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Perilous Shores: The Unfathomable Supernaturalism Of Water In 19th-Century Scottish Folklore, Jason Marc Harris

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Discusses the origin and significance of water superstitions and the varied array of water creatures in 19th-century Scottish folklore; compares these folkloric elements to similar stories from Norway to Benin to ancient Greece.

The Noldor And The Tuatha Dé Danaan: J.R.R. Tolkien's Irish Influences, Annie Kinniburgh

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Shows what use Tolkien made of some elements of Celtic folklore by tracing similarities between Tolkien’s Noldor and the Irish Tuatha de Danaan, demonstrating that his Elves owe at least as much to this heritage as to the Norse álfar.

Tolkien's Sigurd & Gudrún: Summary, Sources, & Analogs, Pierre H. Berube

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A thorough, analytical guide to The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, listing Tolkien’s sources for each incident in his poem and finding analogs in the rest of his work. Consists mainly of charts, which are an excellent guide through this tangle of Northern legend and an unfamiliar and highly allusive poetic style, and will provide a firm starting place for later scholarship on this long-unseen work. Includes a family tree of named characters in the poem.

Ancient Myths In Contemporary Cinema: Oedipus Rex And Perceval The Knight Of The Holy Grail In Pulp Fiction And The Sixth Sense, Inbar Shaham

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A study of two contrasting myths of fathers and sons— the stories of Oedipus and Percival, which Claude Lévi-Strauss saw as in many ways inverse images of each other—in a number of contemporary films, focusing most closely on Pulp Fiction and The Sixth Sense.

The Heart Of The Labyrinth: Reading Jim Henson's Labyrinth As A Modern Dream Vision, Shiloh Carroll

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Demonstrates how Jim Henson’s film Labyrinth traces its ancestry to the dream vision genre exemplified by such medieval works as “Pearl” and The Divine Comedy, showing how the dream vision parallels and guides main character Sarah’s growth toward emotional maturity. Also addresses the way Sarah deals with the prospect of sexual maturity, rejecting a too-early adulthood.

No Sex In Narnia? How Hans Christian Andersen's "Snow Queen" Problematizes C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles Of Narnia, Jennifer L. Miller

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Author speculates that echoes of Andersen’s “Snow Queen” inevitably (for readers familiar with the tale) bring a tinge of sexuality to encounters with the White Witch of Narnia. In this way, Lewis’s deliberately sexless tales become, for some characters, an exploration of dealing with the pull toward maturity. Touches on responses to Narnia by Pullman and Gaiman.

Innocence As A Super-Power: Little Girls On The Hero's Journey, David Emerson

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

A study of the power of innocence, particularly of innocent girl characters, and how innocence functions in their stories. Dorothy of Oz, Lucy of Narnia, and Chihiro from Miyazaki’s Spirited Away are compared to discover just how their innocence works as their greatest strength.

Naming The Evil One: Onomastic Strategies In Tolkien And Rowling, Janet Brennan Croft

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Investigates name magic associated with evil characters in Tolkien and Rowling, such as acts of naming and self-naming, avoidance terms, and the use of true names. Describes the naming plots associated with Melkor/Morgoth, Sauron, Saruman, and Voldemort.

Reviews, Emily E. Auger, Joe R. Christopher, Janet Brennan Croft, Jason Fisher, John D. Rateliff

Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature

Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction. Ed. Douglas A. Anderson. Reviewed by John D. Rateliff.

The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures In Narnia. Laura Miller. Reviewed by Joe R. Christopher.

Projecting Tolkien's Musical Worlds: A Study of Musical Affect in Howard Shore's Soundtrack to Lord of the Rings. Matthew Young. Reviewed by Jason Fisher.

Esotericism, Art, and Imagination. Eds. Arthur Versluis, Lee Irwin, John Richards, and Melinda Weinstein. Reviewed by Emily E. Auger.

The Annotated Wind in the Willows. By Kenneth Grahame; introduction by Brian Jacques; edited with a preface and notes by Annie Gauger. …

Student Religious Organizations To Lead Chapel Hour, Kasey Evans ’12

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Jazz Ensemble Halloween Concert, Jessica Hinterlong

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, October 15, 2009, Caitlin Dalik, Katie Callahan, Liz Kilmer, Gianna Paone, Abbie Cichowski, Lisa Jobe, James Kilduff, Jonathan Edward Barber, Seika Ueda, Roger Lee, Ashley Mccomeskey, Jason K. Mullins, Helen Ann Coin, Carly Siegler, Kate Lechleitner, Alex Doll

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Draws in Large Audiences • MRSA Awareness Month • UC Student Hit by Car on Main Street, Makes $50 • Omega Chi Sponsors Blood Drive • E-Mail Outsourcing and its Effects on the Ursinus Community • Study Abroad Programs Create Great Opportunities for Students • $10,000 Grant Brings Danny Buraczeski's Swing Concerto to Dance Students • Senior Halloween Party Planners Leave Under 21-Year-Olds Out • Opinions: Obama's Nobel Prize: Criticism Warranted?; Assisted Living: Call it "Assisted Dying" for Many • Women's Rugby Gets Down and Dirty for 2009 Season • Record Falls After the Bears' …

Talks By Jeff Wasserstrom In Heidelberg

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Jeff Wasserstrom will be giving several talks at the University of Heidelberg over the next few days in the series “China Beat–Mega-Events and Recent Trends in Transcultural China”:

Thursday, October 15

“New Possibilities and Old Patterns in Publishing in and about China,” with a response by poet Bei Ling

Friday, October 16

“Mega-Events and the Rise of Global Cities: The Shanghai World Expo in Historical and Comparative Perspective”

Monday, October 19

“Chatter about China in the Global Public Sphere: From the Boxer Crisis to the Beijing Games and Beyond”

Details about these events are available here.

