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David Foster Wallace's communal middle ground

Creator:: Randlemon, Daniel E.
Abstract:: Throughout the course of this thesis, I argue that the prose of David Foster Wallace, specifically his posthumously published novel The Pale King, inhabits a middle ground between universal sincerity and the particularized authenticity of postmodern irony. I examine Lionel Trilling's definitions of sincerity and authenticity before moving toward an...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : David Foster Wallace’s Communal Middle Ground Abstract approved

Learning by imitation : the scholarly works of David Bartholomae

Creator:: Gallup, Sarah E.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the scholarship in pedagogical theory and practice of David Bartholomae over the past thirty-five years, in particular examining the role that the rhetorical construct of imitation has played in its development. Through my research, I trace the evolution of Bartholomae’s pedagogical stances and practices, as these both...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: English presented on June 10, 2008. Title: Learning by Imitation: The Scholarly Works of David

An autumn journey : time, place, and pattern in Henry David Thoreau's later work

Creator:: Dotterman, Anthony Matthew
Abstract:: This thesis situates a discussion of Thoreau's later natural history essays in the context of the author's other writings. Beginning with an examination of the writings of Thoreau's friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, this paper examines Thoreau's relation to and departure from Emerson's understanding of time, place, and pattern...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . and Pattern in Henry David Thoreau's Later Work. Abstract approved: David Robinson This thesis

To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

Creator:: Giulietti, Michael P.
Abstract:: The shoe repair transaction, as it occurs in the 5000 or so remaining shoe repair shops in the United States, is currently unexamined in academic literature for the significance it holds for either shoe repairers or their customers. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael P

"Living Outside the Madness" : reform and ecology in the work of Henry Thoreau and Gary Snyder

Creator:: Hiatt, Bryan
Abstract:: Recent conflicts in America concerning the environment (the harvesting of old growth timber in the Pacific Northwest, or the proposed opening of public lands in southern Utah to mining interests, for instance) have precipitated a personal examination of "historical others" (Jensen 64), individuals that possess very different sensibilities from a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Ecology in the Work of Henry Thoreau and Gary Snyder. Abstract Approved: David Robinson

A Study of Early Holocene Paleoprecipitation Record from Freshwater River Mussel Shell at the Cooper's Ferry Site, Idaho and Their Archaeological Implications

Creator:: Jimenez, Alejandra P.
Abstract:: Studies of δ¹⁸O held in freshwater bivalve shell carbonate are useful for reconstructing paleoclimates and environmental changes and inform interpretations about past human behavior and periods of culture change. Stable isotope analyses (δ¹⁸O) of Margaritifera falcata shells found at the Cooper's Ferry archaeological site located in the lower Salmon River...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Alejandra P. Jimenez for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology presented

Fighting tradition : Hemingway’s Nick Adams and shell shock

Creator:: McGrath, Cole P.
Abstract:: In his Nick Adams stories, Ernest Hemingway traces the life of a single man as he moves from boyhood to adolescence to adulthood to fatherhood. From the beginning of Nick Adams life, it is clear that he does not fit into the role of the traditional hero. In addition, Nick...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Cole P. McGrath for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on May 29, 2007

Academic achievement and Army qualification test scores compared on a basis of eight thousand cases

Creator:: Tugman, Robert Cameron
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: democracy (17, p.3}o But until quite recently the existence of a chance to realize the highest attainment

Generalization of the Ostrowski-Schneider main inertia theorem

Creator:: Hill, Richard David
Abstract:: As indicated by the title, this thesis generalizes the Main Inertia Theorem of Ostrowski and Schneider [8]. The first three results concern the formation of a polynomial function f(A, A*, H) so that the existence of an hermitian H for which f(A, A*, H) is positive definite is a necessary...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Richard David Hill for the M

A study of symmetric matrices and quadratic forms over fields of characteristic two

Creator:: Furcha, John Arthur
Abstract:: This thesis has four main results. First we find a reduction form for symmetric matrices over fields of characteristic two. This result parallels the diagonalization theorem for symmetric matrices over fields of characteristic not two. Secondly we reduce our reduction form to a canonical form in perfect fields of characteristic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: professor, Dr. David Carlson, for his invaluable criticisms, comments and assistance. TABLE OF

ScholarsArchive@OSU

David Foster Wallace's communal middle ground

Learning by imitation : the scholarly works of David Bartholomae

An autumn journey : time, place, and pattern in Henry David Thoreau's later work

To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

"Living Outside the Madness" : reform and ecology in the work of Henry Thoreau and Gary Snyder

A Study of Early Holocene Paleoprecipitation Record from Freshwater River Mussel Shell at the Cooper's Ferry Site, Idaho and Their Archaeological Implications

Fighting tradition : Hemingway’s Nick Adams and shell shock

Academic achievement and Army qualification test scores compared on a basis of eight thousand cases

Generalization of the Ostrowski-Schneider main inertia theorem

A study of symmetric matrices and quadratic forms over fields of characteristic two

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