Melodrama and its Criticism: An Essay in Memory of Sally Ledger Juliet John For a century, melodrama was virtually ignored by literary criticism. Its popular cultural status was anathema to the Arnoldian tradition dominating approaches to ‘Literature’ from Arnold’s day to that of his disciple, F. R. Leavis. Since the 1960s, however, the rise of Cultural Studies and the reaction against the humanist approach to literary study associated with Leavis has resulted in an increasing critical attention
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658)[N 1] was an English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. Born into the middle gentry, Cromwell was relatively obscure for the first 40 years of his life. After undergoing a religious conversion in the 1630s, he became an independent puritan, taking a generally (but not completely) tolerant view towards the many Protestant sects of his period.[1] An intensely religious man—a
Jane Austen Re-visited: A Feminist Evaluation of the Longevity and Relevance of the Austen Oeuvre by Elizabeth Kollmann Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Magister Artium in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Port Elizabeth Supervisor: Mary West January 2003 Declaration Declaration I, Elizabeth Kollmann, hereby declare that: • • • the work done in this thesis is my own original work; all sources used or referred to have been documented and recognised;
Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2004. 55:591–621 doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.142015 Copyright c 2004 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved First published online as a Review in Advance on July 11, 2003 SOCIAL INFLUENCE: Compliance and Conformity Robert B. Cialdini and Noah J. Goldstein Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1104; email: Robert.Cialdini@asu.edu, Noah.Goldstein@asu.edu Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2004.55:591-621. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by
experiences as well. In A Larger Memory by Ronald Takaki, it is noted that our grandparents are "worthy of scholarly attention... making choices as they left their homelands and settled in America. They helped to transform their adopted country as they became Americans." Takaki offers many personal stories that may be read and studied in the classroom. Students love to listen to and read personal accounts of immigrant experiences. I have enjoyed relating my own memories with them about growing up in
Book Reviews 117 B OOK REVIEWS On the Edge of Empire: Gender, Race and the Making of British Columbia, 1849-1871 A dele Perry T oronto: University of Toronto Press, 2 001. 320 p p. Illus. $ 60.00 c loth; $24.95 p aper. SARAH CARTER University I n this lively history, Adele Perry d emonstrates that, despite protracted efforts to create an orderly W h i t e settler colony anchored in " respectable" gender and racial behaviours, during the years between 1849 a n d 1871 B ritish
World War I From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from World war 1) Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the major war of 1914–1918. For other uses, see World War One (disambiguation) and Great War (disambiguation). "WW1" and "WWI" redirect here. For the album by White Whale, see WWI (album). Page semi-protected World War I WW1 TitlePicture For Wikipedia Article.jpg Clockwise from top: trenches on the Western Front; a British Mark IV Tank crossing a trench; Royal
THE RELIGIOUS FILM The Religious Film: Christianity and the Hagiopic Pamela Grace © 2009 Pamela Grace ISBN: 978-1-405-16025-4 SERIES: NEW APPROACHES TO FILM GENRE Series editor: Barry Keith Grant New Approaches to Film Genre provides students and teachers with original, insightful, and entertaining overviews of major film genres. Each book in the series gives an historical appreciation of its topic, from its origins to the present day, and identifies and discusses the important films, directors
king Leopold ghost King Leopold's Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Adam Hochschild A MARINER BOOK Houghton Mifflin Company BOSTON NEW YORK FOR DAVID HUNTER (1916–2000) FIRST MARINER BOOKS EDITION 1999 Copyright © 1998 by Adam Hochschild All rights reserved For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication
BIRTH DIRT RELATIONS OF POWER IN CHILDBIRTH by Helen M. Callaghan Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health University of Technology, Sydney 2002 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP I certify that the work in this thesis has not previously been submitted for a degree, nor has it been submitted as part of requirements for a degree except as fully acknowledged within the text. I also certify that the thesis has been written