Long Live The Nation

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

“祖国万岁. Long Live the Nation.” The main pavilion of the Expo looks like a cross between a UFO and the hull of a ship. I spoke with some bystanders who turned out to be residents of the area. The old couple comes out everyday at night to marvel at the dramatic displays on the Expo pavilion. It seems that there isn’t enough to warrant a lawn chair but they beg to differ. It’s their city.

Photo by Grace Park, caption by Jonathan Hwang. Both are students at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies.

Street Dreams, Carmela Muzio Dormani

African & African American Studies Senior Theses

K'wan presents us with a contemporary and complex street tale within which reference is made to the language, life and code of the streets, as well the roles of different populations in the lived experience of young people in the hood, including: hustlers, women, cops, white people and members of the older generation. What is more, there is an overt political consciousness to Street Dreams is relatable and contemporary in its usage of New York slang complex themes and substantial characters. Due to its complexity and K'wan's attention to detail and accuracy, Street Dreams feels more fleshed out, reflective of …

Warren County, Kentucky - Equity Court Cases (Mss 137), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 137. This collection contains the extant Equity Court cases for Warren County, Kentucky, from Case #1 (1802) to Case #1977 (1856). The cases are arranged in numerical order. Information in this finding aid includes: case number, plaintiff, defendant, date, number of documents related to the case and notes. To search this document, download it and then use the "Find" function. When searching for a name, it is suggested that you search only the surname. Please remember to search for variant spellings, as there are many in these early records.

Service And Suffering In The Spiritual Life, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle B liturgical readings for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 18, 2009: Is 53:10-11; Ps 33; Heb 4:14-16; Mk 10:35-45. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

Every Wreck Tells A Story, David Trojan

ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program

The Army Air Corps lost more than 7,100 aircraft in the United States to accidents during World War II. David Trojan is an aviation archeologist who has visited more than 100 such sites and seeks to educate the public by telling the unique story that each one has to tell.

Concert Chorale, October 14, 2009 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Molecular Intervention In Mouse Models Of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis And Alzheimer’S Disease – Neuropathology And Behavior, Steven Prescott Bennett

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Neurodegeneration describes the progressive loss of structure and function of neurons, leading ultimately to cell and organism death. Although the initiating factors of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis may be different, they share common pathophysiologies. Proteinopathies, as these diseases are now termed, are characterized by atypical deposits of proteins, often due to misfolding. Associated with these deposits are dysfunctional mitochondria, oxidative stress, disrupted axonal transport, inflammation, and apoptotic cell death. If this occurs in motor neurons, as in ALS, ataxia precedes death with little or no change in cognition. On the other hand, if …

Interview With Mary White Gettys - Oh 094, Mary White Gettys

Winthrop University Oral History Program

In her October 14, 2009 interview with Miciah Bennett, Mary White Gettys relays her experience in the WAVES as a code breaker. Gettys details the equipment she used and the secrecy in her work. Gettys speculates what the WAVES did for women and provides her opinion on the wars in the Middle East. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.

Learning From Lai Changxing?, Jeremy Brown, Xian Wang

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Last year, Angilee Shah wrote a review at China Beat of Oliver August’s Inside the Red Mansion. The review inspired Simon Fraser University Professor Jeremy Brown to assign the text to a class and he recently invited the book’s protaganist, Lai Changxing, to join his class for a day. Brown and one of his students provide an account of the day’s visit below (for a write-up in Chinese, see this report at The Global Chinese Press).

A few days before National Day, Lai Changxing joined our fourth-year Chinese history class at Simon Fraser University. For almost three hours China’s most …

2009-2010 Performance Forum - October 13, 2009, Jaime Tyser, Yang Shen, Jose Menor, Seul-A Lee, Silvia Suarez, Laura Sinclair, Joe Goering, Aziz Sapaev, Tao Lin

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital Series: Andrew Rummel, Tuba; Gloria Cardoni-Smith, Piano; Brandon Sinnock, Horn; October 13, 2009, Andrew Rummel, Gloria Cardoni-Smith, Brandon Sinnock

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
October 13, 2009
Tuesday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Recital: Convocation, October 13, 2009, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
October 13, 2009
Tuesday Morning
11:00 a.m.

A Night At The Movies: The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, October 13, 2009 [Program], University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Music Recital Programs

Program of a music recital given by faculty, students, or guest artists from the School of Music at the University of Northern Iowa.

Goal Attainment On Long Tail Web Sites: An Information Foraging Approach, James A. Mccart

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation sought to explain goal achievement at limited traffic “long tail” Web sites using

Information Foraging Theory (IFT). The central thesis of IFT is that individuals are driven by a

metaphorical sense of smell that guides them through patches of information in their environment.

An information patch is an area of the search environment with similar information. Information

scent is the driving force behind why a person makes a navigational selection amongst a group

of competing options. As foragers are assumed to be rational, scent is a mechanism by which to

reduce search costs by increasing the accuracy on …

Chinese History Readings

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

A hodgepodge of historically or (historian-) relevant readings from the last few weeks…

1. Of greatest interest to the historians around here (particularly those of us who don’t make it to Cambridge regularly), Harvard and the National Library of China have signed a deal to digitize Harvard’s collection of 51,000 rare Chinese books:

Once completed, these images dating as far back as the Song ynasty in 960 AD, will be publicly available for free on the Web to scholars in China and elsewhere.

“We need to change the mindset that rare materials must be kept behind closed doors,’’ said James …

The Chanticleer, 2009-10-12, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (October 12, 2009), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.