Western society. As the fight for women's rights over their own bodies continues there has been an increase in the number of strong female protagonists in Young Adult literature, particularly literature classified as dystopian. Contemporary young adult (YA) literature is now filled with characters, such as The Hunger Games' Katniss, that are taking on corrupt social institutions that represent exaggerated versions of those we quite regularly encounter in America. As many …

Conversion Calls For Confrontation: Facing The Old To Become New In The Work Of James Baldwin, Mckinley E. Melton

English Faculty Publications

Book Summary: The recognition and study of African American (AA) artists and public intellectuals often include Martin Luther King, Jr., and occasionally Booker T. Washington, W.E.B.DuBois, and Malcolm X. The literary canon also adds Ralph Ellison, Richard White, Langston Hughes, and others such as female writers Zora Neale Hurston, MayaAngelou, and Alice Walker.

Yet, the acknowledgement of AA artists and public intellectuals tends to skew the voices and works of those included toward normalized portrayals that fit well within foundational aspects of the American myths reflected in and perpetuated by traditional schooling. Further, while many AA artists and public intellectuals …

Illustrations And Text: Storyworld Space And The Multimodality Of Serialized Narrative, Laura Daniel Buchholz

English Faculty Publications

This essay examines the interaction between picture and text in the construction of the narrative spaces in George W. M. Reynolds's Mysteries of London (1844–45) and William Harrison Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard (1839) . Building on previous discussions from Gabriel Zoran (1984) and David Herman ( Story Logic, 2002) concerning the process by which space is constructed in verbal/written texts, this essay examines how such theories function in conjunction with the illustrations that often accompanied Victorian serialized narratives in their original publication. Specifically, I consider the interaction between the verbal and visual channels in the construction of interior rooms presented in …