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The Protestant Whore: Courtesan Narrative & Religious Controversy In England, 1680-1750 (Review), Rachel K. Carnell Oct 2011

The Protestant Whore: Courtesan Narrative & Religious Controversy In England, 1680-1750 (Review), Rachel K. Carnell

English Faculty Publications

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Youth And Legends: A Short Story Collection, Jennifer Kiefer May 2011

Youth And Legends: A Short Story Collection, Jennifer Kiefer

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

While young narrators or protagonists have been included in many famous works, such as J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, or Truman Capote’s Other Voices, Other Rooms, typically the main character of a work of fiction is mature. The pieces in this collection of stories, however, are centered around children. Adolescents act as the protagonists of the stories, exploring an adult world. The goal of this collect is not to contribute to young adult fiction or child fiction, but to appeal in style and form to adult readers in a mature, adult writing style. …


The Casualty Of Home, Molly Koeneman May 2011

The Casualty Of Home, Molly Koeneman

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Casualty of Home is a novel-in-stories focusing largely on the displacement felt due to situation or family. Often, members of a family have trouble making connections with each other, for each has its own thoughts, desires and expectations. Still, they have something rudimentary in common: blood. Because they are related, family members are inclined to care for individuals they might not even know, much less love. Spanning three generations, the characters in Casualty of Home deal with the constraints of family, the pressures of adolescence, and the limitations of the rural Southern culture in which they live. The characters face …


After The Rainbow, Rachel Hruza Apr 2011

After The Rainbow, Rachel Hruza

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This thesis contains a multi-genre collection featuring fiction and memoir. It explores characterization through relationships by focusing on the external and internal forces that influence a person’s connection to herself or another. Some pieces verge on the plane of magical realism while others are factually based. While most of this collection is serious in tone, the author hopes the reader will find joy in the small moments as well as the momentous.


No Surrender! War And The Death Of Innocence In The Fictions Of John Mcgahern, Eamon Maher Feb 2011

No Surrender! War And The Death Of Innocence In The Fictions Of John Mcgahern, Eamon Maher

Articles

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Wuthering Heights: “Curioser And Curioser”, Amy E. Almeida Jan 2011

Wuthering Heights: “Curioser And Curioser”, Amy E. Almeida

The Trinity Papers (2011 - present)

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Tracing The Imprint: Catholicism In Some Twentieth Century Irish Fiction, Eamon Maher Jan 2011

Tracing The Imprint: Catholicism In Some Twentieth Century Irish Fiction, Eamon Maher

Articles

In a seminal article published in Studies in 1965, Augustine Martin noted now Irish writers were characterised by what he termed 'inherited dissent', a tendency that led them to replace their original religious faith with blends of the mystical and aesthetic: