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Creative Writing

Western Michigan University

2001

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Floating Holidays: A Novel, Christopher Joseph Torockio Dec 2001

Floating Holidays: A Novel, Christopher Joseph Torockio

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Strange Blessing, Gabrielle A. Halko Dec 2001

Strange Blessing, Gabrielle A. Halko

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Fay Weldon's Late Bloomers And Comedy And A Lawyer, A Vet, And A Couple Of Dogs, One Of Them Dead, Susan Rote Siferd Jun 2001

Fay Weldon's Late Bloomers And Comedy And A Lawyer, A Vet, And A Couple Of Dogs, One Of Them Dead, Susan Rote Siferd

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Creative dissertation begins with a critical study of comedy as Weldon employs it in her novels of marriage, infidelity, and divorce. Traditionally, comedy ends in marriage; Weldon's dark comedies end in self-understanding as a necessary prerequisite to growth and possible future relationship. However, Weldon does not celebrate divorce. She recognizes the impact on women's lives of historic period, world events, and their own female nature. An avowed feminist, Weldon yet refuses to blame men for women's problems, but insists that while women struggle against sexism, they often conform to it. If there is no genre designation comparable to "bildungsroman" for …


"How Should One Love?": Alternative Love Plots And Their Ethical Implications In The Victorian Novel, Jennifer J. Carpentier Jun 2001

"How Should One Love?": Alternative Love Plots And Their Ethical Implications In The Victorian Novel, Jennifer J. Carpentier

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In reading Victorian fiction through an ethical lens, I am attentive to questions of what constitutes the good, loving, w ell-lived life. It is my contention that Victorian writers turned to fiction - specifically, the rapidly emerging novel form - to explore the ethical implications of being in love, and the problem s occasioned by erotic love. The writers I examine modify the basic Aristotelian search for a specification of the good life for human beings: they used novels as testing grounds for the ethical question, "How should one love?"

My study of 19th-century British fiction reveals a strain of …


Untitled, Katie Shalifoe Jan 2001

Untitled, Katie Shalifoe

Calliope (1954-2001)

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The End Of A Great Civilization ...The Last Of The Arda … The Beginning Of An Even Greater Legacy, William Daniel Blond Ii Jan 2001

The End Of A Great Civilization ...The Last Of The Arda … The Beginning Of An Even Greater Legacy, William Daniel Blond Ii

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Midnight Drizzle, Meghan Laura Jarpe Jan 2001

Midnight Drizzle, Meghan Laura Jarpe

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Calliope Manuscript Day 2001 Jan 2001

Calliope Manuscript Day 2001

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Untitled, Kalei Iden Jan 2001

Untitled, Kalei Iden

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Sneaking Out, Andrea Catharine Steves Jan 2001

Sneaking Out, Andrea Catharine Steves

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Ice, Kerrie Krahn Jan 2001

Ice, Kerrie Krahn

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Backbone, Erin Gendron Jan 2001

Backbone, Erin Gendron

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Mizu Ansei (Water Rest), Kris Moore Jan 2001

Mizu Ansei (Water Rest), Kris Moore

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Passing Through, Scott Denstaedt Jan 2001

Passing Through, Scott Denstaedt

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Fight, Walter Barnes Jan 2001

Fight, Walter Barnes

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The Meows Of Respect, Jessica Holman Jan 2001

The Meows Of Respect, Jessica Holman

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Sonnet, Christopher Jon Olsen Jan 2001

Sonnet, Christopher Jon Olsen

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I Am An Egg, David Johnstone Jan 2001

I Am An Egg, David Johnstone

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A Brief History Of Coffee, Marnie Mccasland Jan 2001

A Brief History Of Coffee, Marnie Mccasland

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Untitled, Krista Kovalchuk Jan 2001

Untitled, Krista Kovalchuk

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Life Is What You Make Of It, Jennifer Lynn Gumas Jan 2001

Life Is What You Make Of It, Jennifer Lynn Gumas

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The Great Stain Remover, Christine Witkowski Jan 2001

The Great Stain Remover, Christine Witkowski

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Self Portrait- A Mind In Disarray, Georgina Walker Jan 2001

Self Portrait- A Mind In Disarray, Georgina Walker

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Driving Poems, Glenn Alan Lester Jan 2001

Driving Poems, Glenn Alan Lester

Calliope (1954-2001)

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A Pawn In The Calm Of Winter, Jeffrey Barrett Jan 2001

A Pawn In The Calm Of Winter, Jeffrey Barrett

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Music Teacher, Mary Wisniewski Jan 2001

Music Teacher, Mary Wisniewski

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Night, Kathryn Eklund Jan 2001

Night, Kathryn Eklund

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Voices, Dawn Marie Kaczmar Jan 2001

Voices, Dawn Marie Kaczmar

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Bright Blue Ribbons, Sarah Crabtree Jan 2001

Bright Blue Ribbons, Sarah Crabtree

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Tarantinoesque, Joshua Graham Buursma Jan 2001

Tarantinoesque, Joshua Graham Buursma

Calliope (1954-2001)

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