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A Genealogy Of Self-Development In Modern America: Influences Of The American Dream, Kelsey M. Binder Dec 2018

A Genealogy Of Self-Development In Modern America: Influences Of The American Dream, Kelsey M. Binder

English Department: Traveling American Modernism (ENG 366, Fall 2018)

This article offers a hypothetical conversation between various authors and creators who have embarked on progressive self-development journeys under the influence of a shared society that intermittently embraces and rejects the structures of the American Dream. While examining the instinctive human motives that cause the radical decision to actualize one’s life, this paper attempts to bridge the psychology of the desire for personal growth to our influential cultural landscape. It explores and analyzes the self-development journeys of individuals such as William Least Heat-Moon and Chris McCandless, as well as the recent message of self-development found in a cinematic pop culture …


Tourism And Nationalism In America, Derick J. Knox Dec 2018

Tourism And Nationalism In America, Derick J. Knox

English Department: Traveling American Modernism (ENG 366, Fall 2018)

Travel has been regarded as not only a vacation but also a learning experience and for many Americans a process of familiarizing oneself with the history of their country. Technological advancements introduced means of mobility that allowed people to indulge in America’s culture and history. The 20th Century was a turbulent era accompanied by industrialization and an increase in nationalism. Tourist marketing had strategically mapped routes to showcase the highest points in American culture while ignoring some controversial narratives. Once travel became mediated by tourism in the 20th century it lost some elements of freedom and adventure, instead becoming the …


The New Hearth: The Creation Of A Mobile Space, James C. Mangum Dec 2018

The New Hearth: The Creation Of A Mobile Space, James C. Mangum

English Department: Traveling American Modernism (ENG 366, Fall 2018)

The New Hearth: The creation of a Mobile Space

Mangum, James. Kutztown University, (4 December 2018).

This analysis offers an insightful look into an aspect of travel and modernity that has gone seemingly unnoticed in the culture of American Mobility. As a social product space is created to serve the function of something integral in society. Working individuals need offices for example, students need schools, and citizens need residences. These are created spaces of society that intersect the realities of life, and an automobile is how we get to and from these spaces. Modernity has allowed us to stretch the …


Bunny In A Box (And Other Objects), Isabelle P. Blank, Katherine M. Carithers, Kevin J. Donohue Dec 2018

Bunny In A Box (And Other Objects), Isabelle P. Blank, Katherine M. Carithers, Kevin J. Donohue

HUMBUG

No abstract provided.


Round Robin, Spring, Katherine M. Carithers, Caroline E. Cook, Kevin J. Donohue, Madeleine R. Waters Dec 2018

Round Robin, Spring, Katherine M. Carithers, Caroline E. Cook, Kevin J. Donohue, Madeleine R. Waters

HUMBUG

No abstract provided.


Loss Word Association, Katherine M. Carithers, Caroline Cook Dec 2018

Loss Word Association, Katherine M. Carithers, Caroline Cook

HUMBUG

No abstract provided.


Hope & Trust Word Association, Caroline E. Cook, Kevin J. Donohue Dec 2018

Hope & Trust Word Association, Caroline E. Cook, Kevin J. Donohue

HUMBUG

No abstract provided.


Commonthought (2018), Commonthought Staff Dec 2018

Commonthought (2018), Commonthought Staff

Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.


Volume 44, Issue 2: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff Nov 2018

Volume 44, Issue 2: Full Issue, Manuscripts Staff

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Critique Song Of K. Bruce Cook, Kevin Cook Nov 2018

Critique Song Of K. Bruce Cook, Kevin Cook

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Reqiuem For Yesterday, Jon Brooks Nov 2018

Reqiuem For Yesterday, Jon Brooks

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Poem On A New York Subway Wall, Walter Bell Nov 2018

Poem On A New York Subway Wall, Walter Bell

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


The Abduction, Mike Ellis Nov 2018

The Abduction, Mike Ellis

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Housewife's Morning Song, Julie Heller Nov 2018

Housewife's Morning Song, Julie Heller

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


A Character Sketch, John Mccrum Nov 2018

A Character Sketch, John Mccrum

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Shy, John Wilson Nov 2018

Shy, John Wilson

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Who Killed Cain?, Natalie Ashanin Nov 2018

Who Killed Cain?, Natalie Ashanin

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Search, Teri Giertych Nov 2018

Search, Teri Giertych

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Like A Shooting Star, David Darrell Nov 2018

Like A Shooting Star, David Darrell

Manuscripts

Short Story Contest, First Prize


To Kathy, Richard Ringley Nov 2018

To Kathy, Richard Ringley

Manuscripts

Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention


A Tribute To Roy Marz, Werner W. Beyer Nov 2018

A Tribute To Roy Marz, Werner W. Beyer

Manuscripts

The following is the text of a speech delivered by Dr. Werner Beyer at a retirement dinner honoring Dr. Roy Marz, longtime member ofthe English Faculty at Butler University.


Descent Into Peargatory, Sherry Gamble Nov 2018

Descent Into Peargatory, Sherry Gamble

Manuscripts

Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention


Prayer, Ed Shacklee Nov 2018

Prayer, Ed Shacklee

Manuscripts

Poetry Contest, First Prize


My Three Cats And The Apocalypse, Kevin Cooke Nov 2018

My Three Cats And The Apocalypse, Kevin Cooke

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Poet Unlimited, Karen Greene Nov 2018

Poet Unlimited, Karen Greene

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Manuscripts Staff Nov 2018

Front Matter, Manuscripts Staff

Manuscripts

No abstract provided.


Broken Beer Bottles Lost At Sea, Caroline E. Cook Oct 2018

Broken Beer Bottles Lost At Sea, Caroline E. Cook

HUMBUG

No abstract provided.


Eyes Like Wildfires (Excerprt), Caroline E. Cook Oct 2018

Eyes Like Wildfires (Excerprt), Caroline E. Cook

HUMBUG

No abstract provided.


This Thing Called Adventure (Excerpt), Caroline E. Cook Oct 2018

This Thing Called Adventure (Excerpt), Caroline E. Cook

HUMBUG

No abstract provided.


The Crying Of Angels (Excerpt), Katherine M. Carithers Oct 2018

The Crying Of Angels (Excerpt), Katherine M. Carithers

HUMBUG

No abstract provided.