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Pecan Grove Review Volume 18, St. Mary's University Jan 2017

Pecan Grove Review Volume 18, St. Mary's University

Pecan Grove Review

Creative writings by students, faculty, and staff of the St. Mary's University community.

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An Echo Of Swelling Voices, A Meta-Fictional Novella, Adolfo Danilo Lopez Jan 2017

An Echo Of Swelling Voices, A Meta-Fictional Novella, Adolfo Danilo Lopez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Horacio P. is an exiled Nicaraguan American poet living and teaching in Austin, Texas since the 1970s. Despite his enormous reputation and highly supportive wife, he feels incapable to write his last, and best, novel. This novel is about the life of Asdreni, an Albanian poet who was also exiled in Romania during the time before World War II, and his quest to find out who sent him a mysterious box containing the unpublished manuscripts of an unknown poet. One day, Horacio himself also receives a mysterious box containing the unpublished manuscripts of an unknown poet. His novel and his …

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Arak And Other Stories, Fatima Sausan Masoud Jan 2017

Arak And Other Stories, Fatima Sausan Masoud

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Set in the West Bank, Arak and Other Stories follows the lives of members of the Al-Hakim family. Through the stories, Palestinian-American, Layla Al-Hakim, uncovers long buried family secrets and discovers deep connections to her Palestinian cousins.

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I Stole You: Stories From The Fae, By Kristen Ringman. Reviewed By M. Sturtevant., M. Sturtevant Jan 2017

I Stole You: Stories From The Fae, By Kristen Ringman. Reviewed By M. Sturtevant., M. Sturtevant

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

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The Ballyman Waits, By S.J. Mckenzie. Reviewed By Thomas Wissler., Thomas Wissler Jan 2017

The Ballyman Waits, By S.J. Mckenzie. Reviewed By Thomas Wissler., Thomas Wissler

Mythprint Book Reviews

Mythprint is the quarterly bulletin of the Mythopoeic Society, a nonprofit educational organization devoted to the study, discussion, and enjoyment of myth and fantasy literature, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. To promote these interests, the Society publishes three magazines, maintains a World Wide Web site, and sponsors the annual Mythopoeic Conference and awards for fiction and scholarship, as well as local discussion groups.

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Habla De La Arena (Procesos Contemporáneos De Escritura Poética), Carlos Mijail Lamas Jan 2017

Habla De La Arena (Procesos Contemporáneos De Escritura Poética), Carlos Mijail Lamas

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Este trabajo se plantea la creación de un poemario que reflexione sobre el poema como un campo de experimentación no solo formal, sino anímico, donde el andamiaje formal y rítmico de cada uno de los textos sea resultado de una indagación de la manera en que nuestra sensibilidad se ha modificado en relación con los estímulos de los entonrnos cibernéticos, la hiperconectividad y la simultaneidad de sus procesos. Las preguntas que se propone responder son ¿De qué manera el poeta puede enfrentar la abundancia y el flujo constante de información? ¿De qué forma el poema puede expresar la alteración de …

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The Geometry Of Loss: A Novel, Elidio La Torre La Torre Jan 2017

The Geometry Of Loss: A Novel, Elidio La Torre La Torre

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

In the year 2025, Orlando Aniello, nicknamed “Or,” a Puerto Rican poet with a broken life, becomes a “consciousness in virtual space.” Tricked by a couple of goons that devote most of their duties to bootleg memories for people who lead dull and meaningless lives, Orlando’s personality splits into fragments. As consequence, his actual experiences blend the host’s own recollections, which accidentally upload to Orlando’s brain. If bootleg mnemonic technologies glitch, Orlando does not know who he is anymore. Indeed, Orlando/ Gogo/ Alejandro suffers anterograde memory loss, and the narrator becomes merely a voice without a body. A geometry of …

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T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars Of Wisdom And The Erotics Of Literary History: Straddling Epic., Václav Paris Jan 2017

T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars Of Wisdom And The Erotics Of Literary History: Straddling Epic., Václav Paris

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Song Of The Scapegoat: How Silence Augments Kenneth Burke’S Notion Of The Scapegoat In Political Rhetoric, Mary Elizabeth Smith Jan 2017

