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Structures Of Daily Life : The Material Culture Of Surry County, Virginia, 1690-1715, Anna Louise Hawley

Dissertations and Theses

This is a study of the material culture of Surry County, Virginia for the years 1690 to 1715, based on an analysis of 221 probate inventories. The inventories were divided by decades and then ranked by total appraised value. The bottom 30%, lower middle 30, upper middle 30% and the top 10% are described and changes over time examined. The picture of Surry that emerges is that of a poor county which was, nevertheless, a place of opportunity for the poorer sections of society. The bottom 60% of Surry's residents profited from the brief boom in the tobacco market (1696- …

An Application Of Mikhail Bakhtin’S Theory Of The Grotesque To The Fiction Of Flannery O’Connor, Holly Roberts

Masters Theses

The grotesque in Flannery O'Connor's fiction has always been a central concern of her readers and critics, because it is such a prominent aspect of her work and is usually connected with the equally pervasive characteristics of violence, destruction, and death. Many of her critics see the grotesquerie of her characters and landscapes as indicative of humanity's fallen existence--that it serves only to reveal what is wrong with the human condition. Such views echo the premises of Wolfgang Kayser's theory of the grotesque presented in his well-known book, The Grotesque in Art and Literature, but as I point out, …

Dream In The Fiction Of Nathanael West, James M. Caldwell

Masters Theses

Since the publication of his first novel in 1931, Nathanael West has presented significant problems for critics in their attempts to arrive at conclusions about his work and to classify him among twentieth century novelists. Various critical approaches have helped to clarify some of the ambiguities in West's four novels, but the bibliographic, source, and psychological studies have often often neglected specifics of the texts in favor of finding West a niche in relation to his twentieth century contemporaries.

Most criticism of West's fiction discusses dreams to some extent. His fictions are considered dreamworlds, and each novel's ordering dream is …

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.6, No.10 (December 1985), Northern Lambda Nord, Randy -

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.6, No.9 (November 1985), Northern Lambda Nord, Randy -, Walter -

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

American Irish Newsletter - October - November 1985, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Delmore Schwartz: Two Lost Poems, Robert Phillips

The Courier

This article details the discovery of two unpublished poems by Delmore Schwartz, written during his youth. The author critically analyzes both, and puts them into the context of Schwartz's life. A collection of Delmore Schwartz's poems can be found in the Syracuse University Special Collections.

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.6, No.8 (October 1985), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

Vol. 5, No. 4 (1985), Carl Petersen, Carolyn Blakemore

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 35, No. 1, Mary Laycock Selders, Yvonne J. Milspaw, Priscilla Stevenson Lockard, Guy Graybill, John D. Kendig, Elda F. Gehris

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Grandmother's Flower Garden: The Quilts of Sadie Ida Christian Laycock
• Our Good Old One-Room School Days
• A Parade from the Past
• The Philip Arndts of Manheim (1797-1888)
• Pennsylvania German Cookery
• Aldes un Neies

The "Black Dream" Of Gerrit Smith, New York Abolitionist, John R. Mckivigan, Madeleine Leveille

The Courier

This article tells the story of Gerrit Smith, a New York abolitionist who had been loosely linked to the raid on Haper's Ferry by John Brown. Shortly after the insurrection Smith was committed to an insane asylum by his family, and the scandal faded after John Brown's execution. Through their research in the Syracuse University Special Collections, the authors have uncovered much evidence affirming the financial link between Smith and John Brown. The authors also determined that the mental state of Smith seemed rather genuine, and he might have suffered from bipolar disorder. The fallout of the Smith scandal received …

Granville Hicks And The Small Town, Leah Levenson, Jerry Natterstad

The Courier

This article tells the story of Granville Hicks' life, especially his life during the 1940s, revealed through journals that are now held in Syracuse University's Special Collections. The author was famously a Marxist critic and member of the Communist party during the 1930s, before defecting in 1939 due to the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact. He then somewhat retreated from intellectual life to become a member of a small community in Grafton, New York, closer to his rural upbringing. He struggled to try to better the small community in areas of civic institutions and racial prejudice, seeing Grafton as a microcosm of …

American Irish Newsletter - August - September 1985, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Roger Bell, Last Among Equals: Hawaiian Statehood And American Politics (Book Review), William E. H. Tagupa

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.6, No.7 (August/September 1985), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

Reception, Conference Attendees

Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference

G. K. Hall, and Twayne Publishers cordially invite you to a reception honoring: Arthur F. Kinney, Editor; Howard L. Bahr, Joseph Blotner, Jack Cofield, Donald P. Duclos, Thomas L. McHaney, Eva Miller, Franklin E. Moak, and Judith Bryant Wittenberg, Contributors; Tommy Covington, J. M. Faulkner, Evans and Betty Harrington, Dedicatees.

