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  • "What Fools Call Crime": The Boundaries of the Pornographic Imagination in Sade’s La Philosophie dans le Boudoir

    Creator:
    VanLaningham, Christie A.
    Abstract:
    On the surface, the written works of the Marquis de Sade appear to be nothing more than pornographic mania articulated, the narrative trajectory of which oscillates between illicit words and acts. Yet his life and works are important to historians, if not due to their inherent quality then because they...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    , representing History Marjorie Sandor, Committee Member, representing English Maureen Healy

  • Northwest of normal

    Creator:
    Larison, John J.
    Abstract:
    Northwest of Normal is the first part of a novel that takes place along an imaginary Oregon river called the Ipsyniho. The story grows from valley’s fertile loam like a blackberry vine, entangling a group of locals—fly fishing guides and midwives, artists and dope growers—just as a posse of wealthy...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    clearly could have said, “Your writing sucks.” Marjorie Sandor (writer, reader, teacher, angler, and

  • Paxton : a cartography

    Creator:
    Hogg, Charlotte
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    This thesis is a collection of essays about Paxton, a small town in western Nebraska, and an exploration of the contradictions and complexities found there. It is also a reflection on the layers of history and connections that exist not only among families that have lived in these towns for...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    I would like to thank the members of my committee, especially Chris Anderson, Marjorie Sandor

  • Connections

    Creator:
    Millet, Terrance Lane
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    This thesis, a collection of short fiction, attempts to surface some of the discrepancy between inner and outer lives, between who these characters want to be and who they've become, between the lives they might have had and those they've chosen because the former are too chancy and the latter...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    a friend. Thanks as well to my committee members: Dr. Marjorie Sandor, who first welcomed me into

  • Revisioning grandeur : an exploration of intertextuality in Alice Munro and Virginia Woolf

    Creator:
    King, Michelle L.
    Abstract:
    In this thesis I argue that Alice Munro’s work takes part in an ongoing feminist discourse that examines alterations in male and female gender relations, as they have been represented in domestic fiction by women writers since the late nineteenth century. I analyze two short stories written by Munro: “Meneseteung,”...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Anita Helle, Lisa Ede, Marjorie Sandor and Cathy Neumann for serving on

  • Spatial Variation in Ecosystem Carbon Stocks and Emissions Resulting from Land-use Conversion: Two Studies in Mangrove Forests of the Dominican Republic

    Creator:
    Giovannoni, Leila R.
    Abstract:
    Mangrove forests store more organic carbon across ecosystem carbon pools than most other coastal and forested ecosystems, and are subject to high global rates of deforestation. For these reasons, they are recognized as prime candidates for inclusion in climate change mitigation strategies. However, the ecological drivers of regional and micro-scale...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    invaluable feedback and support throughout my graduate program, and Marjorie Sandor for her support as my

  • Promises of the Unknown New: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of President Reagan’s April 28, 1981 Address on the Program for Economic Recovery

    Creator:
    Anderson, Charles E.
    Abstract:
    On April 28, 1981, President Reagan delivered his address on the Program for Economic Recovery before a joint session of Congress and the nation. It was the first major public appearance and speech of Reagan following his survival of the assassination attempt on March 30, 1981. The administration sought to...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Advocacy travel, creating social and ideological change : a comparison of travelers to Cuba and Chiapas

    Creator:
    Donckers, Jana L.
    Abstract:
    As a result of academic research into the effects of mass travel, an industry of alternative tourism has emerged. Application of this research has resulted in myriad forms of tourism, two of these being ecotourism and educational travel. Ecotourism represents a response to what is the destructive nature of the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Political Science Department and Dr. Marjorie Sandor of the English Department for serving on my committee

  • The fading

    Creator:
    Ni Bhraonain, Lisa
    Abstract:
    As I began to explore the evocative nature of language, the creation of themes and images, and the rhythm and beauty of words that I feel must accompany meaning, I discovered that I had always seen and heard and felt the world as many of my characters do; in this...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    advisors: Marjorie Sandor, Tracy Daugherty, and Chris Anderson With special thanks to Mildred Hawkins And

  • Body of water

    Creator:
    Zellers, Michelle
    Abstract:
    Body of Water is a collection of short fiction about women navigating shifting relationships to their bodies; their bodies of memory and knowledge; their family histories; and their natural and cultural environments. Most of the stories depict girls and women beginning to perceive and push against the bounds of gendered...
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    Masters Thesis
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    story has inspired greater personal confidence in my vision for this collection. Thanks to Marjorie