Song Of The Scapegoat: How Silence Augments Kenneth Burke’S Notion Of The Scapegoat In Political Rhetoric, Mary Elizabeth Smith

Theses and Dissertations

President Donald Trump ascended to the US’s highest hall of power through rhetoric that scapegoated marginalized groups, such as Muslims, Hispanics, immigrants, foreigners, and others. This work considers the executive order President Donald Trump released January 27, 2017, and its revision released March 06, 2017, for how it exemplifies Kenneth Burke’s notion of the scapegoat, specifically as outlined in A Grammar of Motives and A Rhetoric of Motives. These executive orders have come to be known as the “Muslim Ban” due to the way they implicate Muslims in charges of terrorism, harm, and danger and affect the lives and movement …

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The Nature Of Power And Corruption In Plato And J.R.R. Tolkien, Lily Howard-Hill Jan 2017

The Nature Of Power And Corruption In Plato And J.R.R. Tolkien, Lily Howard-Hill

Theses and Dissertations

In the collected dialogues of Plato, Plato sets out his arguments on democracy, power, and free-will through Socrates’ interactions with his interlocutors. His understandings of morality and justice suggest that a good and moral person is the foundation for successful societies. In The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other tales, Tolkien offers a different lens through which to observe philosophical and ethical concepts. Plato’s morality is centered around the organization and the structure of the soul. The soul is ruled by virtues which include justice and knowledge. Here, I present an analysis of key Platonic concepts by offering …

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Risky Business: Case Study Pedagogy And Business Communication, Jonathan A. Maricle Jan 2017

Risky Business: Case Study Pedagogy And Business Communication, Jonathan A. Maricle

Theses and Dissertations

When Harvard College built their business school curriculum around case studies and discussion-based classrooms in the early 1900s, it created a radical shift in business school pedagogy throughout the nation due to its ability to prepare students for careers in industry. As case study pedagogy spread to other fields throughout the 20th century, such as medical education and the sciences, these fields extended Harvard's approach in order to create highly effective, field-specific pedagogies. However, business communication is yet to develop their own field-specific approach to case study pedagogy that meets the unique needs of our educators and students. I argue …

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Examining The Impact Naming One’S Beliefs Has On One’S Practice: The Journey Of Three English Language Arts Teachers, Jessica Lynn Price Jan 2017

Examining The Impact Naming One’S Beliefs Has On One’S Practice: The Journey Of Three English Language Arts Teachers, Jessica Lynn Price

Theses and Dissertations

In this study, I sought to understand how naming one’s beliefs about teaching reading and writing impacted reading and writing practices. I used action research design (McNiff & Whitehead, 2010; Mills, 2011) to examine three teachers’ journeys as they gave name to their beliefs. I made audio recordings and transcriptions of small group sessions and interviews, observed teachers, asked for and collected teacher reflections, and kept a researcher’s journal. I used thematic analysis to identify patterns across data points. What I found varied for each participant, influenced by the degree that each participant was present and reflective throughout the process. …

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Book Review: Rewired: Research-Writing Partnerships Within The Frameworks, Ann Agee Jan 2017

Book Review: Rewired: Research-Writing Partnerships Within The Frameworks, Ann Agee

Faculty and Staff Publications

On many campuses, writing skills and research skills are supported in separate instructional silos. When it comes to college composition assignments, however, writing and research are interdependent, and this close relationship is evident in the many common elements shared by the Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA) Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing and the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. How the core concepts in these frameworks interconnect and how librarians and writing instructors can work together to implement them in the classroom is the focus of Rewired.

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The “Vagabond Black” Renaissance, Pamela L. Caughie Jan 2017

The “Vagabond Black” Renaissance, Pamela L. Caughie

English: Faculty Publications and Other Works

A paper presented as part of the "The Harlem Renaissance after the Transnational Turn" panel at the Modern Language Association Convention, January 2017.