Arthur F. Kinney, Editor; André Bleikasten and Jack Cofield, Contributors; Critical Essays on William Faulkner: The Compson Family

Center for the Study of Southern Culture Barnard Observatory, East Wing

Wednesday, July 31, 1985, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Registration, Conference Attendees

Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference

No abstract provided.

John Muir Newsletter, July/September 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center \\/ / University of the Pacific for Western Studies \. Stockton, Calif 95211 VOLUME 5 JULY/SEPTEMBER 1985 NUMBER 3 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS A NEW FORMAT NEXT ISSUE We have published this little newsletter the last five years as a means of keeping interested subscribers informed on the status of the John Muir Papers Microform Project. As you will see by the following item, the project is near completion, and by definition the raison d'etre for this modest rag will end. However, until the end of this year we will keep current Muir …

Vol. 5, No. 3 (1985), Richard A. Shine, M. B. Mayfield, Barry Hannah Jr.

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.

Robert A. Heinlein: A Philosophical Novelist, Marie Guthrie

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Robert A. Heinlein is a key figure in the development of American science fiction. What makes his contribution unique is his emphasis on philosophical speculation. Heinlein's program is based on rationality as a vital element to salvation. Although the importance of rationality is an aspect of many schools of philosophy particular value may be gained by comparing Heinlein's system with the philosophy of Plotinus. An examination of Heinlein's key works (Stranger in a Strange Land. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, Time Enough For Love, The Number of the Beast--. And various short stories I provides ample evidence to support …

American Irish Newsletter - June - July 1985, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 34, No. 4, William A. Leinbach, Patricia Tinsman, David Gottshall, Marvin A. Dourte, Daniel T. Kohler, Sam Blood, Charles Layland, Margaret Layland, Brenda Wilton, Stephen Day, Richard Shaner, Donna Longenecker, William Weber, Mel Horst, Robert Jensen, Donald D. Dillon

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Coverlets
• Sign Painting
• Reverse Painting on Glass
• Kites
• Snake Lore
• Horncraft
• Weathervanes and Country Signs
• Festival Focus
• Sheep Shearing & Natural Knits
• Bread Baking Among the Pennsylvania Dutch
• The Craft of Rushing
• Toy Soldier Casting
• Pennsylvania Dutch Humor
• Fireside Brooms and Whirligigs
• Springerle

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.6, No.6 (June/July 1985), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

We Come As Friends: Violent Social Conflict In New Mexico, 1810-1910, Tobias Duran

American Studies ETDs

The focus of this work is on four major forms of violent social conflict: popular protest, racial and ethnic hostilities, vigilante activity, and political assassinations. The quest to define the social and historical context in which these events took place guided the inquiry. An explanation of the nineteenth century social setting would partially account for the transformations occurring during that time: the uprooting of a society, transitions in social institutions, and the imposition of a different rule of law, as ideology and as instrument of control. Consequently these developments generated social conflict.

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.6, No.5 (May 1985), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

American Irish Newsletter - April - May 1985, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Benson Lossing: His Life And Work, 1830-1860, Diane M. Casey

The Courier

Benson J. Lossing's interest in reaching a popular rather than an elite audience, his journalistic style, and the changing methods of historical research, which began to develop at the end of the nineteenth century, have all led to the current opinion of him-that he was a popularizer of history, and not a historian. However, an examination of his long and varied career suggests that his work deserves consideration in the study of antebellum American life.

John Muir Newsletter, April/June 1985, Holt-Atherton Pacific Center For Western Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

Holt-Atherton Pacific Center for Western Studies VOLUME 5 APRIL/JUNE 1985 University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif 95211 NUMBER 2 EDITORIAL STAFF: RONALD H. LIMBAUGH, KIRSTEN E. LEWIS MUIR CONFERENCE AN OUTSTANDING EVENT Over 250 registrants from all parts of the West attended the special John Muir Conference on the University of the Pacific campus April 12-13. Twenty-five speakers and panelists from thirteen differene academic institutions in nine different states and the Ditrict of Columbia participated in this edition of the California History Institute, highlighted by Hollywood actor Lee Stetson's highly-acclaimed one-man show: "Conversation with a Tramp: An Evening with John …

Northern Lambda Nord Communique, Vol.6, No.4 (April 1985), Northern Lambda Nord

Communiqué / Northern Lambda Nord (1981-1999)

No abstract provided.

Vol. 5, No. 2 (1985), Carl Petersen

Faulkner Newsletter and Yoknapatawpha Review

No abstract provided.