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The Life Of Edward J. Logue And The Rebuilding Of America's Cities After Wwii, Lizabeth Cohen
The Life Of Edward J. Logue And The Rebuilding Of America's Cities After Wwii, Lizabeth Cohen
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing
Let's cut right to the chase: what's a social historian like me doing writing a biography of a dead white man named Edward J. Logue? I've never written a biography before. My two previous books, Making a New Deal and A Consumers' Republic, have made contributions to twentieth-century United States history by giving agency to social groups often considered powerless, such as industrial workers, first-generation immigrants, rank-and-file supporters of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, African American consumers, new suburbanites, and female consumer activists. I have made my reputation as a twentieth-century U.S. historian by arguing that ordinary Americans have been …
A Biographical Note On William Tell, Heinrich Pantaleon, Richard Hacken
A Biographical Note On William Tell, Heinrich Pantaleon, Richard Hacken
Swiss American Historical Society Review
William Tell was born and raised in Uri, Switzerland. Due to his remarkable intellectual and physical capabilities, he quickly gained great respect among the local people. At the same time, Emperor Henry VII of Luxembourg5 ruled the Holy Roman Empire with great success (1308-1313). He reaffirmed the privileges previously granted to the inner “Orte”6 of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden, and even enhanced them with various additional immunities, bestowed upon them in Constance due to their commendable conduct. This occurred in the year 1309.7 Furthermore, he granted them the concession of not having to obey any prince except the emperor and …
“Before I Am Quite Forgot": Women’S Critical Literary Biography And The Future, Susan Carlile
“Before I Am Quite Forgot": Women’S Critical Literary Biography And The Future, Susan Carlile
ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830
“‘Before I am Quite Forgot’: Women’s Critical Literary Biography and the Future” extends the conversation about literary “worth” in the twenty-first century as it still judges and ignores women authors of the past. Specifically, this essay explores the role of women’s literary historical biography as a primary marker of worth and as a means of shaping legacy. I also discuss my (perhaps more non-traditional) experience—both my personal circumstances and particular material conditions—writing the critical biography Charlotte Lennox: An Independent Mind. Without a substantial biography that shows the scope of Lennox’s mind, her significant corpus, and her interventions in literary history …
Rome & Her Greatest Theatric: The Controversies Of Emperor Nero, Zoie A. Dean
Rome & Her Greatest Theatric: The Controversies Of Emperor Nero, Zoie A. Dean
Tenor of Our Times
Emperor Nero was the last of the four Julio-Claudian emperors and has been considered to be one of worst emperors of Rome. The Roman scholars and Christians historians were some of his greatest foes, and the only ones left to tell his story. This paper takes a second look at these ancient sources and addresses what modern scholars have discovered about the true nature of Nero. Though he has been painted as clueless and childlike, in reality, Nero was much more cold and calculated than anyone had gave him credit for.
Andrea Revised: Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist As Revolutionary By Martin Duberman, Phyllis Chesler
Andrea Revised: Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist As Revolutionary By Martin Duberman, Phyllis Chesler
Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence
No abstract provided.
Hello From The Other Side: Social Studies Faculty Teaching Biography Within State History Courses, Aubrey B. Southall Phd, Lauren Y. Bradshaw Phd
Hello From The Other Side: Social Studies Faculty Teaching Biography Within State History Courses, Aubrey B. Southall Phd, Lauren Y. Bradshaw Phd
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
This paper explores the opinions and interests of pre-service social studies students at two universities enrolled in a state history course taught by a socials studies faculty member. Findings include similar motivation for learning state history and opinions on interactive history lessons, while showcasing different interests in historic figures.
Everything With A Smile: Loxie Dowdy, Alexandra Graham
Everything With A Smile: Loxie Dowdy, Alexandra Graham
DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive
This biography details the life of Vietnam Veteran Loxie Dowdy and her partner Lucille Laugesen.
Tradition And Service: Jordan L. Bear, Laurel Schlegel
Tradition And Service: Jordan L. Bear, Laurel Schlegel
DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive
Veterans Legacy Program - Jordan L. Bear
Mattes J., 2019. Wissenskulturen Des Subterranen. Vermittler Im Spannungsfeld Zwischen Wissenschaft Und Öffentlichkeit. Ein Biographisches Lexikon. [The Culture Of Subterranean Knowledge. Mediators In The Field Of Tension Between Science And Public. A Biographical Lexicon], Monika Schöner
International Journal of Speleology
No abstract provided.
Grant, Hailey Molloy
Grant, Hailey Molloy
Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History
About the author:
Hailey Molloy is a junior history major at Georgia Southern University (Armstrong Campus). Originally from Augusta, she moved to Savannah to pursue her love of history. Her area of interest is Civil War.