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Grammars And Rhetorics, Ian Cornelius Jan 2017

Grammars And Rhetorics, Ian Cornelius

English: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Grammar and rhetoric were the disciplines charged with teaching correct and effective use of language in antiquity. In the Middle Ages, these disciplines served to maintain Latin as a language of culture, religion, and administration over much of Europe. Grammatical studies flourished in medieval England following the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Subsequent developments in grammatical and rhetorical studies in Britain in the Middle Ages track deep changes in the social conditioning of literacy and social demands upon literacy. Among the medieval English innovations in these disciplines were the teaching of Latin as a foreign language, the cultural accommodation …

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Engendering Ethics Through Practice In The Project-Based Business Communciation Course, Jonathan H. Jackson Jan 2017

Engendering Ethics Through Practice In The Project-Based Business Communciation Course, Jonathan H. Jackson

Theses and Dissertations

Business related degrees perennially make up roughly 20% of all college degrees awarded. At the same time, business ethics continues to be a much-discussed problem. I capitalize on the close connection between communication and ethics in order to offer a partial solution to the problem in the form of a project-based business communication class. After establishing a complementary view of business ethics, I go on to suggest the ethical focus for the project-based communication class. I then argue for the special suitability of business communication for such an approach, after which I go on to discuss the work of Wittgenstein …

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“Present Mirth Hath Present Laughter; What's To Come Is Still Unsure”: Death And Humor In Early Modern England, Elisha James Sircy Jan 2017

“Present Mirth Hath Present Laughter; What's To Come Is Still Unsure”: Death And Humor In Early Modern England, Elisha James Sircy

Theses and Dissertations

This study focuses on the workings of humor in 16th-and 17th-century England, particularly in its proximity and deployment around death. Through Early Modern theoretical discussions of humor as well as utterances, historical tracts, poetry, and drama of the time, humor’s role in interrupting or breaking up particular modes of interpretation can be seen. Surveying Castiglione and Puttenham, records of martyred Catholics and Protestants, the poetry of Spenser and Donne, and the dramatic works of Shakespeare, I argue that humor operates as a sort of short-circuiting of a given audience expectation that allows for a potential divergence from previous assertions or …

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Protecting Systems Of Nature And Gender: Ecofeminism In Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer And Ruth Ozeki's All Over Creation, Sarah J. Hirsch Jan 2017

Protecting Systems Of Nature And Gender: Ecofeminism In Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer And Ruth Ozeki's All Over Creation, Sarah J. Hirsch

All Student Theses and Dissertations

Ecofeminism has permeated the disciplines of politics, philosophy, science, and literature – all of which are embedded in the fiction of Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer and Ruth Ozeki’s All Over Creation. In this thesis, I consider the authors’ use of scientific evidence to engage readers with their rhetorical goals of protecting the systems of nature and gender. In the first chapter, I define the history of ecofeminist activism and how Kingsolver and Ozeki continue its tradition. The second chapter considers the parallels between biodiversity and cultural diversity within both Prodigal Summer and All Over Creation. In the final chapter, I …

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"White Men's Burdens?": A Study Of Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim, George Orwell's Burmese Days, And Graham Greene's The Quiet American As Reflections Of Three Phases Of Western Colonialism In Southeast Asia, Navarach Khamsuwan Jan 2017

"White Men's Burdens?": A Study Of Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim, George Orwell's Burmese Days, And Graham Greene's The Quiet American As Reflections Of Three Phases Of Western Colonialism In Southeast Asia, Navarach Khamsuwan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Through the three chosen British novels, Western colonialism in Southeast Asia can be seen in three major phases: colonialism at its peak, colonialism during its decline and colonialism at its transformation. This thesis propounds that the roles and statuses of the white male characters (Jim, John Flory, Thomas Fowler and Alden Pyle) are established through their interactions with other characters, most of whom are women. The roles and statuses of these Western protagonists and their interactions with the people residing in the region of Southeast Asia can be seen to reflect three phases of Western colonialism. In Lord Jim (1899-1900), …

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L2 Acquisition Of Wh-Operator Movement In English Open Interrogatives By L1 Thai Learners: A Case Of The Failed Functional Features Hypothesis, Pairoj Kunanupatham Jan 2017

L2 Acquisition Of Wh-Operator Movement In English Open Interrogatives By L1 Thai Learners: A Case Of The Failed Functional Features Hypothesis, Pairoj Kunanupatham

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Based on the Failed Functional Features Hypothesis (FFFH) (Hawkins and Chan, 1997), the current study aims at investigating L1 Thai learners' acquisition of the wh-operator movement in English open interrogatives. Two primary objectives included (1) to explore whether the wh-operator movement in English can be acquired by L1 Thai learners and (2) to account for the data by the FFFH. Due to the non-existence of the strong uninterpretable [uwh] feature in Thai, it is hypothesized that L1 Thai learners of English fail to acquire English open interrogatives by means of the operator movement and that variability in English open interrogatives …

