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The Art Of Tom Farris Nov 2022

The Art Of Tom Farris

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

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Cuco, Eneris A. Bernard Santos Nov 2022

Cuco, Eneris A. Bernard Santos

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

No abstract provided.


The Complete Third Issue Nov 2022

The Complete Third Issue

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

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Hilma, Antonia Welsch Jan 2021

Hilma, Antonia Welsch

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

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How To Use A Ouija Board--A Step By Step Guide, Ellie Piersol Jan 2021

How To Use A Ouija Board--A Step By Step Guide, Ellie Piersol

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

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Literary Legends: The Secret History Of Cather And Pound Halls, Harry Lime Jul 2019

Literary Legends: The Secret History Of Cather And Pound Halls, Harry Lime

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

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My Ántonia And Czech Mushroom Folklore, Evelyn Funda Jul 2019

My Ántonia And Czech Mushroom Folklore, Evelyn Funda

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

No abstract provided.


The Complete Second Issue, £ £ Jul 2019

The Complete Second Issue, £ £

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

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A Luminous Haze; Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Plagiarism, Todd Richardson Jul 2019

A Luminous Haze; Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Plagiarism, Todd Richardson

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

“I really was never any more than what I was,” Bob Dylan writes in his autobiography Chronicles, “a folk musician who gazed into the gray mist with tear-blinded eyes and made up songs that floated in a luminous haze.” I’d call his proclamation inefficient if that didn’t imply that it gets a job done, albeit poorly. The sentence, rather, strikes me as grand-sounding balderdash. It begins with a promise of humility, after which it gradually evaporates into bleary images that never realize anything resembling actual meaning. On the whole, Dylan is exceedingly specific throughout Chronicles, recounting in detail …


The Great Games We Play: Fan Resistance And The Bbc Sherlock, Amanda Ewolt Jul 2019

The Great Games We Play: Fan Resistance And The Bbc Sherlock, Amanda Ewolt

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

Discontented with mainstream value systems, the Sherlock fandom is tireless in implementing various forms of resistance to question the balance of power and authority between producer, consumer, and text. One such method is slash fanfiction, which is both a tool for understanding and creating meaning from the source text and an act of defiance from those who feel marginalized by the dominant culture. Yet, I argue, Sherlock is a special case. Sherlock itself is a brilliant and intertextual rereading of Arthur Conan Doyle's original text; in other words, the show itself is elaborate fanfiction, which complicates the typical producer-fandom interaction …


Beasts And Bluebeards: Reader Reception, The Fairy Tale And Jane Eyre, Brittany Warman, Sara Cleto Jul 2019

Beasts And Bluebeards: Reader Reception, The Fairy Tale And Jane Eyre, Brittany Warman, Sara Cleto

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

The 19th-century novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë has been frequently mined for its folkloric allusions, particularly the fairy tales that haunt the narrative's characterization, plot, and atmosphere. Moving beyond so-called motif spotting, this article will explore the ways in which two of the main fairy tale intertexts of the novel - "Beauty and the Beast" and "Bluebeard" - duel for supremacy in the reader's mind, creating a tension that ultimately determines reception. Drawing primarily on narrative and reader- response theory, we will argue that the uncertainty regarding exactly which fairy tale is being called upon allows Brontë to create …


Introduction: What Kind Of Mother, Shelley Ingram Jul 2019

Introduction: What Kind Of Mother, Shelley Ingram

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

We’ve long studied the folklore in literature, but there is also literature in folklore, so we can also reverse our gaze to see how literature has been taken up and incorporated into the folk culture of groups – a book club, or a fandom, or a knitting circle. We study the ways in which authors use, for example, forms of folk narrative to structure a text, how they tap into the cultural knowledge of their myriad readerships to add depth to their pages. But we can also look inward to find certain ambiguities built into a text which invite or …


The Complete First Issue, £ £ Jul 2019

The Complete First Issue, £ £

Louise Pound: A Folklore and Literature Miscellany

No abstract provided.


Classroom Cannibal: A Guide On How To Teach Ojibwe Spirituality Using The Windigo And Film, Brady Desanti Mar 2018

Classroom Cannibal: A Guide On How To Teach Ojibwe Spirituality Using The Windigo And Film, Brady Desanti

Journal of Religion & Film

This paper is intended as a pedagogical guide on how to teach elements of Ojibwe religious and philosophical beliefs using the windigo and its depictions in the films Wendigo and Ravenous. The windigo complex is exceedingly complex and remains an enduring component to the cultures of Ojibwe and several other Algonquian-speaking communities in the United States and Canada. While the windigo enjoys exposure in a variety of popular entertainment sources, film remains one of the most useful methods to incorporate in the classroom to help students comprehend how an anthropophagus “monster” directly relates to Ojibwe ideas of personal balance, …


Lone Man And All My Relations, Doug Meigs Mar 2017

Lone Man And All My Relations, Doug Meigs

UNO Student Research and Creative Activity Fair

Lone Man is the central creation figure of the Mandan, an indigenous people of present-day North Dakota. The story of Lone Man begins with the creation figure becoming self-aware on the open ocean. He creates the Earth and sets off to discover his people. Doug Meigs is writing the oral history of Robert O’Brien, a modern Mandan man living in Omaha, Nebraska, who grew up without any knowledge of tribal identity. Late in life, he would set off to learn that he was Mandan. O’Brien is still coming to terms with the meaning of that identity.


Nebraska Folklore: Pamphlet 19,  Reminiscences Of Dad Streeter, Nebraska Department Of Public Instruction, Federal Writers' Project Of The Works Progress Administration For The State Of Nebraska, Nebraska Writers' Project Feb 1939

Nebraska Folklore: Pamphlet 19,  Reminiscences Of Dad Streeter, Nebraska Department Of Public Instruction, Federal Writers' Project Of The Works Progress Administration For The State Of Nebraska, Nebraska Writers' Project

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These reminiscences of George W. Streeter, who prefers to be known as Dad Streeter, relate experiences and events in which he participated while living in Nebraska during the 1880's The manuscript was first submitted to the Federal Writers' Project in Utah (where Mr. Streeter now resides in Ogden), and then, through the National Office in Washington, D.C., to the Nebraska Federal Writers' Project. In order to preserve the flavor and flow of the rough narrative, editing was reduced to a minimum.

During the years covered by the reminiscences, "Dad" lived the life of a roving cowboy-constantly moving from Nebraska to …


Nebraska Folklore: Pamphlet 3, Children's Singing Games, Federal Writers' Project Jun 1937

Nebraska Folklore: Pamphlet 3, Children's Singing Games, Federal Writers' Project

Digitized Books

These games are all suitable for children in the grades. Some of them are also played by high school pupils and adults. Many of them can be adapted for dances or drills. They are all traditional, coming; to us for the most part from England or by way of England. The many versions indicate the local adaptations made during their travels to us from the Eastern Seaboard States.