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“Around We Go”: The Apocalypse As Revolution And Revelation In David Mitchell’S Cloud Atlas, Emma G. Schilling
“Around We Go”: The Apocalypse As Revolution And Revelation In David Mitchell’S Cloud Atlas, Emma G. Schilling
Student Publications
The tradition of global disasters in literature is long-standing and David Mitchell contributes to that discussion. For him, the possibility of political, social, and environmental collapse is imminent based on patterns he traced throughout human history. One common thread Mitchell weaves throughout his works is the presence and the relevance of the apocalyptic. In his best known work, Cloud Atlas, Mitchell explores the cyclical trends of humanity across time and space, including the recurrence of predacity, cruelty, and systematic oppression. Rather than being overwhelmed by a nihilistic reality, Mitchell centers Cloud Atlas around recurring figures of revolution, resisting and …
From The Shire To The Somme: Comparing Military Themes In The Hobbit And Up To Mamtez, Alexander M. Remington
From The Shire To The Somme: Comparing Military Themes In The Hobbit And Up To Mamtez, Alexander M. Remington
Student Publications
The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkien, tells the story of the titular Bilbo Baggins who goes on an adventure to help a band of dwarves retake their home from a dragon. Throughout the adventure, Bilbo and the dwarves endure many hardships similar to those of a British soldier fighting on the western front in the First World War. These hardships are especially comparable to Llewelyn Wyn Griffith's World War One experience described in his book Up to Mametz. Military themes of enforced adventure, constant and escalating danger, comradeship, and the devastation of war can also be found in both the Hobbit …
A Sign, Rachel M. Crowe
A Sign, Rachel M. Crowe
Student Publications
"A Sign" is a narrative about the experience of grief and how relationships are strengthened by shared experience. It tells the story of two different women who come together and inhabit a space of mutual understanding in the wake of their mother's death.
The Ones Who Walk Away From The Ocean, Katia D. Rubinstein
The Ones Who Walk Away From The Ocean, Katia D. Rubinstein
Student Publications
When a mermaid mysteriously appears on the shore of a Northern island, the town's children become enthralled with the newfound mythic creature, while the adults become wary and untrusting.
Karma, Jhanvi C. Ramaiya
Karma, Jhanvi C. Ramaiya
Student Publications
A short story about a woman, Indira, who undergoes a formative transformation in her understanding of Karma as she flees her mother's home, and finds her own with her three daughters.
The Disappearance Of The Hms Umbra, Francesca M. Costa
The Disappearance Of The Hms Umbra, Francesca M. Costa
Student Publications
A sailor aboard the HMS Umbra has a strange run-in with an ominous fog that won't lift. As the days drag by, the weather is the least of his problems.
Wilderness, Kathryn E. Bucolo
Wilderness, Kathryn E. Bucolo
Celebration
The collection of short stories I have written focuses on how people process (or do not process) tragedy, especially as related to themes of grief, memory, and faith. Most of the stories I have written are dysfunctional narratives in that they do not necessarily provide solid conclusions or solutions for the characters or readers, reflecting current trends in literature to move away from the didactic and moralistic in favor of the ambiguous and unstable, the hopeless and sorrowful. In "Wilderness", one of the pieces I wrote for my collection, Robert struggles with the death of his wife when he realizes …
Poseidon, Rachel E. Barber
The Sketchpad Of Carl Smithson, Emily A. Francisco
The Chamber, Kira J. Mason
A Clean Slate, Meghan E. O'Grady
The Rose Peddler, Victoria J. Reynolds
The Ride Home, Elizabeth C. Williams
R.A., Fred G. Leebron
The Lightning Strike, Katelyn M. Quirin
Untitled, Tucker R. Pope
Sanskrit Arms, Kathryn E. Bucolo
The Threads Of Time, Rebecca L. Johnson
Swallowed Glass, Chandra R. Kirkland
The Diener, Rachel W. Wynn
Broken Plate, Michael J. Plunkett
Why I Hate Parties, Thomas Z. Neufeld
The Exchange Student, Fred G. Leebron
The Exchange Student, Fred G. Leebron
English Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Out Cold, Fred G. Leebron
Out Cold, Fred G. Leebron
English Faculty Publications
Walter had just completed his five-mile route on the treadmill and was headed from the gym to his car in a nearby parking lot - he was in fact circumnavigating a field on which a few idiotic teenagers were kicking a soccer ball at a field hockey goal, so as not to approach near their game - when he was struck in the side and back of his head by something large and forceful and solid and round, and it sent his glasses flying from his face and his bright white tennis cap skittering from his head and it flattened …
Ms-058: Nancy Springer Papers, Class Of 1970, Meggan D. Smith
Ms-058: Nancy Springer Papers, Class Of 1970, Meggan D. Smith
All Finding Aids
This collection consists largely of manuscripts of Nancy Springer's earlier novels, dating from 1977 to 1987. Although the vast majority of the manuscripts are typed with handwritten corrections, the collection does contain the first draft of The Golden Swan written entirely in Nancy Springer’s hand. Also included are printer’s galleys, readers proofs, and three of Springer’s books published in Japanese.
Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids are discovery tools used to describe and provide access to our holdings. Finding aids include historical and biographical information about each collection in addition to inventories of their content. More information about our …
We Are Not Friends, Fred G. Leebron
We Are Not Friends, Fred G. Leebron
English Faculty Publications
There is something about the way the phone rings that lets you know it's Them - a kind of glitter in the chime, a certain je ne sais quoi to the cadence, which seems to skip a beat as if it can't believe that They are calling. You pick up, heart throbbing, getting ready to move your mouth, a sly frisson of sweat striking your palms.
"They asked me to call," Their assistant says. "They want you at the house next Thursday. And then you'll all go somewhere. A plane will be involved. You'll want to bring a passport. Until …
Jefferson In Central Pennsylvania, Fred G. Leebron
Jefferson In Central Pennsylvania, Fred G. Leebron
English Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
My Psychologist, My Psychiatrist, Fred G. Leebron
My Psychologist, My Psychiatrist, Fred G. Leebron
English Faculty Publications
I could not distinguish between them except by what we did. I was ten, then eleven. I would not ride the school bus. I always slunk home saying I missed it. I made my mother come to school with me every day, and sit in the lobby so I could wave to her during recess and class changes. In the evenings my father would come home from work, hear my mother's report, and storm upstairs, his weight pounding on the hardwood steps. I would be out of breath with crying, my head in the pillow, waiting to feel what he …
Hotel Room With My Brother, Fred G. Leebron
Hotel Room With My Brother, Fred G. Leebron
English Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Résumé, Fred G. Leebron
Résumé, Fred G. Leebron
English Faculty Publications
I sat at the back of a pale classroom and watched my father teach. "Creative Inspiration," my father lectured, "is what you have as soon as you are born and the doctor slaps you on your bottom. That first cry, because you're hungry or tired or just glad to be breathing, is your first creative inspiration." I leaned back in my chair to ease the heat rising in my face. "Incidentally," my father said, grinning at the under graduates, "I've read the Sexual Harassment pamphlet, and I want you all to know I don't slap bottoms." [excerpt]