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The Impact Of Language Assessment Literacy Training On Efl University Lecturers’ Language Assessment Literacy, Efficacy And Practice Of Student Self-Assessment, Nattharmma Thong-Iam Jan 2017

The Impact Of Language Assessment Literacy Training On Efl University Lecturers’ Language Assessment Literacy, Efficacy And Practice Of Student Self-Assessment, Nattharmma Thong-Iam

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The literature suggested that limited assessment literacy in the use of SSA has led to insufficient use of SSA in Thai tertiary EFL classrooms. This study examined the current assessment practice, assessment literacy, and assessment efficacy in the use of SSA of the EFL lecturers who were serving at the nine Rajamangala Universities (RMUTs) and the effect of assessment literacy training on the assessment literacy, assessment efficacy, and assessment practice in the use of SSA among four EFL lecturers from one particular Rajamangala University. In this study, the researcher utilised mixed-methods research, a paradigm in which she drew on data …

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Enhancing Learner Autonomy Amongst Young Efl Learners In A Rural Area: An Ethnographic Study And Praxis Interventions, Pantipa Pichailuck Jan 2017

Enhancing Learner Autonomy Amongst Young Efl Learners In A Rural Area: An Ethnographic Study And Praxis Interventions, Pantipa Pichailuck

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Learner Autonomy (LA) is acknowledged as being beneficial to EFL education, particularly in rural areas where resources are scarce. However, LA enhancement should be implemented with careful consideration to the context. This study consisted of two parts. The first part, the ethnographic study, aimed to (1) explore the awareness of LA among the stakeholders including the administrators, English teachers, guardians and local community, and (2) to explore the meanings and patterns of LA among young EFL learners in a rural school in Northeastern Thailand. This part is a qualitative study combining the data collection methods of non-intrusive and participation observations, …

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The Acquisition Order Of L2 English Infinitive And Gerund Complements By L1 Thai Learners: A Usage-Based Approach, Raksina Keawchaum Jan 2017

The Acquisition Order Of L2 English Infinitive And Gerund Complements By L1 Thai Learners: A Usage-Based Approach, Raksina Keawchaum

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The current study aimed to investigate the frequency effects on the acquisition of L2 English infinitive and gerund complements among L1 Thai learners. The participants were first-year undergraduate students from They were categorized into the low and the high proficiency groups based on their CU-TEP scores. Each group consisted of 30 participants. The participants were required to complete the Word Selection Task (WST) and the Grammaticality Judgement Test (GJT). Two research hypotheses were formulated based on the usage-based theory. First, it was hypothesized that Thai learners would acquire the infinitive complements before the gerund complements and the findings conformed to …

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Effects Of The Genre-Based Writing Instructional Module In A Blended Learning Environment On English Writing Ability And Thinking Skills Of Thai Undergraduate Students, Patricia Visser Jan 2017

Effects Of The Genre-Based Writing Instructional Module In A Blended Learning Environment On English Writing Ability And Thinking Skills Of Thai Undergraduate Students, Patricia Visser

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The study aim (1) to develop the genre-based writing instructional module in a blended learning environment, (2) to investigate the students' writing ability after implementing the genre-based writing instructional module in a blended learning environment, (3) to investigate the students' thinking skills after implementing the genre-based writing instructional module in a blended learning environment, (4) to investigate the relationship between writing ability and thinking skills, and (5) to investigate the students' attitude toward using genre-based writing instructional module in a blended learning environment. Thirty-five first-year undergraduate students in Srinakharinwirot University were chosen as the sample group. The study was a …

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The Effects Of English Accented Speeches, Specific Content Knowledge, And Test-Taking Strategies On Listening Comprehension Of High And Low Efl Achievers, Pornchanok Sukpan Jan 2017

The Effects Of English Accented Speeches, Specific Content Knowledge, And Test-Taking Strategies On Listening Comprehension Of High And Low Efl Achievers, Pornchanok Sukpan