Emancipating The Passive Muse: A Call For A Feminist Approach To Writing Biographies On Historical Women, Ina C. Seethaler
Emancipating The Passive Muse: A Call For A Feminist Approach To Writing Biographies On Historical Women, Ina C. Seethaler
Journal of Feminist Scholarship
This essay analyzes two popular biographies on historical women to interrogate how a focus on gender has shaped the genre: Nancy Ruben Stuart’s The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation (2008) and Jung Chang’s Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China (2013). I argue that biographers who perpetuate gender stereotypes miss a momentous opportunity during the current life writing boom in the United States to educate readers on women’s social, cultural, and political contributions worldwide. In proposing that feminist-informed biographies are more accurate, complete, and make social …
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Thoman, Renee Hobbs
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Thoman, Renee Hobbs
Journal of Media Literacy Education
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography - Representing Canadian History Through Graphic Art, Brock J. Vaughan
Book Review: Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography - Representing Canadian History Through Graphic Art, Brock J. Vaughan
Bridges: An Undergraduate Journal of Contemporary Connections
This paper explores how graphic art, specifically in the comic-strip form, can represent events of the past and engage readers in historical narratives. Chester Brown’s Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography tells history in a unique way by depicting heightened moments of drama in Riel’s life during the Red River Rebellion. Through vivid illustrations, Brown involves readers in the imaginative process and helps readers uncover Riel’s character and the choices he made during the series of events before his hanging for high treason in 1885. This paper contains original interpretations of Brown’s comic-strip biography, coupled with scholars’ opinions and critical analysis …
Evangelist For A Religion Of Nature, Douglas Firth Anderson
Evangelist For A Religion Of Nature, Douglas Firth Anderson
Northwestern Review
Donald Worster’s A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir is a magisterial biography. It is the place to begin for understanding John Muir (1838-1914), the Scottish immigrant and popular U.S. Gilded Age and Progressive Era naturalist most famous as the self-appointed spokesperson for Yosemite Valley, the founder of the Sierra Club, and the most outspoken opponent of the damming of Hetch Hetchy Valley by the City of San Francisco. Worster explores Muir’s tensions and contradictions. He also astutely analyzes Muir’s religiously-inflected “passion for nature.” He clarifies that Muir was not a neo-Transcendentalist, let alone a Buddhist, but rather …
Book Review - Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice In Appalachia, Rebecca Rose
Book Review - Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice In Appalachia, Rebecca Rose
Georgia Library Quarterly
No abstract provided.
Tip O’Neill: Irish-American Representative Man (2003), Shaun O’Connell
Tip O’Neill: Irish-American Representative Man (2003), Shaun O’Connell
New England Journal of Public Policy
Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Man of the House as he aptly called himself in his 1987 memoir, stood as the quintessential Irish-American representative man for half of the twentieth century. O’Neill, often misunderstood as a parochial, Irish Catholic party pol, was a shrewd, sensitive, and idealistic man who came to stand for a more inclusive and expansive sense of his region, his party, and his church. O’Neill’s impressive presence both embodied the clichés of the Irish-American character and transcended its stereotypes by articulating a noble vision of inspired duty, determined responsibility, and joy in living. There was more to Tip …
Journey With No Maps: A Life Of P.K. Page By Sandra Djwa, Mckay Mcfadden
Journey With No Maps: A Life Of P.K. Page By Sandra Djwa, Mckay Mcfadden
The Goose
Review of Journey With No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page by Sandra Djwa.
A Deconstruction Of "The Discourses On Livy": A Biography Of Niccolo Machiavelli And His Political Legacy, Matthew Frye
A Deconstruction Of "The Discourses On Livy": A Biography Of Niccolo Machiavelli And His Political Legacy, Matthew Frye
Tenor of Our Times
This paper examines the historical context of Machiavelli and his life experience that prompted his infamous writing in The Prince & Discourses on Livy. By examining Machiavelli's life, the author hopes to provide a clearer understanding of the Florentine and his controversial political ideology.
Review Essay: “Will In Overplus” A Review Of Shakespeare Biographies, Stephannie S. Gearhart
Review Essay: “Will In Overplus” A Review Of Shakespeare Biographies, Stephannie S. Gearhart
Quidditas
Whoever hath her wish, thou hast thy Will,
And Will to boot, and Will in overplus;
More than enough am I that vex thee still
William Shakespeare, Sonnet 135, ll.1-3
It seems to be a kind of Respect due to the Memory of Excellent Men,
specially of those whom their Wit and Learning have made Famous,
to deliver some Account of themselves, as well as their Works, to Posterity.
