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Perceived Preceptor: Narrator's Role In Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jason Godfrey Dec 2017

Perceived Preceptor: Narrator's Role In Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, Jason Godfrey

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In this article, I posit that Austen uses her self-aware, colloquial narrator to satirize Catherine’s grandiose fantasies and quiz (or mock) the reader who would prefer a story where fantasies are indulged and also to instruct the reader about the importance of discernment both in-text and in larger social discourse.


The Invention Of English Criticism, Nicolle M. Jordan Nov 2017

The Invention Of English Criticism, Nicolle M. Jordan

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English In India's Grand Stategy, Karthika Sasikumar Oct 2017

English In India's Grand Stategy, Karthika Sasikumar

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The term ‘grand strategy’ may appear be an extravagant and abstract expression, yet it is simply a shorthand manner of describing a country’s efforts in diverse areas towards its key goals. According to Yale historian Paul Kennedy, the crux of grand strategy lies in the “capacity of the nation’s leaders to bring together all of the elements, both military and nonmilitary, for the preservation and enhancement of the nation’s long-term (that is, in wartime and peacetime) best interests” (Kennedy 1991:5). Thus, grand strategy deploys all of a country’s assets. For India, one such asset is the English language. Although English …


The Book That Made Me: A Girl, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner Apr 2017

The Book That Made Me: A Girl, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner

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In this installment of The Book That Made Me, a series from Public Books reflecting on the books that have changed our lives, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner reflects on the freedom he received—to become a whole other person, in a whole other place—from an unexpected source.


Diasporic Transnationalism In Zoë Wicomb’S "The One That Got Away" And "October", Aaron Eastley Jan 2017

Diasporic Transnationalism In Zoë Wicomb’S "The One That Got Away" And "October", Aaron Eastley

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Whereas the early works of South African/Scottish writer Zoë Wicomb delved into racial tensions caused by apartheid, her more recent works excavate diasporic tensions tied to present-day travel and transnationalism. In her 2009 short story collection The One That Got Away and her 2014 novel October, Wicomb presents a series of narratives in which Cape Town and Glasgow collide. In these narratives Wicomb gravitates toward the experiences of mostly middle-class immigrants and visitors, often in later stages of life, operating in the relatively established multiculturalism of today's South Africa and UK. The irony of present-day transnational mobility as Wicomb …


Review Of Higgins, Anglo-Saxon Community In J.R.R. Tolkien’S The Lord Of The Rings, Carol A. Leibiger Jan 2017

Review Of Higgins, Anglo-Saxon Community In J.R.R. Tolkien’S The Lord Of The Rings, Carol A. Leibiger

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