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aimed to examine (1) the effects of three main variables: English-accented speeches, specific content knowledge, and test-taking strategies on listening comprehension of high and low EFL learners. It also investigated (2) the relationship among these three variables on listening comprehension of high and low EFL achievers, and (3) the attitudes of both high and low EFL achievers towards English-accented speech. Eighty third-year university students from the Faculty of Communication Arts were purposively selected and classified into two different English proficiency groups: high and low regarding the z score of ±1 on the average grades of two prerequisite English …

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The Development Of An English Essay Writing Course Based On The Self-Monitoring And Peer Feedback Strategies For Thai Undergraduate English For International Communication Students, Thanakorn Weerathai Jan 2017

The Development Of An English Essay Writing Course Based On The Self-Monitoring And Peer Feedback Strategies For Thai Undergraduate English For International Communication Students, Thanakorn Weerathai

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The objectives of this study were (1) to investigate the needs of English essay writing skills of Thai undergraduate English for Intermational Communication students and their teachers, (2) to develop an English essay writing course based on the SMPFS to enhance English essay writing performance of English for International Communication students, (3) to investigate the effectiveness of the course developed based on the SMPFS, and (4) to explore the students' attitudes toward the course developed based on the SMPFS. In this mixed methods study, it comprised of three phases: needs analysis, course development, and main study. This study was conducted …

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Needs Analysis Of English Oral Communication For The Automotive Maintenance And Repair Profession, Witchuda Thakadkul Jan 2017

Needs Analysis Of English Oral Communication For The Automotive Maintenance And Repair Profession, Witchuda Thakadkul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aims to investigate the needs of English oral communication for the automotive maintenance and repair profession based on perspectives of automotive mechanical students and stakeholders in the automotive industry in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, and to propose an English oral communication course syllabus for automotive mechanical students' profession. The study is a survey research consisting of two phases: needs analysis and course syllabus development. The needs analysis process was based on the framework ESP needs analysis of Brown (2016). Data were collected by means of questionnaires with one hundred and nineteen automotive mechanical students and five stakeholders, and …

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(Re)Mediating The Spirit: Evangelical Christian Young Adult Media, Tamara Watkins Jan 2017

(Re)Mediating The Spirit: Evangelical Christian Young Adult Media, Tamara Watkins

Theses and Dissertations

"We are in the world, but not of the world," a maxim frequently spoken in evangelical Christian culture, provides insight into how these individuals view their relationship with secular culture. They presume to share the same temporal plane with secular culture, but do not participate in it. In this dissertation, I explore whether the division between evangelical Christian culture and secular culture is as clear as this aphorism implies. To facilitate this investigation, I examine media Christian content creators created for an American evangelical Christian young adult audience in the early twenty-first century, specifically focusing on novel-length fiction, comics and …

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Theatrical Texts And Contexts: Poe And Hawthorne’S Fictional Women, Savannah M. Singletary Jan 2017

Theatrical Texts And Contexts: Poe And Hawthorne’S Fictional Women, Savannah M. Singletary

Theses and Dissertations

Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne are arguably two of the most highly read and heavily debated nineteenth-century antebellum authors in America. Their writings fascinate readers, while their character depictions, particularly their characterizations of fictional women, prompt intense academic debate. This thesis examines the previously less-studied historical developments surrounding Poe and Hawthorne in the antebellum era that shaped their approach to writing fiction. In particular, this study scrutinizes the effects of the development of a newly popular art form, ballet, the ascendency of female authorship, and the impact of American theatrical reform upon antebellum authors’ authorial faculties, especially Hawthorne and …

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The Odcombian Climber: How Thomas Coryate Employed Media For Social Advantage, Julian T. Neuhauser Jan 2017

The Odcombian Climber: How Thomas Coryate Employed Media For Social Advantage, Julian T. Neuhauser

Theses and Dissertations

Thomas Coryate (1577?-1617), the writer, traveler and social climber, embraced various media in order to achieve social gains. This thesis surveys the content and materiality of writings by and about Coryate to investigate the nature of his sociability. The study begins by drawing on John Hoskyns’ (1566–1638) poem, “Convivium philosophicum,” to explore how Coryate used oral and social performance to create a unique form of sociability through which mockery is transmuted into praise. This thesis then addresses how Coryate’s sociability factored into the conflation of aspects of manuscript and print media in the production of the “Panegyricke Verses” that were …

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