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Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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2012

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On Editing The Merry Muses, Valentina Bold Aug 2012

On Editing The Merry Muses, Valentina Bold

Studies in Scottish Literature

Discusses the sources and issues in reediting the late 18th century Scottish song collection, The Merry Muses of Caledonia (1799), in connection the 50th anniversary of the first modern scholarly edition, edited by Sydney Goodsir Smith, James Barke, and J. Delancey Ferguson in 1959.

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The Heroine's Journey, Catherine Bailey Jun 2012

The Heroine's Journey, Catherine Bailey

The Hilltop Review

My current research focuses on representations of gender in contemporary literature and visual culture, with a particular emphasis on feminist criticism. Furthermore, I am interested in the ways in which ancient mythology, fairy tales, and folklore have shaped--and continue to shape--societal ideals about normative gender behavior. While some myth critics profess the benefits of framing one's life in terms of a grand narrative--an archetypal "hero's journey"--feminist critics and queer theorists argue that these sweeping narratives can be damaging to people of all genders by forcing them into limiting social scripts. Much of my recent research has explored the question of …

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Anticipative Feminism In F. Scott Fitzgerald’S This Side Of Paradise And Flappers And Philosophers, Andrew Riccardo Jan 2012

Anticipative Feminism In F. Scott Fitzgerald’S This Side Of Paradise And Flappers And Philosophers, Andrew Riccardo

The Oswald Review: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Criticism in the Discipline of English

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Wounded Women, Varied Voice, Kathryn Johnston Jan 2012

Wounded Women, Varied Voice, Kathryn Johnston

Undergraduate Review

Daphne du Maurier and Sylvia Plath both use voice as a tool in their respective pieces, “La Sainte-Vierge” and “Lesbos.” Through the implementation of varied voices, these women convey female interiors. Du Maurier’s use of a third-person narrative voice in her short story “La Sainte-Vierge” allows her to comment on the lives of the main characters through the eyes of an outsider. Du Maurier’s outsider reveals a naïve and delusional housewife, unhealthy in her denial within a failing relationship. Contrasting with du Maurier’s Marie is Plath’s first-person voice of a scorned, dissatisfied housewife in her poem, “Lesbos.” Plath’s use of …

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Healing Or Horrifying? Portrayals Of Victorian Medicine In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jennifer Miles Jan 2012

Healing Or Horrifying? Portrayals Of Victorian Medicine In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Jennifer Miles

Journal of Dracula Studies

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The Publication Of Dracula, Paul S. Mcalduff Jan 2012

The Publication Of Dracula, Paul S. Mcalduff

Journal of Dracula Studies

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Paradigmatic Brilliance - Or, So Sparkly, It's Broken, Janet Goodall, Emyr Williams Jan 2012

Paradigmatic Brilliance - Or, So Sparkly, It's Broken, Janet Goodall, Emyr Williams

Journal of Dracula Studies

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"A Foreign Man In A Fog": Robert Siodmak, Lon Chaney Jr., And Son Of Dracula, Mark Bernard Jan 2012

"A Foreign Man In A Fog": Robert Siodmak, Lon Chaney Jr., And Son Of Dracula, Mark Bernard

Journal of Dracula Studies

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Playing Vampire Games: Rules And Play In Varney The Vampire And Dracula, Lindsay Dearinger Jan 2012

Playing Vampire Games: Rules And Play In Varney The Vampire And Dracula, Lindsay Dearinger

Journal of Dracula Studies

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