For this Reason, how fond do we see some People of discovering any little
Personal Story of the great Men of Antiquity, their Families, the common
Accidents of their Lives, and …
The Global Dane: Writing Soren Kierkegaard's Biography*, Joakim Garff
The Global Dane: Writing Soren Kierkegaard's Biography*, Joakim Garff
The Bridge
When Professor C.K.F. Molbech was asked the year after Kierkegaard's death to sketch a biographical portrait for a planned German translation of Either/Or, he went to his friend, the philosopher Hans Brochner, for advice and suggestions. Brochner, who knew the deceased personally, pondered it and then replied: When one restricts oneself to external events, there is of course very little to say about his life at all: he was born May 5, 1813, he was a student at the University in 1830, took his degree in theology in 1840, he submitted his doctoral thesis in 1841, and he died in …
Fama And Fortuna: Giorgio Vasari’S Michelangelo, Peter Kanelos
Fama And Fortuna: Giorgio Vasari’S Michelangelo, Peter Kanelos
Quidditas
The life of Michelangelo is set indisputably as the capstone to Giorgio Vasari’s monumental, Le vite de’ più eccellenti pittori scultori e architettori (1568). Cathedral-like in its detail and expanse, Vasari’s collection of biographies is itself a carefully designed and constructed work of art. Its separate parts are crafted with concern for the whole; from its series of individual narratives, a single grand narrative emerges. Buonarroti’s position in this is conspicuous, and purposefully so. In the first edition of the Vite (1550)—his biography, the only one granted a living artist—concludes the work decisively. It is the final entry and the …
Tip O’Neill: Irish-American Representative Man, Shaun O'Connell
Tip O’Neill: Irish-American Representative Man, Shaun O'Connell
New England Journal of Public Policy
Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Man of the House as he aptly called himself in his 1987 memoir, stood as the quintessential Irish-American representative man for half of the twentieth century. O’Neill, often misunderstood as a parochial, Irish Catholic party pol, was a shrewd, sensitive, and idealistic man who came to stand for a more inclusive and expansive sense of his region, his party, and his church. O’Neill’s impressive presence both embodied the clichés of the Irish-American character and transcended its stereotypes by articulating a noble vision of inspired duty, determined responsibility, and joy in living. There was more to Tip …
Book Review: Überfahrten. Das Leben Der Margaretha Reibold (1809-1893) In Briefen. Zürich, Leo Schelbert
Book Review: Überfahrten. Das Leben Der Margaretha Reibold (1809-1893) In Briefen. Zürich, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Historical Society Review
The publication of Margaretha Mezger Reibold is a most welcome addition to the growing body of primary sources that highlight the migratory experiences of women. In a letter dated March 31, 1877, the historian, editor, and diplomat Heinrich Gelzer (1813-1889) of Basel had asked "his beloved friend,,: "Write for me a survey of the course of your life, inner and outer experiences, in the framework of six to seven letters,,(23). He labeled his proposal as "a Sunday task that I will enjoy and that will be beneficial to you,, (23 ). He even suggested the main chapter titles: " 1 …
Review Essay: Susanne Woods. Lanyer: A Renaissance Woman Poet, Nancy Gutierrez
Review Essay: Susanne Woods. Lanyer: A Renaissance Woman Poet, Nancy Gutierrez
Quidditas
Susanne Woods. Lanyer: A Renaissance Woman Poet. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. xvi + 198 pp.
Review Essay: Confident Readings: Medieval And Early Modern (Christian) Spirituality And Its Recent Interpreters, Steven F. Kruger
Review Essay: Confident Readings: Medieval And Early Modern (Christian) Spirituality And Its Recent Interpreters, Steven F. Kruger
Quidditas
Catherine M. Mooney, ed. Gendered Voices: Medieval Saints and Their Interpreters. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999. xiii + 277 pp.
Richard Rambuss. Closet Devotions. Durham and London: Duke Univer- sity Press, 1998. xiii + 193 pp.
Dorothy L. Sayers And The Passionate Intellect, Roger Phillips
Dorothy L. Sayers And The Passionate Intellect, Roger Phillips
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
Dorothy L. Sayers wrote, “[W]here the intellect is dominant it becomes the channel of all other feelings. The ‘passionate intellect’ is really passionate. It is the only point at which ecstasy can enter.” While a phrase that is often used by biographers, the actual meaning of ‘passionate intellect’ is up for discussion. In exploring the life of Sayers one can see how she came to use this term and its meaning in the context of her life.
Presented at the 1997 Frances White Ewbank Colloquium.
Myth Made Truth: Origins Of The Chronicles Of Narnia, Mark Bane
Myth Made Truth: Origins Of The Chronicles Of Narnia, Mark Bane
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
The Chronicles of Narnia are some of C.S. Lewis’s most beloved books, but how did they come about and what was their purpose? By tracing his life, interests, and faith one can see how these elements shaped Lewis’s narrative of Narnia.
Presented at the 1997 Frances White Ewbank Colloquium.
Full Issue 1997 (Volume 1)
Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016
The collected papers presented at the 1997 Frances White Ewbank Colloquium.
Review Essay: Cranston, Maurice. The Solitary Self: Jean-Jacques Rousseau In Exile And Adversity, Reginald Mcginnis
Review Essay: Cranston, Maurice. The Solitary Self: Jean-Jacques Rousseau In Exile And Adversity, Reginald Mcginnis
Quidditas
Cranston, Maurice. The Solitary Self: Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Exile and Adversity. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997. 247 pp. $29.95.
Review Essay: Owen, D. D. R. Eleanor Of Aquitaine: Queen And Legend, Jacqueline Eccles
Review Essay: Owen, D. D. R. Eleanor Of Aquitaine: Queen And Legend, Jacqueline Eccles
Quidditas
Owen, D. D. R. Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen and Legend. Blackwell, Oxford, 1993, first paperback edition, 1996. 224 pp., 262 pp. paperback, illustrations. $54.95/$21.95.